Anna Soci

Professore Alma Mater Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche

Anna Soci is a Alma Mater Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna, where she was Full Professor of Economics until 2019. She is currently a Life Member of Clare-Hall, Cambridge (UK).
She studied in Bologna (I) and Princeton (USA), and she held various scholarly positions in Italian and foreign universities: Research Fellow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University (USA), Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College in Oxford (UK), Senior Visiting Fellow and Associate at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (UK), Visiting Professor at the Universidad de Externado in Santa Fè de Bogotà, Colombia, and at the Free University of Bozen (I). She was a member of the Academy Advisory Board of the Network for European Studies, University of Helsinki; evaluator of proposals for Marie Curie Development Host Fellowships and Marie Curie Training Sites of the Human Potential Programme, on the behalf of the European Commission, Direction XII; referee for research-project evaluation on the behalf of the Italian Ministry for the University and Research.
She coordinated international research groups and organized research-meetings and conferences. In particular, she was the principal investigator of the European Union research project in local development named “TERA: territorial aspects of enterprise development in remote rural areas,” financed in the Sixth Framework Program, Priority [8]: Scientific Support to Policies. She had several research collaborations with various Research Centers and Publishers, and she is a referee for national and international economic journals. Her research interests are currently in Economics and Politics, particularly in Economic Inequality, and formerly in Macroeconomic Theory, New Economic Geography and Foreign Direct Investment, International Economics, and Applied Economics. She has widely published in international and national peer-reviewed academic journals, in addition to being the author of several books and many working papers presented in international and national conferences and seminars.



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MAIN PUBLICATIONS


Books

Inequality: a short history (co-authored with Michele Alacevich), The Brookings Institution,
Washington D.C., 2018, pp. 1-244
   Chinese edition: 不等式。 简史, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2018
   Italian edition: Breve storia della disuguaglianza, Laterza, 2019 and 2022

Macroeconomia. Introduzione ai modelli teorici, (co-authored with B. Salituro), Bologna, Il Mulino, 1992 (3rd. ed.), pp. 5-478; 1989 (2nd. ed.); [formerly: Introduzione alla Macroeconomia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1988 (1st. ed.)]

Contabilità Nazionale e saldi finanziari. Un'analisi istituzionale della realtà italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1990, pp. 7-196

La bilancia dei pagamenti italiana (co-authored with G. Basevi), Bologna, Il Mulino, 1978, pp. 7-254

Journal Articles
Published


“Disuguaglianza, Democrazia e Globalizzazione, Menabò di Etica ed Economia, n.168, 2022“Come curare le disuguaglianze economiche”, LaVoce.info, 3/02/2022“Perché la disuguaglianza fa male alla democrazia”, LaVoce.info, 30/03/2018
“Crisi economica ed oligarchia politica: il ritorno della disuguaglianza” (co-authored with N. Melloni), Il Mulino, 6/2014, 1011-1018
“Does inequality harm democracy? An empirical investigation on the UK”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani), Journal of Economic and Social Development, 1(2), 2014, 12-22
“How to develop the periphery? The regional integration case of Basso Ferrarese in Italy”
(co-authored with N. Melloni and G. Palmieri), Journal of Economic Integration, 26(3), September 2011; 477-498
“Agglomeration and the perspective of the Periphery”
(co-authored with S. Gruber), Spatial Economics Analysis, 5 (1), 2010, 43-72
“FDI: a difficult connection between theory and empirics”
in Bernard Fingleton (ed.), New directions in economic geography, London, Edward Elgar, 2007, p. 277-314
“Teaching, visibility and scholarly production: a gender-based inquiry into a case of professorship competition in Italy”
(co-authored with G. Campanelli and M. L. Segnana), Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 18(1), 2007, 3-34
“FDI and the process of European integration in Europe: a brief overview”
Journal of Economic Integration, 18(4), 2003, 607-625
“On the aggregate production function and its presence in modern Macroeconomics”
(co-authored with G. Colacchio), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 14(1), 2003, 75-107
“Pop competitiveness”
(co-authored with R. Cellini), BNL Quarterly Review, LV(220), 2002, 71-101
“Attività didattica, visibilità e pubblicazioni nei «giovani» economisti italiani”
(co-authored with G. Campanelli and M. L. Segnana), in A. Carabelli - D. Parisi - A. Rosselli (eds.), Che genere di economista?, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999, p. 83-135
“Alcune considerazioni demodé in margine alla riforma del sistema pensionistico”
Economia Politica, No. 2, Agosto 1998, p. 317-333
"Teoria della produzione ed analisi macroeconomica. Una connessione (im)possibile?" Economia Politica, No. 1, Aprile 1995, p. 99-127
"L'analisi macroeconomica e la funzione di produzione. Alcune considerazioni preliminari"
Dynamis, Quaderni IDSE-CNR, No. 1, 1994, p. 1-16
"Aspettative razionali e inefficacia della politica monetaria: una critica",
(co-authored with B. Salituro), Ricerche Economiche, No. 1-2, Gennaio/Giugno 1983, p. 44-65
"La curva di offerta à-la-Lucas: alcune osservazioni critiche"
(co-authored with B. Salituro), Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, No. 7-8, Luglio/Agosto 1982, p. 503-518
"Anticipi e ritardi di pagamento"
in G. Basevi - R. Orsi - G. Pecci - A. Soci, Il comportamento degli operatori nei regolamenti valutari, Thema, Quaderni di Economia e Finanza dell'Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, No. 5, 1980, p. 50-87
"Economia nazionale e regionale: realtà e prospettive"
(co-authored with G. Funaioli e E. Wolleb)
Note Economiche Semestrali No. 3, 1977, E.R.V.E.T., Bologna, p. 29-187
"L'interscambio commerciale tra Italia e paesi del bacino del Mediterraneo"
Note Economiche Semestrali No. 2, 1976, E.R.V.E.T., Bologna, p. 194-230

Working Papers

“Inequality and Democracy”, Working Paper DSE No.1131, Bologna, p. 27, June 2019,
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3413009
“Does inequality harm democracy? An empirical investigation on the UK”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani), DSE Working Paper No. 935, April 2014
“The main determinants of the rising inequality in the UK economy”
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani), mimeo, 2013
“Income Inequality and democracy: the case of UK in the last thirty years”,
Research output for the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, 2012
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/publications_working.html#1112
“The development of periphery in an industrialised country: the case of Basso Ferrarese in Italy”
(co-authored with N. Melloni and G. Palmieri), hosted by the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu), 2009
“The future of development in the area of “Basso Ferrarese”: a comparative analysis
(co-authored with N. Melloni and G. Palmieri), EU TERA Project, WP7: Policy implications and recommendations, Intermediate-Deliverable No. 7.15, 2008
“Agglomeration, agriculture and the perspective of the periphery”
(co-authored with S. Gruber), EU TERA Project, WP2: Conceptualization and model design, Deliverable No. 3, 2006
“Institutional change and FDI in three selected CEECs: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland”,
(co-authored with M. G. Attinasi and N. Melloni), University of Bologna, DSE Working Paper No. 576, 2006
“FDI: the current state of play”
University of Bologna, DSE Working Paper No. 454, 2002
“The emergence of Bologna and its future consequences”
(co-authored with R.E Zimmermann), mimeo, 2003
“La competitività"
(co-authored with R. Cellini), University of Bologna Research Project on L’economia italiana e la sua collocazione internazionale: una ridefinizione delle politiche dell’occupazione per una più efficiente crescita economica, Working Line 2: «Struttura dell’offerta e sistemi di produzione», Working Paper No. 16, University of Bologna, 1997
"A disaggregated estimate of the invisibles in the Italian balance of payments"
mimeo, Istituto di Scienze Economiche, University of Bologna, 1979
"Export trade credit in the Italian balance of payments"
mimeo, Istituto di Scienze Economiche, University of Bologna, 1975

Reports and Book Reviews

Book review: O. Christiansen – L.S.B. Jensen (eds.), Histories of global inequality, Journal of Economic Literature 2021, 59(3), 1-9
Book review: “TERA project: final report” (co-authored with K. Thomson), TERA WP2, Deliverable No. 3, www.dse.unibo.it/tera, 2008
Book review: D. Reisman, The Institutional Economy , The Review of Political Economy, Vol. 17, No.1, January 2005
Book review; E. Fornero, L’economia dei fondi pensione, Economia Politica, No. 2, Agosto 1999.
Book review: D.Begg, The Rational Expectations Revolution in Macroeconomics
M.De Felice - G.Pelloni, Aspettative razionali, teoria economica e politiche di stabilizzazione Economia Politica, No. 1, Aprile 1984
Book review: A.Quadrio Curzio (ed.), The Gold Problem, Note Economiche, No. 4, 1984

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Contributed papers


2019 “Inequality and Democracy”
AISPE Conference, The rise of economic inequality: contributions from the history of Social Sciences, Bologna
2019 “Capitalismo e disuguaglianza”
Dialoghi sul futuro del capitalismo, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Asti
2018 “Inequality: a short history”
(co-authored with M. Alacevic)
Conference on “Developments in economic theory and policy”, Bilbao
2014 “Does inequality harm democracy? An empirical investigation on the UK”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani)
1st WINIR Conference, Greenwich, London
2014 “Does inequality harm democracy? An empirical investigation on the UK”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani)
EEFS 13th Annual Conference, Thessaloniki
2014 “Does inequality harm democracy? An empirical investigation on the UK”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan and D. Mantovani)
6th International Scientific Conference on economic and social development and 3rd Eastern European ESD Conference, Vienna
2013 “How inequality affects democracy: preliminary results for the UK case”
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan e D. Mantovani)
International Symposium “Capitalism, Inequality and Democracy”
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2012 “Income inequality and democracy: the case of UK in the last thirty years”
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan e D. Mantovani)
9th International Colloquium, “Inequality and its Persistence”, University of Graz
2012 “The causes of income inequality in the UK”
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan e D. Mantovani)
EEFS 11th Annual Conference, Istanbul
2012 “Income inequality and democracy: the case of UK in the last thirty years”,
(co-authored with A. Maccagnan e D. Mantovani)
Columbia University, New York
2010 “How to develop the periphery: the case of Basso Ferrarese in Italy”
(co-authored with N. Melloni and G. Palmieri)
EEFS 9th Annual Conference, Athens
2009 “The development of periphery in industrialised countries”
(co-authored with N. Melloni and G. Palmieri)
AARES 53rd Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia
2007 “Teaching, visibility and scholarly production: a gender-based inquiry into a case of professorship competition in Italy”
(co-authored with G. Campanelli and M. L. Segnana)
Clare Hall, Cambridge
2006 “FDI and Institutions: the case of Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland”
(co-authored with M. G. Attinasi and N. Melloni),
9th EUNIP International Conference, Limerick
2005 “Institutional change and FDI in three selected CEECs: Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland”, (co-authored with N. Melloni)
4th EEFS International Conference, Coimbra
2003 “The emergence of Bologna and its future consequences”
(co-authored with R.E Zimmermann)
EAEPE International Annual Conference, Maastricht
2002 “FDI: the state of the art”
EAEPE International Annual Conference, Aix-en-Provence
2002 “FDI and the process of European integration in Europe: a brief overview”
IEFS-UK/EEFS International Annual Conference, Crete
1998 “Pop Competitiveness”
EAEPE International Annual Conference, Lisbon
1997 “La competitività” (co-authored with R. Cellini)
Conference on La molteplicità dei modelli di sviluppo nell’Italia del Nord
Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Parma
1996 “The European Monetary System”
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Santa Fè de Bogotà, Colombia
1996 “Past, Present and Future of European Integration”
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Santa Fè de Bogotà, Colombia
1995 “La carriera e i percorsi di ricerca delle donne nelle scienze economiche”, Einaudi Foundation, Turin
1993 “Women and Economics in the Italian University”
Out of the Margin, International Conference on "Feminist Perspectives on Economic Theory", Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam
1993 “La funzione di produzione e l’analisi macroeconomica”
International meeting On the theory of production, University of Florence
1987 “Risultati del Sottoprogetto IV: l’Italia nell’economia internazionale”
Targeted CNR Project: Struttura ed evoluzione dell’economia italiana, Catholic University, Milan
1982 “Aspettative razionali e inefficacia della politica monetaria”
(co-authored with B. Salituro)
CNR Research Group, Faculty of Economics, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari
1982 “La curva di offerta à-la-Lucas: osservazioni critiche”
(co-authored with B. Salituro)
CNR Research Group, Faculty of Economics, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari
1980 “Analisi degli anticipi e ritardi di pagamento”,
Istituto Bancario S. Paolo, Milan
  • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy