Curriculum Vitae

EMANUELA SCIUBBA (Dr)

Work address

Department of Economics Mathematics and Statistics

Birkbeck, University of LondonTel. 44 (0)20 7631 6450

Malet StreetFax: 44 (0)20 7631 6413

London WC1E 7HXe-mail:

Education

  • 1995 - 2000Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge

PhD in Economics

Thesis title: "Three Essays on Evolution and Financial Markets"

Supervisor: Professor Luca Anderlini

Examiners: Professor Hyun Shin (external) and Professor Hamid Sabourian (internal)

  • Jan - Apr 1998Faculty of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Visiting student

  • 1994 - 1995Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge

M.Phil in Economics

Class awarded: Distinction

  • 1989 - 1993Università L.U.I.S.S. G. Carli, Rome

Laurea in Economia e Commercio

Class awarded: 110/110 cum laude

Research and Teaching Experience

  • 2015 to dateDepartment of Economics Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck,

University of London

Reader in Economics

  • 2015 (Spring)Department of Economics, University College London

Visiting Lecturer

  • 2012 – 2015Department of Economics Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck,

University of London

Senior Lecturer in Economics

  • 2005 – 2011Department of Economics Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck,

University of London

Lecturer in Economics

  • 2004 – 2010LUISS Guido Carli, Rome

Visiting Professor

  • 2008 (Spring)Department of Economics, Cornell University, USA

Visiting Professor

  • 2001 – 2005Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

University Lecturer in Economics

  • 2001 - 2005Newnham College, Cambridge

College Fellow and Lecturer in Economics

Director of Studies in Economics and Land Economy

  • Jan - Dec 2000Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Post-doctoral research fellow

  • July - Dec 1999Ente "Luigi Einaudi" (Bank of Italy), Rome

Research fellow

  • 1996 - 1998Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge

Teaching assistant in the M.Phil Programme, Microeconomics

Papers

Papers published in refereed journals

A. Guerdjikova and E. Sciubba (2015): “Survival with Ambiguity”, Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 155, pp. 50-94.

A. Conte, D. Di Cagno and E. Sciubba (2015): “Behavioral Patterns in Social Networks”, Economic Inquiry, vol. 53, n.2, pp. 1331-1349.

F. Mengel and E. Sciubba (2014): “Extrapolation and Structural Similarity in Games”, Economic Letters, vol. 125, n.3, pp. 381-385.

T. Coury and E. Sciubba (2012): “Belief Heterogeneity and Survival in Incomplete Markets”, Economic Theory, vol. 49, n.1, pp. 37-58.

D. Di Cagno, E. Sciubba and M. Spallone (2012): “Choosing a Gambling Partner: Testing a Model of Mutual Insurance in the Lab”, Theory and Decision, vol. 72, n.4, pp. 537-571.

D. Di Cagno, E. Sciubba and M. Spallone (2011): “Elective Affinities”, Theoretical Economic Letters, vol. 1, n.3, pp. 134-136.

D. Di Cagno and E. Sciubba (2010): “Trust, Trustworthiness and Social Networks: Playing the Trust Game when Networks are Formed in the Lab”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 75, n. 2, pp. 156-167.

P. Krishnan and E. Sciubba (2009): “Links and Architecture in Village Networks”, Economic Journal, vol. 119, n. 4, pp. 917-949.

G. Loranth and E. Sciubba (2006): “Relative Performance, Risk and Entry in the Mutual Fund Industry”, The Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Topics, vol. 6, n. 1, Article 19.

E. Sciubba (2006): “The Evolution of Portfolio Rules and the Capital Asset Pricing Model”, Economic Theory29, n.1, pp. 123-150.

E. Sciubba (2005): “Asymmetric Information and Survival in Financial Markets”, Economic Theory 25, n.2, pp. 353-379.

D. Di Cagno and E. Sciubba (2000): “Institutional Design as a Commitment Device in Credit Markets with Asymmetric Information: Experimental Evidence”, Economic Notes2, 2000.

Papers published in edited volumes

D. Di Cagno and E. Sciubba (2008): “The Determinants of Individual Behaviour in Network Formation: Some Experimental Evidence” in M. Abdellaoui and J. Hey (eds), “Advances in Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty”, Springer.

E. Sciubba (2002): “Relative Performance and Herding in Financial Markets”, in S. Satchell and J. Knight (eds), “Performance Measurement in Finance”, Butterworth-Heinemann.

G. Caldarelli, M. Piccioni and E. Sciubba (2002): “A Numerical Study on the Evolution of Portfolio Rules”, in Shu-Heng Chen (ed), “Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.

Working papers

E. Sciubba (2001): “Relative Performance, Herding and Crashes”, CNR-ISFSE Working Paper n. 14.

G. Loranth and E. Sciubba (2000): “Bank Size, Risk and Competition”, BirkbeckCollege Discussion Papers in Economics n. 24.

Book reviews

E. Sciubba (2003): Book review of “Bounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox” by G. Gigerenzer and R. Selten (eds.), The Economic Journal vol. 113, n. 485.

Research Grants, Awards and Fellowships

  • 2005-2008CERF Research Grant “The Endogenous Formation of Financial Networks”

(joint with Gyongyi Loranth and Pramila Krishnan”)

  • 2004-2007European Commission Research Grant “DELIS”
  • 2004-2005ESRC Research Grant “Endogenous Network Formation and Informal

Institutions in Rural Ethiopia” (joint with Pramila Krishnan)

  • 2004Nuffield Foundation Research Grant “Endogenous Network Formation and

Informal Institutions” (joint with Pramila Krishnan, to carry out a pilot study)

  • 1997 - 1999 Marie Curie Fellowship(sponsored by the European Commission)
  • 1996 - 1997Fellowship sponsored by the Royal Economic Society
  • 1994 - 1996Marco Fanno Fellowship sponsored by Mediocredito Centrale, Italy