Alessandro Nuvolari
Associated Professor of Economic and Social History (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)
PhD. in Economic History (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands)
Graduate in Economics and Social Sciences (Bocconi University)
Innovation, Patents, Industrial Revolution, British and Italian economic history
Brief CV More InformationProjects
The Swedish Patent Database, 1746-1975
From 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Supported by: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Reference: IN17-0954:1)
News & Events
The Race between the Snail and the Tortoise: Skill Premium and Early Industrialisation in Italy 1861-1913
Ridolfi, Leonardo; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Steinberg, Federico; Vasta, Michelangelo
Inequality in Europe in the Long Run (1300-1850): Evidence from Real Wages
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Race between the Snail and the Tortoise: Skill Premium and Early Industrialization in Italy (1861-1913)
Ridolfi, Leonardo; Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Race between the Snail and the Tortoise: Skill Premium and Early Industrialization in Italy (1861-1913)
Ridolfi, Leonardo; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Steinberg, Federico; Vasta, Michelangelo
Is Skill-Premium Necessary for Technological Catching-Up? Evidence from Italy, 1861-1913
Ridolfi, Leonardo; Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Value of Patents in Italy, 1861-1913
Magazzini, Laura; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
Inequality in Europe in a Long-Term Perspective (14th-19th Century)- Evidence from Real Wages
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Value of Patents in Italy, 1861-1913
Magazzini, Laura; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
Inequality in Europe in a Long-Term Perspective (14th-19th Century): Evidence from Real Wages
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Early Phases of the Italian Patent System (1861-1870)
Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Early Phases of the Italian Patent System (1861-1870)
Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Real Wages, GDP and the Plight of the Poor, 1300-1913
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Localization of Innovation in Early Industrializing Italy: Evidence from Patent Records (1861-1913)
Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Value of Patents in Italy, 1861-1913
Magazzini, Laura; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Origins of the Italian Regional Divide: Evidence from Real Wages, 1861-1913
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
The Origins of the Italian Regional Divide: Evidence from Real Wages, 1861-1913
Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo
Patents and Inventors, 1800-1939
Nuvolari, Alessandro; Andersson, David; Saiz, Patricio; Streb, Jochen; Vasta, Michelangelo
LongWaves and Industrial Revolutions
Nuvolari, Alessandro
Publications
2019. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo. "Patenting the Risorgimento: Economic Integration and the Formation of the Italian Patent System (1855-1872)", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook 60(1), (93-122).
2019. Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Ridolfi, Leonardo; Vasta, Michelangelo. "The Race between the Snail and the Tortoise: Skill Premium and Early Industrialization in Italy (1861–1913)", Cliometrica (forthcoming).
2019. Federico, Giovanni; Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo. "The Origins of the Italian Regional Divide: Evidence from Real Wages, 1861–1913", The Journal of Economic History 79(1), (63-98).
2018. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Toninelli, Pier Angelo; Vasta, Michelangelo. "What Makes a Successful (and Famous) Entrepreneur? Historical Evidence from Italy (XIX-XX Centuries)", Industrial and Corporate Change 27(3), (425-447).
2017. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo. "The Geography of Innovation in Italy, 1861-1913: Evidence from Patent Data", European Review of Economic History 21(3), (326-356).
2015. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo. "The Ghost in the Attic? The Italian National Innovation System in Historical Perspective, 1861-2011", Enterprise and Society 16(2), (270-290).
2015. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Vasta, Michelangelo. "Independent Invention in Italy during the Liberal Age, 1861-1913", The Economic History Review 68(3), (270-290).
2013. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Sumner, James. "Inventors, Patents and Inventive Activities in the English Brewing Industry, 1634-1850", Business History Review 87(1), (95-120).
2012. Christine, MacLeod; Nuvolari, Alessandro. "Technological Change", in Doyle, William (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ancien Regime, Oxford University Press. Oxford, (448-466).
2011. Nuvolari, Alessandro; Tartari, Valentina. "Bennet Woodcroft and the Value of English Patents, 1617-1841", Explorations in Economic History 48(1), (97-115).
