Vasta, Michelangelo

Associate Professor of Economic History, faculty of Economics
 
Research interests: business history, industrial organization, economic history
Telephone: 0577 235096   (int. 5096)
Homepage: http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/vastam/
Office hours: Tuesday h. 10.00-12.00

Short profile:
  • BA in Economic History, First Class Honours with Distinction (Facolty of Humanities - University of Firenze)
  • D.Phil (in Economic History) - University of Oxford
  • Post-Doc - Economic History Institute, Faculty of Economics, University of Firenze
  • Assistant Professor - Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Siena
  • Associate professor - Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Siena
Main publications:
  • Was industrialization an escape for the commodity lottery? Evidence from Italy 1861-1939 [with G. Federico], Explorations in Economic History,47(2), 2010, pp. 28-43.
  • Companies' insolvency and 'the nature of the firm' in Italy, 1920s-1970s [with P. Di Martino], The Economic History Review, 63 (1), 2010, pp. 137-164.
  • Italian export capacity in a long run perspective (1861-2009): a tortuous path to stay in place, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 15 (1), 2010, pp. 133-156.
  • Forms of Enterprise in Twentieth century Italy. Boundaries, Structures and Strategies [with A. Colli] (eds), Cheltenham, Elgar, 2010
  • Evolution of Italian Enterprises in the 20th Century [con R. Giannetti] (a cura di), Heidelberg-New York, Physica-Verlag (Springer), 2006.
  • "Public enterprise and the Rise of Services: Networks and Performance of Italian Big Business" [con P.A. Toninelli], in J. Clifton, F. Comin, D. Diaz Fuentes (a cura di), Transforming Public Enterprise in Europe and the Americas: Transnationalisation and Integration, Palgrave, 2006, pp. 44-61.
  • "The structure of Italian capitalism, 1952-1972: new evidence using the interlocking directorates technique" [con A. Rinaldi], Financial History Review, 12 (2), 2005, pp. 173-198.