LSE Department of Economic History
Room E199 (East Building)
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE, UK
a.missiaia@lse.ac.uk
Anna Missiaia
Department of Economic History
London
School of Economics and Political Science
LSE Department of Economic History
Room E199 (East Building)
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE, UK
a.missiaia@lse.ac.uk
CURRENT POSITION
PhD candidate in
Economic History
Expected submission:
21 March 2014
Thesis: Regional
Patterns in the Early Italian Industrialization (1871-1911)
Supervisor: Professor
Max Schulze.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economic Geography in
Historical Research
Industrial Location
Market Integration
Consumption Patterns
European Economic
History (in particular Italy and Austria-Hungary).
EDUCATION Visiting student at IGIER Bocconi in Milan (Italy) from March to May 2011.
MSc (Research) in Economic History
London School of Economics and Political Science}, UK, 2009 Thesis: Regional Market Integration in Italy During the Unification (1832-1882)
Grade: Merit. MSc in Economic and Social Sciences
Universita Commerciale L. Bocconi, Milan (Italy), 2008
Thesis: The Trees of Bretton Woods Cast a Long Shadow, the Principle of Clearing in the European Payments Union
Grade: 104/110.
BA in International Economics
Universita degli studi di Trieste, Trieste (Italy), 2005
Grade: 106/110.
PUBLICATIONS2013, The industrial labor force of Italian provinces: estimates from the population censuses, 1871-1911 (with C. Ciccarelli), Rivista di Storia Economica, n.(2), 2013. WORKING PAPERS2009, Regional Market Integration in Italy During the Unification (1832-1882), LSE Economic History Working Papers Series, 133/2009.
BOOK REVIEWS 2013, The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White and the Making of a New World Order
(Ben Steil, Council on Foreign Relations Books, Princeton University Press, 2013).
Reviewed in: Financial History Review, forthcoming.
ONGOING RESEARCH On Regional Patterns:
"Market vs. Endowment: Explaining Early Industrial Location in Italy (1871-1911)".
"Business Fluctuations in the Cisleithania's Regions, 1867-1913" (with Carlo Ciccarelli).
"Political Fragmentation and Industrial Geography: Border Persistence After the Italian Unification".
"Where Do We Go From Here? Measuring Market Access of the Italian Regions (1871-1911)".
On Tobacco Consumption:
"The Demand for Tobacco in Cislethania (1867-1913)" (with Carlo Ciccarelli).
TEACHING
EH 101 "Internationalization of Economic Growth"(economic history at undergraduate level), Department of Economic History, LSE.
Economics A (micro and macro at undergraduate level), Economics Department, LSE.