Luciano Mauro

Luciano Mauro is a Full Professor of Economics at the University of Trieste. Luciano Mauro earned a MS degree at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. He has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, NY, USA and a visiting professor at Duke University, NC, USA.
His research interests range from Growth Theory, Macroeconomics, Regional Economics and Development Economics. He has published in several peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Macroeconomics, European Journal of Political Economics, Journal of  Public Economic Theory, Journal of Policy Modelling, Review of Development  Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Economic Notes.
 

Selected Publications

• Mauro, L., & Pigliaru, F. (2024). Italy’s national recovery and resilience plan: Will it narrow the north–south productivity gap?. Italian Economic Journal, 10(3), 1281–1307.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40797-023-00254-2
• Mauro, L., Pigliaru, F., & Carmeci, G. (2023). Decentralization, social capital, and regional growth: The case of the Italian North-South divide. European Journal of Political Economy, 78, 102363.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102363
• Mauro, L. (2022). La stagnazione secolare: fatti stilizzati e possibili cause. Il Risparmio, 65(1), 41–65.
• Carmeci, G., Mauro, L., & Privileggi, F. (2021). Growth maximizing government size, social capital, and corruption. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 23(3), 438–461.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12508