ROBERTO PATUELLI

HOMEPAGE

Welcome to my homepage, of which you are visiting a first, very primitive, version.

Here, I sum up briefly my bio, current work status and affiliation, as well as the list of my activities and publications.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2007): Economics (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Master’s of Arts (2005): Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics (School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)

Bachelor Degree (Diploma di Laurea) (2001): Statistics and Economics (Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Italy)

CURRENT POSITION

Post-doc Researcher (2008-current): Institute for Economic Research (IRE), University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Scientific Secretary (2009–current): The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Rimini, Italy

Teaching Assistant (Tutor) of Macroeconomics (2007-current): Rimini Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy

CURRICULUM VITAE

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PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Refereed Journals

Ø Patuelli, R., S. Longhi, A. Reggiani and P. Nijkamp (2003). Multicriteria Analysis of Neural Network Forecasting Models: An Application to German Regional Labour Markets. Studies in Regional Science 33 (3): 205–29.

Ø Schintler, L.A., S.P. Gorman, A. Reggiani, R. Patuelli, P. Nijkamp, A. Gillespie and J. Rutherford (2005). Complex Network Phenomena in Telecommunication Networks. Networks and Spatial Economics 5 (4): 351–70. ISI impact factor (2008): 0.718.

Ø Patuelli, R., P. Nijkamp and E. Pels (2005). Environmental Tax Reform and the Double Dividend: A Meta-Analytical Performance Assessment. Ecological Economics 55 (4): 564–83. ISI impact factor (2008): 1.912.

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp and U. Blien (2006). New Neural Network Methods for Forecasting Regional Employment: An Analysis of German Labour Markets. Spatial Economic Analysis 1 (1): 7–30.

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani and P. Nijkamp (2006). The Development of Regional Employment in Germany: Results from Neural Network Experiments. Scienze Regionali (Italian Journal of Regional Science) 5 (3): 63–95.

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani, S.P. Gorman, P. Nijkamp and F.-J. Bade (2007). Network Analysis of Commuting Flows: A Comparative Static Approach to German Data. Networks and Spatial Economics 7 (4): 315–31. ISI impact factor (2008): 0.718.

Ø Patuelli, R., S. Longhi, A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp and U. Blien (2007). A Rank-order Test on the Statistical Performance of Neural Network Models for Regional Labor Market Forecasts. The Review of Regional Studies 37 (1): 64–81 (pdf).

Ø Patuelli, R., S. Longhi, A. Reggiani and P. Nijkamp (2007). Forecasting Regional Employment in Germany by means of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 35 (4): 701–22. ISI impact factor (2008): 0.879.

Ø Vaona, A. and R. Patuelli (2008). New Empirical Evidence on Local Financial Development and Growth. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 1 (2–3): 147–57.

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp and F.-J. Bade (2010). The Evolution of the Commuting Network in Germany: Spatial and Connectivity Patterns. Journal of Transport and Land Use 2 (3): 5–37.

Ø Grimpe, C. and R. Patuelli (2010). Regional Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: A Spatial Filtering Approach. The Annals of Regional Science (forthcoming) (R code). ISI impact factor (2008): 0.531.

Monographs

Ø Patuelli, R. (2007). Regional Labour Markets in Germany: Statistical Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Disparities and Network Structures. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (pdf).

Chapters in Edited Books

Ø Schintler, L.A., S.P. Gorman, A. Reggiani, R. Patuelli and P. Nijkamp (2005). Small-World Phenomena in Communications Networks: A Cross-Atlantic Comparison. In: A. Reggiani and L.A. Schintler (eds) Methods and Models in Transport and Communications. Cross Atlantic Perspectives. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 201–20 (pdf).

Ø Gorman, S.P., R. Patuelli, A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp, R. Kulkarni and G. Haag (2007). An Application of Complex Network Theory to German Commuting Patterns. In: T. Friesz (ed.) Network Science, Nonlinear Science and Infrastructure Systems. Springer, New York, pp. 165–83 (pdf).

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp and F.-J. Bade (2009). Spatial and Commuting Networks: A Unifying Perspective. In: A. Reggiani and P. Nijkamp (eds) Complexity and Spatial Networks: In Search of Simplicity. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 257–71 (pdf).

Ø Patuelli, R., D.A. Griffith, M. Tiefelsdorf and P. Nijkamp (2010). Spatial Filtering Methods For Tracing Space-Time Developments In An Open Regional System: Experiments with German Unemployment Data. In: A. Frenkel, P. Nijkamp and P. McCann (eds) Societies in Motion: Regional Development, Industrial Innovation and Spatial Mobility. Essays in Honour of Daniel Shefer (tentative title). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham Northampton (forthcoming) (wp version).

RECENT WORKING PAPERS

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Vaona and C. Grimpe (2008). Poolability and Aggregation Problems of Regional Innovation Data: An Application to Nanomaterial Patenting. Quaderno N. 08-10, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Under revision at the Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic and Social Geography). ISI impact factor (2008): 0.457.

Ø Oud, J.H.L., H. Folmer, R. Patuelli and P. Nijkamp (2008). A Spatial-Dependence Continuous-Time Model for Regional Unemployment Analysis in Germany. Quaderno N. 08-11, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Resubmitted to Geographical Analysis. ISI impact factor (2008): 2.564.

Ø Patuelli, R., D.A. Griffith, M. Tiefelsdorf and P. Nijkamp (2009). Spatial Filtering and Eigenvector Stability: Space-Time Models for German Unemployment Data. Quaderno N. 09-02, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Accepted with minor revisions on International Regional Science Review. ISI impact factor (2008): 0.938.

Ø Patuelli, R., A. Reggiani, P. Nijkamp and N. Schanne (2009). Neural Networks for Regional Employment Forecasts: Are the Parameters Relevant? Quaderno N. 09-03, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Resubmitted to the Journal of Geographical Systems. ISI impact factor (2008): 1.250.

Ø Lionetti, S. and R. Patuelli (2009). Trading Cultural Goods in the Era of Digital Piracy. Quaderno N. 09-07, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Submitted to Information Economics and Policy.

Ø Patuelli, R., N. Schanne, D.A. Griffith and P. Nijkamp (2010). Persistent Disparities in Regional Unemployment: Application of a Spatial Filtering Approach to Local Labour Markets in Germany. Quaderno N. 10-01, Faculty of Economics, University of Lugano. Submitted to the Journal of Regional Science.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Ø Patuelli, R. (in progress). Estimating a Spatial Filtering Gravity Model for Bilateral Trade: Functional Specifications and Estimation Challenges. Paper presented at the Conference on Quantitative Social Science Research Using R, New York, NY, June 2009 (presentation).

Ø Linders, G.-J., R. Patuelli and D.A. Griffith (in progress). The Space of Gravity: Spatial Filtering Estimation of a Gravity Model for Bilateral Trade. Paper presented at the SSES Annual Meeting 2009, Geneva, June 2009 (presentation).

Ø Lionetti, S. and R. Patuelli (in progress). Augmented Gravity Model: An Empirical Application to Cultural Goods Trade Flows. Paper presented at the 49th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Łódź, August 2009 (presentation).

Ø Guerra, G., R. Patuelli and R. Maggi (in progress). Spatial Concentration, Imitation and Migrant Self-Employment: A Spatial Analysis for Switzerland. Paper to be presented at the 50th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Jönköping, August 2010 (Google Earth Swiss contiguity map) (abstract).

Ø Folmer, H., J.H.L. Oud, R. Patuelli and P. Nijkamp (in progress). Endogenous and Exogenous Wages in German Regional Labour Markets: A Continuous-Time, Spatial-Dependence Panel Approach. Paper to be presented at the 50th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Jönköping, August 2010 (abstract).

Ø Patuelli, R. and N. Schanne (in progress). Spatial Filter Regression of Heterogeneous Spatio-Temporal Autoregressive Processes: Some Monte-Carlo Evidence. Paper to be presented at the 50th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Jönköping, August 2010 (abstract).

Ø Mayor-Fernández, M. and R. Patuelli (in progress). Forecasting Regional Unemployment: The Contribution of Spatial Filtering. Paper to be presented at the 50th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Jönköping, August 2010 (abstract).

MY WEBPAGES

Ø www.ire.eco.unisi.ch/personale/personal-info.htm?id=1465, my USI profile.

Ø unisi.academia.edu/RobertoPatuelli, my academia.edu page.

Ø ideas.repec.org/e/ppa145.html, my IDEAS page.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Ø 3rd International Workshop on Geographical Localisation, Intersectoral Reallocation of Labour and Unemployment Differentials (GLUNLAB3), Rimini, June 2010.

Ø The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF), Rimini, June 2010.

Ø SSES Congress 2010, Fribourg, June 2010.

Ø 50th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Jönköping, August 2010.

My email is: roberto.patuelliusi.ch