Andrea Canidio

I'm assistant professor of Economics at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca (Italy), where I teach Microeconomic Theory to PhD students. My research interests are political economy, innovation and entrepreneurship, contracts and organizations, development economics. I'm also Research Associate of the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT).

Education

• PhD Boston University (2005 — 2010)
• MS Università Bocconi (2004 — 2005)
• BA Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Milano (1998 — 2005)
• BA Università Bocconi (1999 — 2004)

Companies

• Mentor LONGHASH (2019)
• Assistant Professor IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (2017)
• Board Member Smartly.ai (2016)
• Fellow of the Stone research center INSEAD (2017 — 2020)
• Board member 3D4PRO (2016 — 2019)
• Visiting Assistant Professor INSEAD (2015 — 2017)
• Assistant Professor Central European University (2010 — 2015)

Publications

• Task Discretion, Labor Market Frictions and Entrepreneurship (forthcoming). Joint with Patrick Legros, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations. (see here for the working paper version)
• The Economics of Savings Groups (2021). Joint with Alfredo Burlando and Rebekah Selby , International Economic Review, 62(4): 1569-1598 (see here for the working paper version, which includes the web appendix)
• Tokens and ICOs: A Review of the Economic Literature (2021). Joint with Vincent Danos, Stefania Marcassa, Julien Prat. In A. Fernández Anta, C. Georgiou, M. Herlihy, M. Potop-Butucaru (eds.), Principles of Blockchain Systems. Morgan & Claypool.
• VeriOSS: using the Blockchain to Foster Bug Bounty Programs (2021) Joint with Gabriele Costa and Letterio Galletta Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols (Tokenomics 2020), 82: 6:1-6:14.
• The Allocation of Scientific Talent, (2019) The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 121 (4): 1647-1672 (see here for the working paper version).
• Rewarding Idleness (2019). Joint with Thomas Gall Journal of Public Economic Theory, 21 (3): 433-459 (see here for the working paper version).
• The Technological Determinants of Long-Run Inequality (2018) Journal of Public Economic Theory. 20 (2): 156–176 (see here for the working paper version).
• Does Group Inclusion Hurt Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Ultra-Poor Members of Ugandan Savings Groups, (2017) joint with Alfredo Burlando. Journal of Development Economics, 128: 24–48 (see here for the working paper version).
• The Allocation of Capital in Rural Credit Markets, (2016) joint with Alfredo Burlando. Journal of International Development, 28 (8): 1381–1395 (see here for the working paper version).
• Focusing Effect and the Poverty Trap (2015) European Economic Review, 76: 222–238 (see here for the working paper version).

Working Papers

• Auctions with Tokens.
• Cryptocurrencies and cryptotokens: the extensive margin.
• Optimal Political Institutions in the Shadow of Conflict. Joint with Joan Esteban
• Financial incentives for the development of blockchain-based platforms (supersedes an earlier version titled Financial incentives for open source development: the case of Blockchain).
• Benevolent Arbitration in the Shadow of Conflict. Joint with Joan Esteban
• The value of public information in vertically differentiated markets. Joint with Thomas Gall
• The Focusing Effect in Negotiations. Joint with Heiko Karle (supersedes an earlier version titled The Structure of Negotiations: Incomplete Agreements and the Focusing Effect)