UGO PAGANO

Department of Economics
Piazza S.Francesco,7 - I 53100 Siena
Tel.+39 0577 232614 Fax +39 0577 232661
E-mail:pagano@unisi.it





Biographic Notes

Place and date of birth : Naples (Italy), 10-5-1951. Nationality : Italian.

Home : Il Colle 16. 53010 Monti in Chianti. Siena. (Italy).

Tel (+577) 747079

Education:

1969: Maturita' Classica, Liceo Umberto, Naples.

1973: Laurea with distinction in Economics, University of Siena.

1983: Ph. D. in Economics, University of Cambridge.

Present employment and other present positions

Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the the Department of Political Economy, University of Siena.

Recurrent Visiting Professor. Central European University.

Visiting Fellow, ESRC Centre for Business Research Research, University of Cambridge.

President of A.I.S.S.E.C. (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio dei Sistemi Economici Comparati)

Member of the Council of E.A.E.P.E. (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy)

Academic
Curriculum

University Positions and Teaching experience

1978-1984: Lecturer of Economics, University of Siena.

courses: microeconomics, history of the economic thought.

supervisions: in the above fields for undergraduates.

1984-1990: University Lecturer. Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

courses: theory of the firm and self-management, history of economic analysis, institutional economics, the economics of real and feasible socialism.

supervisions: in the above fields for M. Phil. and Ph. D. students.

1985-1990: Fellow of Pembroke College. Cambridge.

supervisions: general economic theory.

1987-1991: Professor of Economic Policy,. University of Cassino (Italy).

courses: post-walrasian microeconomics and the foundations of macroeconomic policy.

supervisions: in general economics and economic policy for undergraduates.

1990- : Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge.

courses: the institutions of production: transaction costs, property rights and theory o the firm.; lectures given for M. Phil students.

1991- :Professor of Economic Policy, University of Siena.

courses: institutional choices for modern market economies, theories of the firm, technological development and of the allocation of property rights.

supervisions: in economic policy for undergraduates; in institutional economics and the above fields for graduate students and young researcher fellows.

1995 - Recurrent Visinting Professor of Industrial Organisation, Central European University, Budapest.

courses: industrial organisation, transaction cost economics, alternative governance and property right systems in the East and the West.

supervisions : in governance systems and privatisation policies in the economies of central and eastern europe.

Scholarships, Research Fellowships and Organization of Research:

1974-1976: C. N. R. Scholarship for Graduate Studies.

1976-1978: Research Fellow, University of Siena.

1983-1984: Research Fellow, European University Institute, Florence.

1987- :Member of the Organizing Board of the International School of Economic Research.

1990- :Member of the U.N. WIDER project on Economic Democracy

1990-4 :Member of the Scientific Committee of CESPE.

1991- 2 : Director of the Department of Political Economy. University of Siena.

1991- : Member of the Organizing Board of the Siena Doctorate Programme

1993- : Member of Steering Committee of A.I.S.E.C.. (Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems).

1993 - Director of the C. N. R. research project on Institutions and Technical Change.

1994: Member of the National Commission evaluating Ph. D. research in Economic Policy.

1994: Guest editor of the Journal "Structural Change and Economic Dynamics" for the special issue on "Institutions and Economic Change".

1997: Awarded the "Kapp Prize" for the best paper by the EAEPE.

1998- Director of the national research project on "Incomplete Contracts and Institutional Analysis.

Publications

Pubblications before 1990.

"Teoria Neoclassica, Pianificazione e Marxismo". Note Economiche n. 2, 1978.

"Profit-Maximization, Industrial Democracy and the Allocation of Labour". The Manchester School N. 2, 1983a.

"Welfare, Productivity and Self-Management". Economic Notes N. 3,1984.

"Occupazione ed Autogestione: una Alternativa Intermedia". Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, N. 4, 1984.

"Single Firm and Anti-Firm Socialism: Contradictions and Evolution in the Marxian Alternatives to Capitalism". In B. Chavance "Marx en Perspective." Editions de L' Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Paris, 1985.

"Work and Welfare in Economic Theory". Basil Blackwell, Oxford and New York, 1985.

"Melchiorre Gioia". Voce per "The New Palgrave. A Dictionry of Economics". A cura di J. Eatwell, M. Milgate e P. Newman. Macmillan, 1987 London.

Publications since 1990

"Determinazione Endogena dei Diritti di Proprietà' in una Economia di Mercato" Sociologia del Diritto N. 19 e ripubblicato in Ragioni del Diritto e Ragioni dell'' Economia a cura di V. Pocar e N. Velicogna, Franco Angeli, 1990 Milano.

Property Rights, Asset Specificity, and the Division of Labour under Alternative Capitalist Relations. Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 15 No 3, 1991. In corso di ripubblicazione su G. Hodgson The Economics of Institutions Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Property Rights Equilibria and Institutional Stability. Economic Notes, Vol. 20 n. 2 pp. 189-228 1991. Ripubblicato in J. Backhaus "Systemwandel und Reform in Ostlichen Wirtshaften" Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg 1991.

"Braverman". In P. Arestis and Sawyer M. C. eds Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 1992.

Organizational Equilibria and Production Efficiency. Metroeconomica N. 1/2 1992.

Democrazia Economica e Diritti di Proprietà. Politica ed Economia. N. 9 pp. 49-55, 1992.

Authority, Co-ordination and Disequilibrium: an Explanation of the Co-existence of Markets and Firms. Economic Dynamics and Structural Change. N. 1 1992. In corso di ripubblicazione su G. Hodgson The Economics of Institutions Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Imprese Tecnologia e Diritti di Proprietà. Relazione generale per la sessione della Società degli Economisti 1991 su Teoria Economica e Analisi delle Istituzioni. Economia Politica n 1 1992 e in corso di stampa in Teoria Economica e Analisi delle Istituzioni a cura di R. Artoni. Il Mulino, Bologna.

E' la razionalità economica ragionevole? Ragion Pratica. N. 1 1993.

Si può spiegare il nazionalismo con l'economia? Ragion Pratica N. 2 1993.

Organizational Equilibria and Institutional Stability. In Bowles S., Gintis H. e Gustafson B. Markets. and Democracy Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Organisational Equilibria and the Japanese Model. Atti del Siena-Kyoto Symposium., Kyoto University Press, 1994.

Commento a "Allocazione e riallocazione della proprietà e del controllo delle imprese: ostacoli intermediari regole" di Fabrizio Barca in Banca d'Italia, Il Mercato della Proprietà e del Controllo delle Imprese Numero Specile dei Contributi all'Analisi Economica, 1994.

(In collaborazione con Robert Rowthorn) Ownership Tecnology and Institutional Stability. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , Vol. 5 N. 2 (1994).

(In collaborazione con M. Landesman) Introduction: Institutions and Economic Change. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics . Vol. 5 N. 2 (1994).

Economia e Diritto in Relazioni pericolose: l'avventura dell'economia nella cultura contemporanea a a cura di Andrea Boitani e Giorgio Rodano edito da Laterza (Bari, 1995).

Can Economics Explain Nationalism? In Breton A. Nationalism and Rationality, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1995.

(Con R. Rowthorn ) The Competitive Selection of Democratic Firms in a World of Self-Sustaining Institutions. In Pagano e Rowthorn Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise , Routledge, London and New York, 1996.

(Con R. Rowthorn) Introduction. In Pagano e Rowthorn Democracy and Efficiency in
the Economic Enterprise , Routledge, London and New York, 1996

( Curatore con R. Rowthorn) Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise , Routledge, London and New York, 1996.

Workers' Rights and Economic Flexibility. In Markets, Unemployment and Economic Policy a cura di P. Arestis, G. Palma, M. Sawyer, Routledge, London and New York 1997.

Selezione di mercato e democrazia economica in Jossa e Pagano Economie di mercato e efficienza dei diritti di proprietà. Giappichelli, Torino, 1997

(Con Bruno Jossa) Introduzione a Jossa e Pagano Economie di mercato e efficienza dei
diritti di proprietà . Giappichelli, Torino, 1997

(Curatore con Bruno Jossa ) Economie di mercato e efficienza dei diritti di proprietà. Giappichelli, Torino, 1997

< > La Transicion Y La 'Especiation' del Modelo Japonés. Cuardenos de Economia
(1997) N. 27 pp. 141-186.

Information Technology and Diversities in Organisational Equilibria. The Keizai Seminar N. 7 1998.

Institutions. In Kurtz D. H. e Salvadori N. The Elgar Companion to Classical Economics . Edward Elgar (1998).

Redistributions of Assets and Distributions of Asymmetric Information. In Erik Olin Wright Recasting Egalitarism. Verso, London e New York 1998.

Transition and the Speciation of the Japanese Model. Quaderni del Dipartimento di
Economia Politica. N. 231, Siena 1998 Di prossima pubblicazione su International
Journal of Technology Management .

The Origin of Organisational Species. Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica. N. 231, Siena 1998 Di prossima pubblicazione in Nicita A. e Pagano U. The Evolution of Economic Diversity. Routledge London e New York, 1999.

(Co-autori F. Barca, K. Iwai, S. Trento) Post-War Institutional Shocks. The Divergenge of Italian and Japanese Corporate Governance Models. Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica. N. 234, Siena 1998. Di prossima pubblicazione su Economic Systems N. 1 1999.

Is Power an Economic Good? Notes on Social Scarcity and the Economics of Positional Goods. In Bowles, Franzini, Pagano (1999) The Politics and the Economics of Power . Routlledge, London and New York.

(Con S. Bowles e M. Franzini) Introduction: trepassing the boundaries of politics and economics. In Bowles, Franzini, Pagano (1999) The Politics and the Economics of Power . Routlledge, London e New York.

(Curatore con S. Bowles e Maurizio Franzini) The Politics and the Economics of Power . Routlledge, London e New York 1999.

The divergence of the Italian and Japanese Corporate Governance Models: the Role of Institutional Shocks. Economic Systems. Vol. 23 pp. 35-61. (1999) (Together with Fabrizio Barca, Katshuito Iwai e Sandro Trento)

The Politics and Economics of Power. Routledge, London and New York (1999) Editor together with Samuel Bowles e Maurizio Franzini.

Trespassing the Boundary between Economics and Politics. With S. Bowles and M. Franzini. In Samuel Bowles, Maurizio Franzini e Ugo Pagano The Politics and Economics of Power. Routledge, London and New York (1999), pp. 1-10.

Bounded Rationality, Institutionalism and the Diversity of Economic Institutions. In Francisco Louca and Mark Perlman eds. Is Economics and Evolutionary Science? Edward Elgar, Cleltman UK and Nothampton MA (2000) pp. 95-114.

Transition and the Speciation of the Japanese Model. In Fabel O., Farina F. and Punzo L. (2000) in European Economies in Transition. In Search of a New Growth Path. Macmillan London and St. Martin Press New York pp.198-236.

Public Markets, Private Orderings and Corporate Governance. International Review of Law and Economics . Vol. 20/4 (2000) pp. 453-477.

Introduction: the Co-evolution of Economics and Biology and the Evolution of Diversity. (Together with Antonio Nicita). In A. Nicita, U. Pagano (2001) The Evolution of Economic Diversity. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 1-18.

The Origin of Organizational Species. In A. Nicita, U. Pagano (2001) The Evolution of Economic Diversity. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 21-47.

Divergences in Corporate Governance Models: The Role of Institutional shocks. (Together with Fabrizio Barca, Katshuito Iwai e Sandro Trento). In Boltho A., Vercelli A., Yoshikawa H. (2001) Comparing Economic Systems. Italy and Japan. Palgrave, Basingstoke U. K and New York pp. 15-41

Information technology and the biodiversity of capitalism. In Hodgson G. et al. Capitalism in Evolution Edward Elgar, Chelttenham UK (2001) pp. 83-100

Book Reviews

Estrin S. Self-Management: Economic Theory and Yugoslav Practice. The Manchester School, 1984.

Lydall H. "Yugoslav Socialism: Theory and Practice". The Manchester School, 1985.

Simon J. "Effort Opportunity and Wealth" Economic Journal 1988.

Economic Theory and Market Socialism. Selected Essays of Oskar Lange. Edited by Tadeusz Kowalick. Economic Journal 1996.

Lane Kenworthy In Search of Nation al Economic Success. Balancing Competition and Cooperation. The Manchester School 1996.

Works On-Line "Property rights, asset specificity, and the division of labour under alternative capitalist relations",n.95, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica,Dicembre 1989

"Transition and the "Speciation" of the Japanese Model", n.231, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica,Ottobre 1998  

"The Origin of Organizational Species ",n.232, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Novembre 1998  

"Redistributions of Assets and Distributions of Asymmetric Information ", n.233, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Novembre 1998  

"Post - War Institutional Shocks. The Divergence of Italian and Japanese Corporate Governance Models ",n.234,Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Novembre 1998

"Bounded Rationality, Institutionalism and the Diversity of Economic Institutions", n.266, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, (Ottobre 1999)

"Information Technology and the "Biodiversity" of Capitalism", n.267, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, (Ottobre 1999)

"Public Markets, Private Orderings and Corporate Governance", n.268, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, (Ottobre 1999)

The Evolution of Economic Diversity, A. Nicita and U. Pagano Eds (2000)
 

Teaching Academic Year  2000-2001
Course of  Politica Economica III
Ph.D in Economics - Course of Theory of Firm