Prof. CARLO CARRARO - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche - San Giobbe 873 - 30122 Venezia -- tel. +39.041.2349166 -- e-mail: ccarraro@unive.it

Update: 27 January 2007

 

CARLO CARRARO

Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of Environmental Economics and Econometrics, University of Venice

Curriculum Vitae

Born:   May 17, 1957

Nationality: Italian

Business addresses:

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Università di Venezia
San Giobbe 873 
30121 Venezia (Italy) 

Tel:  +39 041 2349166 
Fax:  +39 041 2349176 
E-mail: ccarraro@unive.it
Fondazione Eni E. Mattei
Palazzo Querini Stampalia
Campo S.Maria Formosa
30124 Venezia (Italy)
 
Tel: +39 041 2711453
Fax:  0039 041 2711461
E-mail: carraro@feem.it
EuroMediterranean Center on Climate Change
Via Augusto Imperatore 16
73100 Lecce (Italy)

Tel: 0832.288.650.201
Fax: 0832.277.603
E-mail: carlo.carraro@cmcc.it

Webpage: http://www.dse.unive.it/professori/Carraro/Carraro.html

Present Positions

President of the University of Venice, Italy

Professor of Environmental Economics and Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Venice , Italy .

Director of Research and Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan , Italy .

Director of the Climate Impacts and Policy Division and Member of the Executive Board of the EuroMediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC), Lecce , Italy .

Vice-Chair, Working Group III and Member of the Bureau of the Nobel Laureate Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Associate Research Fellow, CEPS (Center of Economic Policy Studies), Bruxelles, Belgium

Research Fellow, CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research), London ( U.K. ), and CESifo (Center of Economic Studies), Munich , Germany .

Correspondent Resident Member of the Academy “Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti” (IVSLA) in Venice.

Member of:

  • the International Advisory Board of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP).
  • the European Environmental Agency (EEA) High-Level Network of Environmental Economists;
  • the European Research Council Advanced Grants Evaluation Panel;
  • the Advisory Board of:
    • the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Canberra , Australia ;
    • the BP Chair on Sustainable Development, Universidad Pontificia Comillas , Madrid
  • the Scientific Committee of:
    • the Research Network on Sustainable Development (R2D2), Paris
    • the Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e dell'Ambiente (IEFE), Milan
    • the ENI Award for Research
    • the Kyoto Project of the Fondazione Lombardia Ambiente, Milan ;
     
  • the Steering Committee of:  
    • the Ca' Foscari - Harvard Summer School (CFHSS)
    • the International Energy Workshop (IEW)
    • the Coalition Theory Network (CTN)
    • Center of Excellence for the Evaluation and Promotion of Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Coastal Areas (CESD/IDEAS), Venice
    • the Climate Policy Network (CPN)
    • the Euro Asian Research and Training on Climate Change Management (CLIMA) project at the Venice International University .
     

Chairman, AERE and EAERE Selection Committee for the 2010 World Congress of Environmental Economists.

Chairman of the Scientific Board of the EU Transust and Transust.Scan Projects.

Coordinator of the research project “Impacts of climate change and biodiversity effects“ funded by the University Research Sponsorship Programme of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg .

Former Lead Author of the IPCC Third Assessment Report, Working Group III.

Former Organisor of the 1998 World Congress of Environmental Economics and of the 2002 Congress of the European Economic Association and of the Econometric Society in Venice . Former member of the Board of the European Association on Environmental and Resource Economists.

Editorial Boards

Journals

  • Review of Environmental Economics and Policy ( Oxford University Press) – Co-Editor
  • Environmental Modelling and Assessment (Springer Science) – Associate Editor
  • Energy Economics (Elsevier)
  • Research in Economics (Elsevier)
  • Integrated Assessment (Springer Science)
  • International Environmental Agreements (Springer Science)
  • International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics (Edward Elgar)
  • Economics Bulletin (Vanderbilt University)
  • E -conomics (Kiel Institute)
  • Equilibri (Il Mulino)

Publishers

  • Editor of the FEEM Series on the Economics of Sustainable Development with Edward Elgar

Co-Editor of the ESRI Series on Environmental Policy with Edward Elgar

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University (USA).
    Title of Dissertation: New Methods for Macroeconomic Policy Analysis.
    Thesis committee: Professors G.C. Chow, W. Newey, P. Hartley, A. Blinder.
    Grade: A.
  2. Master of Arts in Economics, Princeton University (USA).
  3. Visiting Student, Institute of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Freie Universität, Berlin (FRG).
  4. Laurea degree in Economics (Dottore in Economia e Commercio) at the University “Ca’ Foscari” of Venice (Italy). 
    Advisors: Professors Ignazio Musu and Domenico Sartore.
    Title of Dissertation: Analysis and Estimation of Rational Expectations Models:
    A System-Theoretic Approach. Grade: Summa cum laude (110/110 and lode)
  5. Visiting Student, Department of Economics, University of Warwick (U.K.).

Past Academic Positions

2005-2008: Chairman of Department of Economics, University of Venice

2001-2006: Vice Provost for Research Management and Policy, University of Venice .

2004-2005: Chairman of the University Committee for Research Quality Valuation (VTR), Venice

2001- 2006: Member of the Scientific Committee of Veneto Innovazione.

2002-2005: Member of the Board of the Inter-University Nanotechnology Consortium (CIVEN).

Fall 2003: Visiting Professor, LATAPSES, CNRS and University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France)

Spring 1998: Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Paris X, Paris (France).

Fall 1997: Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics, GREQAM, Université de la Mediterranée, Marseille (France).

Spring 1996: Professor at the International Master on Environmental Economics, Maich, Chania (Greece).

Spring 1995: Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics, LATAPSES and University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France)

1992-1994: Professor of Economics, MBA Program, Clemson University, Pordenone (Italy)

Fall 1993 and 1994: Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics, GREQAM, University of Aix-en-Provence/Marseille II (France)

November 1990 – November 1993: Professor of Econometrics, Departments of Economics, University of Udine, (Italy).

Fall 1991: Visiting Professor of Labour Economics, Université de Paris I, Paris (France)

Fall 1989 and 1990: Visiting Professor of Econometrics, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France).

Fall 1989: Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, University College of London (U.K.).

November 1987 – November 1990: Associate Professor of Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Venice (Italy)

Summer 1987-1989: Professor at the Summer School of Econometrics, Bagni di Lucca, (Italy).

Fall 1987, 1988 and 1989: Visiting Professor of International Macroeconomics, University of Aix-en-Provence - Marseille II and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Marseille (France).

Spring 1987: Professor of Industrial Organization, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), Rome (Italy).

Fall 1986: Visiting Professor of Game Theory, Centre d'Economie Mathématique, Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).

Fall 1996: Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Paris I, Paris (France)

November 1983 – November 1987: Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Venice (Italy)

Fellowship and Awards

1985: ENI Fellowship, ENI Group, Rome.

1982: Fulbright Fellowship, Rome.

1981: Interbancaria Fellowship, Interbancaria, Milan.

1980: Research grant awarded by the ACME Research Group, University of Venice.

Main Conferences Organised

1985  International Conference on "Economic Policy and Control Theory", Venice (Italy), 28-31 January 1985.

1988  International Conference on "International Economic Policy Coordination", Aix-en-Provence (France), 24-25 June 1988.

1990  Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics on "Environmental Cooperation and Policy in the Single European Market", Venice, 17-20.4, 1990.

1990  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Lisbon (Portugal), 30.8-2-9, 1990.

1990  IEA Conference on "Economics for the New Europe", Venice (Italy), 1-4.11, 1990

1991  Autumn School on Environmental Economics, "International Coordination of Environmental Policies", Venezia, 30.9-5.10, 1991

1992  Autumn School on Environmental Economics, "Quantitative Methods in Environmental Economics", Venezia, 28.9-3.10, 1992

1992  International Conference on "The International Dimension of Environmental Policy", Milan, 22-24.10, 1992.

1992  International Conference on "Modelling Environment-Economy Linkages", Milan, 3-4.12, 1992.

1993  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Fontainbleau, 22-24.6,1993.

1993  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Helsinki (Finland), 26-28.8, 1993.

1994  IPCC workshop on "Top-Down and Bottom-Up Models for Environmental Analysis", Milan, 27-29.4, 1994.

1994  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the International Institute of Public Finance, Harvard, 22-24.8, 1994.

1994  HCM workshop "The Design of Environmental Policy", Crete (Greece), 7-9.9, 1994.

1994  International Workshop on "Environment Taxation, Revenue Recycling and Unemployment", Milan, 16-17.12, 1994.

1995  HCM workshop on "Economic Instruments for the Protection of Natural Resources and the Environment", Venice, 12-13.5, 1995.

1995  International Workshop on "Transport Policies and the Environment", Venice, 10-11.11, 1995

1996  International Conference on "Technology, Employment and Labour Markets", Athens, 16-18.5, 1996

1996   Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, Lisbon, 26-29.6, 1996

1996  International Conference on "The Economics and Law of Voluntary Approaches", Venice, 19-21 November 1996.

1997   First FEEM-Stanford International Conference on "International Environmental Agreements on Climate Change", Venice, 6-7 May 1997.

1997  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Toulouse (France), 28-30.8, 1997.

1998  International Conference on " Coalition Formation: Applications to Economic Issues”, Venice, 8-10 January 1998.

1998  Chair of the Organising Committee of the First World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists , Venice, 25-27 June 1998.

1999  Chair of the Organising Committee of the EFIEA Policy Workshop on Climate Policies in Europe, Milan, 4-6 March, 1999.

1999  FEEM/NBER Conference on “Distributional and Behavioural Responses to Environmental Policy”, Milan, 11-12 June, 1999.

1999  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 26-28.8, 1999.

2000  Chair of the FEEM-CAVA Conference on “Voluntary Approaches, Market Structure and Competition”, Milan, 28-29 May, 2000.

2000  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Crete, 24-26, June 2000.

2001 Member of the Programme Committee of the 2001 Conferences of the American Association of Environmental Economists.

2001 Organisor of the first EAERE-FEEM-VIU Summer School on Environmental Economics, Venice, 1-7 July, 2001.

2001 Second FEEM-Stanford International Conference on "International Environmental Agreements on Climate Change", Venice, 8-9 September 2001.

2002  VII Coalition Theory Workshop, Venice, 11-12 January 2002.

2002 Member of the Programme Committee of the Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists , Monterey, 24-26 June 2002.

2002 Chair of the Organising Committee of the Annual Conferences of the Econometric Society and the European  Economic Association, Venice, 22-28, June 2002.

2002 Co-organisor of the EAERE-FEEM-ICTG Summer School on Game Theory and the Environment, Lavagna (GE), 2-14 September, 2002.

2002 Member of the Programme Committee of the 2002 Conferences of the American   Association of Environmental Economists.

2003  Chair of the Programme Committee of the 2003 Conferences of the U.S. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

2003  Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Stockholm, 22-27 August, 2003.

2004  Co-organisor of the 6th FEEM Climate Policy Workshop and of the XXII MIT Global Change Forum, Venice, 9-11 June, 2004

2005 Third FEEM-Stanford International Conference on "International Environmental Agreements on Climate Change", Venice, 19-20 June 2005 (in cooperation with MIT and RFF).

2006 Member of the Programme Committee of the Third World Congress of Environmental Economists, Kyoto , 2-7 July 2006.

2007 Member of the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Thessaloniki , 28-30 June 2007.

2008 International Workshop on "Post-2012 International Policy Architecture for Global Climate Change" co-o rganised with the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Venice , 15-17 May 2008

Member of the following professional organisations

Econometric Society

European Economic Association

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

European Association or Environmental and Resource Economics