PhD Graduate in ECONOMICS XXXVI FEDERICO D'AMARIO supervisor: Massimiliano Tancioni XXXV MILOS CIGANOVIC supervisor: Prof. Massimiliano Tancioniadvisor: Prof. Massimiliano Tancioni SARA D'ANDREA supervisor: Carmelo Parello ETTORE GALLO co-supervisor: Mark Setterfield, Willi Semmler, Luca Zamparellijoint PhD: Economics Department, New School for Social Research FRANCESCA SUBIOLI co-supervisor: Prof. Michele Raitano LORENZO TONNI supervisor: Luca Zamparelli XXXIV MASSIMO APREA co-supervisor: Michele Raitano ALETHEIA AMALIA DONALD ALESSANDRO FERRACCI co-supervisor: Giulio Cimini LORENZO MARCHETTI advisor: Massimiliano Tancionico-supervisor: Massimiliano Tancioni GABRIELE PALOMBA co-supervisor: Michele Raitano FABRIZIO RENZI XXXIII ANDREA FAZIO advisor: Fabio Sabatini DOMENICO FICHERA MATHURIN AIME MEKAM POUATCHA MAURIZIO MOSTACCI co-supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Ciccarone MARYIA SULIK supervisor: Massimilliano Tancioni advisor: Valerio Pesic co-supervisor: Valerio Pesic FREDY MAURICIO TORRES VELASQUEZ ILARIA VILLANI XXXII FRANCESCO ALFANI ELENA COSTARELLI co-supervisor: Prof. Silvia Fedeli DARKO DUKELIC BEHNAZ MINOOEI FARD ELENA MIOLA JELENA RELJIC co-supervisor: Mario Pianta