Research

Research at the Department of Economics and Management focuses on issues in economics and business, as well as on a variety of directly or indirectly related legal, social, institutional, technical, and methodological issues. The Department of Economics and Management engages with the frontiers of all its disciplines, favoring an interdisciplinary collaboration of various specializations. International, national, and local projects are fundamental opportunities for funding research. The Department of Economics and Management additionally allocates funds from the University of Ferrara to research projects through internal calls for proposals. The research products at the Department of Economics and Management are often published in world-leading journals and book series. Furthermore, the Department of Economics and Management is equipped with its own working papers series to promote the dissemination of works in progress and to foster a debate on several frontiers.

Main research domains

  • Theoretical and applied economics
  • Management and accountancy
  • Business economics, also in historical perspective
  • Industrial organization, international and development economics
  • Economics of knowledge and innovation
  • Institutional economics, economic analysis of law
  • Public choice and economics of utilities
  • Economics and management of health
  • Economics and management of cultural heritage
  • Environmental and regional economics
  • Economics, organization and management of human resources
  • Financial institutions and markets

Titolo nascosto

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The Department of Economics and Management has signed DORA (Declaration On Research Assessment) in December 2018.