Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena
Professor of Economic History at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Siena.
He studied economic history, history of science and economics at the University of Florence (Italy) and at the University of Oxford, where he received his D.Phil. His main fields of interest are: economics of innovation in the long run perspective, institutions and economic performance, the economic history of living standard, entrepreneurship and trade. He pays particular attention to historical dataset and quantitative methods. He has published extensively in the top five economic history journals and the top three business history journals.
Martinez M.; Nuvolari A.;Vasta M. (2025)
Explorations in Economic History, 98,101718
Human capital in Europe, 1830s – 1930s: A general survey
Cappelli, G.; Ridolfi, L.; Vasta, M; Westberg, J. (2025)
Journal of Economic Surveys, 39(2), 453-488
Catching the technological frontier? Vocational and technical education (VTE) and inventive activity in Italy, 1861-1911.
Cappelli, G., Insa-Sánchez, P. and Vasta, M. (2025)
Mimeo
Italy’s Long-Term Economic Performance: GDP Estimates from 1300 to 1861
Federico, G., Nuvolari, A., Ridolfi, L., & Vasta, M. (2024)
The Economic History Review. Forthcoming
Whither education? The long shadow of pre-unification school systems into Italy’s Liberal Age (1861–1911)
Bozzano, M., Cappelli, G., & Vasta, M. (2024)
The Journal of Economic History, 84(1), 149-190