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Simone Valente

Simone Valente

ETH Zürich
Dr. Simone Valente
CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
Zürichbergstrasse 18
ZUE F 13
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND

Phone: +41 44 632 47 24
Fax: +41 44 632 13 62
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Contents

1. Research Interests

Growth Theory and Macroeconomic Dynamics
Sustainability and Intergenerational Welfare
Fiscal Policy and Optimal Taxation

2. Publications

Complete List & Download of Working Papers: click here

Articles in refereed journals
Valente, S. (2010). Endogenous Growth, Backstop Technology Adoption and Optimal Jumps.
Macroeconomic Dynamics. Forthcoming.
Schäfer, A., Valente, S. (2010). Habit Formation, Dynastic Altruism and Population Dynamics.
Macroeconomic Dynamics. Forthcoming.
Valente, S. (2009). International Status Seeking, Trade, and Growth Leadership.
Canadian Journal of Economics. Vol. 42 (2): 554-589.
Valente, S. (2008). Optimal Growth, Genuine Savings and Long-Run Dynamics.
Scottish Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 55 (2): 210-226.
Di Maria, C., Valente, S. (2008). Hicks Meets Hotelling: The Direction of Technical Change
in Capital-Resource Economies. Environment and Development Economics. Vol. 13 (6): 691-717.
Valente, S. (2008). Intergenerational Transfers, Lifetime Welfare and Resource Preservation.
Environment and Development Economics. Vol. 13 (1): 53-78. Mathematical Appendix
Valente, S. (2005). Tax Policy and Human Capital Formation with Public Investment in Education.
Journal of Economics. Vol. 86 (3): 229-258.
Valente, S. (2005). Sustainable Development, Renewable Resources and Technological Progress.
Environmental & Resource Economics. Vol. 30 (1): 115-125.
Working Papers
Peretto, P., Valente, S. (2010). Resource Wealth, Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy.
Economics Working Paper Series 10/124, January 2010. ETH Zurich. pdf
Ordás Criado, C., Valente, S., Stengos, T. (2009). Growth and the pollution convergence
hypothesis: a nonparametric approach. CEPE Working Paper 66, September 2009. ETH Zurich. pdf
Valente, S. (2009). Accumulation Regimes in Dynastic Economies with Resource Dependence and Habit Formation.
Economics Working Paper Series 09/101, January 2009. ETH Zurich. pdf
Valente, S. (2007). Human Capital, Resource Constraints and Intergenerational Fairness.
Economics Working Paper Series 07/68, June 2007. ETH Zurich. pdf
Articles in edited books
Valente, S. (2008). Specialised Trade, Growth Differentials and the Performance
of Tourism Economies. In Brau, R., Lanza, A. and S. Usai (ed), Tourism and Sustainable
Economic Development: Macroeconomic Models and Empirical Methods
, pp. 28-57. Edward Elgar Publishing.

3. Referee Work

Econometrica
Canadian Journal of Economics
Journal of Environmental Economics & Management
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Environmental & Resource Economics
Resource & Energy Economics
Journal of Economics
Journal of Macroeconomics
Environment and Development Economics
Ecological Economics
Journal of Cultural Economics
Review of Economic Development
Bulletin of Economic Research

4. Education

Sep 2000-Sep 2004 PhD in Economic Theory and Institutions
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Thesis: Macrodynamics, Fiscal Policy and Intergenerational Equity
Sep 1999-Jul 2000 Master in Economics
CORIPE (Turin)
Thesis: The Effects of European Integration on Trade Patterns and Industrial Organization
March 1999 Laurea in Economics - Summa cum Laude
University of Rome III
Thesis: The Role of Public Debt Policy in the EMU

5. Research and Academic Positions

April 2005-present ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Lecturer
Spring 2009 Duke University (USA)
Visiting Scholar
Fall 2008 University College Dublin (Ireland)
Visiting Research Fellow
Spring 2004 Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
Marie Curie Fellow
Jul 2003-Mar 2005 Università degli Studi di Teramo (Italy)
Research Fellow
Sep 2002-Jun 2003 Center for Financial & Management Studies - University of London (UK)
Visiting Research

6. Teaching

Lectures and tutorials

2006-07-08 (II)
2006-07-08 (I)
Economic Growth and Resource Use
Resource and Environmental Economics
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
2005-06 (II)
2005-06 (I)
Advanced Resource Economics
Resource and Environmental Economics
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
2004-05 (I) Political Economy University of Teramo
2003-04 (II)
2003-04 (I)
Portfolio Theory
Growth Theory
University of Teramo
University of Teramo
2002-03 (II) Economics of the European Union University of Rome Tor Vergata

7. Conference Presentations

Amsterdam, June 2009 EAERE Annual Conference
Thessaloniki, June 2007 EAERE Annual Conference
Vienna, August 2006 European Economic Association - Annual Congress
Kyoto, July 2006 3rd World Congress of Environmental & Resource Economists
Ascona, June 2006 SURED - Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics
Montreal, May 2006 Canadian Economics Association - Annual Meeting
Cagliari, September 2005 CRENOS - FEEM Conference on Tourism and Sustainable Development
Zurich, March 2005 Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics - Annual Meeting
   
 

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