Università Politecnica delle Marche | Italy
Mauro Gallegati is an influential economist internationally recognized for his contributions to complexity economics, agent-based modeling, and financial instability analysis. He serves as a Full Professor at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, building on earlier academic appointments at the Universities of Teramo, Pescara, and Urbino. His academic foundation includes a Laurea in Political Science and a PhD in Economics under the supervision of Hyman Minsky, shaping his long-standing interest in credit dynamics, business fluctuations, and systemic risk. Over the course of his career, he has held numerous visiting positions at leading global institutions, including Cambridge, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Kyoto, ETH Zurich, Santa Fe Institute, and the Bank of International Settlements, reflecting the international demand for his expertise. His research encompasses econophysics, income distribution, macroeconomic network models, credit propagation, and financial fragility, resulting in widely cited publications and collaborations with scholars such as Stiglitz, Battiston, and Greenwald. He has coordinated major European research projects, contributed to editorial leadership across multiple journals and book series, and received notable distinctions including the JEBO Best Paper Prize, the WEHIA Prize, DOSI Prize, KNAPP Prize, and Presidential Medals. He continues to advance interdisciplinary economic research and the development of agent-based methodologies for understanding complex economic systems.
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Battiston, S., Gatti, D.D., Gallegati, M., Greenwald, B., & Stiglitz, J.E. (2012). “Liaisons dangereuses: Increasing connectivity, risk sharing, and systemic risk” in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 36(8), 1121–1141.
Caiani, A., Godin, A., Caverzasi, E., Gallegati, M., Kinsella, S., & Stiglitz, J.E. (2016). “Agent based-stock flow consistent macroeconomics: Towards a benchmark model” in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 69, 375–408.
Gatti, D.D., Di Guilmi, C., Gaffeo, E., Giulioni, G., Gallegati, M., & Palestrini, A. (2005). “A new approach to business fluctuations: heterogeneous interacting agents, scaling laws and financial fragility” in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 56(4), 489–512.
Battiston, S., Gatti, D.D., Gallegati, M., Greenwald, B., & Stiglitz, J.E. (2007). “Credit chains and bankruptcy propagation in production networks” in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 31(6), 2061–2084.
Tola, V., Lillo, F., Gallegati, M., & Mantegna, R.N. (2008). “Cluster analysis for portfolio optimization” in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 32(1), 235–258.