CURRICULUM VITAE Anna Maria Rita La Bruna
Current Appointment( since 2005) Aggregate Professor Faculty of Political Science Department of Political Studies University of Catania Italy Office Address Department of Political Studies Via V.Emanuele 49 95131 Catania (Italy) Personal Phone +39 95 7347227 Secretary Phone +39 95 7347257 Fax +39 95 7347205 E-Mail:
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Home Address Via G.Pulvirenti, 15 95131 Catania (Italy) Phone +39 95 315314 Mobile +39 3284850948 Date of Birth 17-1-1950
Education 1974 Laurea cum laude, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ 1974-1975 Master in Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Enrico Mattei School, ENI Corporate University, S.Donato Milanese (Milan)
1976 Admission Master of Philosophy in Economics, University of Cambridge (UK)
Fellowship and Grants 1972-73 Grant from the Italian School of History of Economic Thought, Rome 1974-75 Master Scholarship at ENI Corporate University, S.Donato Milanese (MI) (1975 Tutor in the course of Master Degree Enrico Mattei School, ENI Corporate University, S. Donato Milanese (MI)) 1975 Fellowship from the University of Calabria, Department of Business Organization and Public Administration,Rende(CS) 1979 Visiting at the Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, to study the English Public Expenditures Econometric Model, Italy-UK Cooperation Agreement for the Public Expenditures Planning and Control 2011 Visiting professor Soas University of London, Faculty of Law and Social Science 2011 Hyman P.Minsky Summer Seminar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College,Blithewood, Annandale on Hudson, New York
Research grants Ministry of Education (MPI-MURST-MIUR) Grants “ Econometric model of the Public Expenditures” , 1983 -1986 “ A National System of Banks in the Making “ , 1997- 2001 “ Historical Archive of the Italian Economists”, 1998- 2006 “ Economists of Italian Parliament”, 1999-2002 National Council of Research (CNR) Grant for the “Transports” project,1985 Grant for the “ Economic Perspectives of Cultural Heritage” project, 1995 University of Catania (PRA), Principal Investigator “ Sicily’s Archives and the History of Economic Thought” project, 2006 “ Historical Archive of the Sicilian Economists” project, 2007 “ Banks Regulation : Lessons from the Historical Evidence” project, 2008
Editorial Position Editor “Historical Archive of Sicilian Economists” Series, Rome-Caltanissetta, Sciascia Press, since 2002
Other Professional Positions 1976-1980 Treasury Minister Committee for the Macroeconomic Forecasting 1979-1980 Lazio District Committee for the Triennial Planning 1980-1982 European Operational Research Group in the Public Sector
Academic Career
1976-1981 Lecturer in Political Economy, Faculty of Statistic, University of Rome La Sapienza 1981-1998 Researcher in Political Economy, Faculty of Statistic, University of Rome La Sapienza 1998-2005 Researcher in History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Political Science, University of Catania 2005 Aggregate Professor in History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Political Science, University of Catania
Current Areas of Research History of Economic Thought, History of Monetary Thought, Economic and Monetary History, Money and Banking,
Teaching Activity I started to teach at the University of Rome, Faculty of Statistic and then in the 1995 I moved to the University of Catania, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Political Science. Areas of Teaching: History of Economic Thought, Political Economy, Economic Policy, International Economics, Monetary Theory and Policy, Econometrics. Levels: Undergraduates , Intermediates and Postgraduates .
Others Academic Activities Member of the Dean Board, Faculty of Political Science, University of Catania ( since 2006 at present)
Scientific Society Enrolment -ACEI (Association for Cultural economics International -AISPE(Associazione Italiana di Storia del Pensiero Economico) -ASSO( Associazione Storia Patria Sicilia Orientale) -ESHET( European Society for the History of Economic Thought) -MACIE (Management Arts & Culture International Association) -SIE (Società Italiana degli Economisti) -STOREP (Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell’Economia Politica)
Selected Publications (Books, Book Chapters, Articles, Discussion Papers and Recent Working Papers)
Public Planning and Econometric Forecasting Le importazioni.Una stima econometrica disaggregata in Ministero del Tesoro , <
>, Roma,1977 , Book Chapter.
Progress in forecasting with few data :a case study , (con V.Raganelli) 1980, Discussion Paper presented at IV European Congress on Operational Research, Cambridge (UK). I Dipendenti delle Amministrazioni statali.Uno studio previsionale della consistenza numerica in Ministero del Tesoro, << Stima del gettito delle entrate tributarie per il periodo 1980-1983>> Roma, 1980, Book Chapter.
Dividendi ed utili distribuiti dalle società .Le previsione del gettito del capitolo 1027 delle entrate fiscali in Ministero del Tesoro, <>, Roma, 1980 , Book Chapter.
Efficiency and effectiveness of the public manpower planning (con V.Raganelli) , 1982 Discussion Paper presented at EURO Health Meeting, Patrasso. I flussi finanziari dell’Amministrazione statale, in <>, Regione Lazio- IRSPEL (Istituto Regionale di Studi per la Programmazione Economica nel Lazio) Roma, 1980, Book Chapter. Il quadro della finanza pubblica (con E.Amico), in <> Regione Lazio-IRSPEL, Roma, 1983, Book Chapter.
Cultural Economics La spesa nel settore dei beni culturali, 1994 Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic, University of Rome. La spesa delle Regioni per i beni culturali, 1994, Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic, University of Rome.
La spesa per i beni culturali nella Sicilia e nel Lazio, 1995, Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic, University of Rome.
Cultural Goods in Italy: Expenditure models, Discussion Paper presented at International Workshop on “Heritage Conservation”, Catania , 1999.
History of Italian Economic Thought La cattedra di economia politica e l’Università di Catania.I primi vent’anni del novecento,in <>, a cura di C.Dollo, Società di Storia Patria per la Sicilia Orientale, ASSO, Catania ,1999, Book Chapter. Un economista liberal-democratico:Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano tra visione,teoria e politica economica,in <> vol.II ,a cura di M.M.Augello,M.E.L.Guidi, Milano,2003,Book Chapter.
Fonti Archivistiche della Sicilia orientale e storia del pensiero economico:La scuola di economia di Catania, in <>, a cura di , A.D’Agata,E.Giardina, E.Sciacca, Milano, 2006. Book Chapter. Le Lezioni di Placido De Luca, “Collana Archivio Storico degli Economisti Siciliani”, Presentazione, Sciascia Editore, Caltanissetta-Roma, 2007,Book Introduction . Esiti democratici della lezione genovesiana in Sicilia (con S.Tinè), in << Genovesi economista >> a cura di B.Jossa, R.Patalano, E.Zagari, Napoli, 2007 , Book Chapter.
Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano,economista politico , Caltanisetta-Roma, 2007, Book Editor and Introduction
La corrispondenza di Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano, economista politico (1847-1897), in <>, Caltanissetta-Roma, 2007, Book Chapter.
Politics, chairs, economic theory and policy in Italy (1880-1897) , Discussion Paper presented at International Workshop on “Economists’ Historical Archives”, Siena, 2007. Cattedre e teoria economica nell’ Italia del 1894.Una prospettiva dalle carte del fondo Majorana in <> a cura di P.Barucci, L.Costabile, M.Di Matteo, Milano, 2008, Book Chapter. La formazione economica del giovane Giorgio Amendola. << Fondazione Giovanni e Giorgio Amendola>> Roma, 2010 Monetary History and Theory Il governo della moneta nelle carte di un ministro. L’ Italia e la questione bancaria,1876-1879, Caltanissetta-Roma, 1991, 2007, Book. The revision of monetary theory in Fanno’s analysis, Comment presented at ESHET Annual (European Society of History of Economic Thought) Conference, Venezia ,2004. Boccardo e Majorana a confronto: dibattito sulla teoria monetaria e carteggi ,in <>, a cura di M.M. Augello, G. Pavanelli, Genova, 2005, Book Chapter. Per la storia dell’economia politica nel Parlamento dell’Italia liberale:controversia bimetallica e teoria economica della proprietà, << Quaderni del Dipartimento di studi politici>> Milano,2008, Book Chapter. Per la storia dell'economia politica nel parlamento dell'Italia liberale:il dibattito sulla legge di free
banking del 1879, in << Quaderni del Dipartimento di studi politici>> a cura di S.Aleo, P.Barone, Milano, 2009, Book Chapter Banking regulation and money value theory .The third way of the first government in Italy (18761879) , Working paper, SIE Annual Meeting, Roma, 2011 The influence of Ricardo on the monetary debate in Italy << International Ricardo Conference Money, Finance and Ricardo and Reception and Diffusion of Ricardo: an international comparison>> , with A.Rosselli, Working paper, Kyoto, 2012
