Dr. Roberto Ippoliti

Education and Academic Degrees:

• 2013 - Post-Doc in Public Economics; National School of Administration - Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister’s Office), Rome. Project: “Efficiency of the Italian judicial system”. Board of supervisors: Prof. Giovanni Tria, Prof. Alberto Petrucci and Dr. Massimo Gerli (National School of Administration).

• 2012 - Ph.D. in Comparative Analysis of Institutions, Economics and Law; Doctoral School of Law, University of Turin. Dissertation: “The market of human experimentation, a law and economics analysis of the pharmaceutical clinical research”. President of the Commission: Prof. Mike F. Scherer (Harvard Kennedy School), Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni B. Ramello (University of Eastern Piedmont).

• 2008 - Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of Political Science, University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”. Dissertation: “Economic incentives and agency problems in the Health Care sector”. Advisor: Prof. Mario Ferrero (University of Eastern Piedmont), Co-advisor: Prof. Gianna Lotito (University of Eastern Piedmont).

• 2004 - Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance, Faculty of Political Science, University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”. Dissertation: “Sensitivity analysis of markets through Lagrange multiplier”. Advisor: Prof. Fabio Privileggi (University of Eastern Piedmont).

Academic and Professional Experience:

• since 2019 - Junior Professor for Law and Economics, Department of Business Administration and Economics – University of Bielefeld, Germany.

• 2017–2019 - Lecturer for Applied Economics, Department of Management and Department of Law, Political, Economic and Social Science – University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy.

• 2017–2018 - Scientific Expert in social entrepreneurship and sustainability (EU research project “CoNSENSo” - Interreg Alpine Space) – Piedmont Region, Italy.

• 2014–2019 - Lecturer for Applied Economics, Department of Management, Department of Economics and Statistics and Doctoral School of Law – University of Turin, Italy.

Articles (peer-review journals):
(Scopus Author ID: 36608285300; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9199-452X)

• Numico G., Viale M., Bellini I., Ippoliti R., Rossi M., Maan T., Carobene A., Pizzini A., Mistrangelo M., Bertetto O. (2019). Toward uniform and controlled clinical pathways in cancer care: a qualitative description. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, forthcoming. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzz015.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R., Manello A., (2019). Judicial efficiency and immigrant entrepreneurs. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 57(2), pp. 421–449. DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12376.

• Falavigna G., Costantino G., Furlan R., Quinn J.V., Ungar A., Ippoliti R. (2019). Artificial Neural Networks and risk stratification in Emergency Departments. Internal and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 14(2): 291–299. DOI: 10.1007/s11739-018-1971-2.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R. (2018). Industrial spatial dynamics, financial health and bankruptcy: evidence from Italian manufacturing industry. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, (2018) Vol. 45: 533–554. DOI: 10.1007/s40812-018-0102-4.

• Ippoliti R., Falavigna G., Montani F., Rizzi S. (2018). The private healthcare market and the sustainability of an innovative community nurses programme based on social entrepreneurship - CoNSENSo project. BMC Health Services Research, (2018) Vol. 18: 689. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3513-z.

• Ippoliti R., Ramello G. (2018). Governance of tax courts. Economics of Governance, Vol. 19(4), 317-338. DOI: 10.1007/s10101-018-0212-5.

• Ippoliti R., Allievi I., Falavigna G., (...), Rizzi S., Moda G. (2018). The sustainability of a community nurses programme aimed at supporting active ageing in mountain areas. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Vol. 33(4): e1100-e1111.. DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2591.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R., Ramello G. (2018). DEA-based Malmquist productivity indexes for understanding courts reform. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 62 (2018): 31-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2017.07.001.

• Ippoliti R. (2018). Human Mating Theory, Migration, and Household Dissolution. Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 47(3): 747-755. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-017-1087-1.

• Ippoliti R., Falavigna G., Grosso F., Maconi A., Randi L., Numico G. (2018). The Economic Impact of Clinical Research in an Italian Public Hospital: The Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Case Study. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol. 7(8), 728–737. DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.13.

• Costantino G., Falavigna G., Solbiati M., (...), Furlan R., Ippoliti R. (2017). Neural networks as a tool to predict syncope risk in the Emergency Department. Europace, Vol. 19 (11): 1891-1895. DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw336.

• Ippoliti R., Randi L., Grosso F., Numico G. (2016). Economic burden of patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in a high prevalence center. Annals of Oncology, Vol. 27 (suppl 4): iv7-iv8. DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw332.14.

• Casagranda I., Costantino G., Falavigna G., Furlan R., Ippoliti R. (2016). Artificial Neural Network and risk stratification models in Emergency Departments: the policy maker’s perspective. Health Policy, Vol. 120 (2016): 111-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.12.003.

• Costantino G., Sun B., Barbic F., (...), Wieling W., Furlan R. (2016). Syncope clinical managment in the ED: a consensus from the first international workshop on syncope risk stratification in the ED. European Heart Journal, Vol. 37 (19): 1493-8. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv378.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R., Manello A., Ramello G. (2015). Judicial productivity, delay and efficiency: a Directional Distance Function (DDF) approach. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 240 (2015): 592–601. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.07.014.

• Ippoliti R., Melcarne A., Ramello G. (2015). The Impact of Judicial Efficiency on Entrepreneurial Action: A European Perspective. Economic notes - Review of Banking, Finance and Monetary Economics, Vol. 44(1): 57-74. DOI: 10.1111/ecno.12030.

• Ippoliti R., (2015). The reform of judicial geography: technical efficiency and demand of justice. Italian Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 2 (2015): 91-124. DOI: 10.3280/EP2015-002003.

• Ippoliti R., Melcarne A., Ramello G. (2015). Judicial Efficiency and Entrepreneurs’ Expectations on the Reliability of European Legal Systems. European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 40 (1): 75-94. DOI: 10.1007/s10657-014-9456-x.

• Ippoliti R., (2014). The competitiveness of the market for legal services and judicial efficiency. Italian Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 2 (2014): 53-90. DOI: 10.3280/EP2014-002003.

• Sun B., Costantino G., Barbic F., (...), Wieling W., Furlan R. (2014). Priorities for Emergency Department Syncope Research. Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 64 (6): 649–655.e2. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.04.014.

• Ippoliti R., Falavigna G. (2014). Public health institutions, clinical research and protection system of patients' rights: an impact evaluation of public policy. Public Organization Review, Vol. 14 (2): 109–125. DOI: 10.1007/s11115-012-0208-5.

• Lomolino G., Falavigna G., Ippoliti R. (2014). Implementazione di un programma di controllo delle infezioni ospedaliere, un analisi di costo ed efficacia. MECOSAN - Italian quarterly of health care management, economics and policy, Vol. 23 (89): 124-148.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R., Manello A., (2013). Hospital organization and performance: a directional distance function approach. Health Care Management Science, Vol. 16 (2): 139-151. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-012-9217-8.

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R., (2013). The efficiency of regional health care systems in Italy: public or private? Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Vol. 40 (2): 29-49. DOI: 10.3280/POLI2013-002002.

• Ippoliti, R., Falavigna G. (2013). Subjects’ decision making process: an empirical analysis on patients’ mobility process and the role of pharmaceutical clinical research. International Review of Economics, Vol. 60 (3): 319-342. DOI: 10.1007/s12232-012-0167-8.

• Ippoliti R., (2013). Economic efficiency of countries’ clinical review processes and competitiveness on the market of human experimentation. Value in Health, Vol. 16 (2013): 148-154. DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.09.010.

• Ippoliti R., (2013). The market of human experimentation. European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol 35 (1): 61-85. DOI: 10.1007/s10657-010-9190-y.

• Ippoliti R., Falavigna G. (2012). Efficiency of medical care industry: evidence from the Italian regional system. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 217 (2012): 643-652. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.010.

• Ippoliti R., (2012). Clinical research, an empirical analysis of European market of human experimentation. Journal of Public Health (Germany), Vol. 20 (4): 461-475. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-011-0472-9.

• Ippoliti R., (2012). Making profits working on patients’ expectations, a behavioral analysis of pharmaceutical clinical research. Journal of Bioeconomics, Vol. 14 (3): 217-241. DOI: 10.1007/s10818-011-9121-1.

Chapters in books:

• Falavigna G., Ippoliti R. (2018). Institutional efficiency and financial health. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3630-1.

• Ciabattoni A., Ippoliti R. (2018). Anti-Dumping. In A. Marciano and G. Ramello (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_758-1.

• Ippoliti R. (2016). Human experimentation. In A. Marciano and G. Ramello (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_237-1.

• Foddis A., Ippoliti R. (2016). The American and the European market of human experimentation, a comparative study on regulation and competitiveness. In T. Eisenberg & G.B. Ramello (Ed.), Research Handbook on Comparative Law and Economics (pp. 456-476). Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Ippoliti R. (2015). Institutional Review Board. In J. Backhaus (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_197-1.

Selected conferences and workshop (oral presentation):

• (2019), European Economics and Finance Society Annual Conference (EEFS 2019) – Genoa (Italy). Presented paper: “The impact of bankruptcy enforcement on payment times: evidence from the Italian manufacture industry’’.

• (2018), Fifth Empirical Legal Studies Workshop – Amsterdam (Netherlands). Presented paper: “Judicial efficiency and output estimation: the Italian case study’’.

• (2017), Workshop on the Law and Economics of Migration and Mobility – Bern (Switzerland). Presented paper: “Judicial efficiency and immigrant entrepreneurship’’.

• (2016), 21th National Conference of Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) – Bologna (Italy). Presented paper: “Economic impact of sponsored clinical trials in treating patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma’’.

• (2015), A long-term approach to Entrepreneurship. The Demography of Firms and Industries in Europe: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, Södertörn University – Stockholm (Sweden). Presented paper: “Judicial efficiency and immigrant entrepreneurship’’.

• (2014), ZEW Public Finance Conference: Public Administration and Economic Performance – Mannheim (Germany). Presented paper: “Court’s efficiency and judges’ productivity”.

• (2013), Annual meeting of German Law and Economics Association (GLEA) - Bolzano (Italy). Presented paper: “Courts efficiency and judges productivity: the case study of Italian tax justice”.

• (2012), 25th Workshop in Law and Economics – Erfurt (Germany). Presented paper: “Pharmaceutical clinical research and regulation: an impact evaluation of health policy”.

• (2011), 9th Workshop Italian Society for Industrial Economics and Policy (SIEPI) – Rome (Italy). Presented paper: “Pharmaceutical clinical research, an empirical analysis of European market of human experimentation’’.

• (2010), 15th National Conference of Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) – Moncalieri (Italy). Presented paper: “Pharmaceutical clinical research, an empirical analysis of European market of human experimentation’’.