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Laurea, Sapienza University of Rome, 1999
M.S., Purdue University, 2003
Dottorato di Ricerca, Sapienza University of Rome, 2004
Ph.D, Purdue University, 2007
Dr. Francesco Ruscitti, who joined JCU in 2011, received a Laurea degree in Economics (summa cum laude) from Sapienza University of Rome in 1999. He then went on to complete a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Economics at Purdue University (USA) in 2007.
Prior to joining John Cabot University, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University (New York) from 2007 to 2010. He then moved back to Italy and took a position first at the University of Sassari as Visiting Professor of Economics, and then for a short time at the University of Rome III as research fellow.
Dr. Ruscitti has taught a broad range of courses. His (undergraduate) teaching interests are in Microeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Economics of Information, Financial Economics, and Game Theory. Moreover, in recent years, Dr. Ruscitti has been invited to give graduate-level lectures on mathematical methods and the theory of financial markets at Tor Vergata University in Rome.
Dr. Ruscitti is passionate about and actively engaged in research. His expertise and interests are in Microeconomics and Economic Theory. In sum, his past and current research involves the use of mathematical methods and models for the analysis of market economies in a general equilibrium setting. Recently, Dr. Ruscitti’s research interests have branched out into Social Choice Theory and Welfare Economics. Dr. Ruscitti presents research papers at international conferences on a regular basis, and he has co-authored articles published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Economics Letters, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Economics Bulletin, Journal of Economics, Applied Mathematics, Economic Theory Bulletin, and Mathematical Social Sciences.
