Luca di Corato works as a researcher at the department since October 2008. He was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of York (United Kingdom) and the University of Padua (Italy)

Research area

Luca’s main research topics are Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics and Real Options. He has worked on contract design for the provision of environmental services, optimal forest management and bargaining over natural resource rents under the threat of expropriation. He has recently focused on investment in renewable energy sources and land allocation under uncertainty. He is also interested to applications of stochastic dynamic modelling to marital choices and behavioural anomalies.  

Teaching

Quantitative Finance (advanced), Investment Analysis (PhD).

Selected publications

Di Corato, L., (2012). Optimal Conservation Policy under Imperfect Intergenerational Altruism, Journal of Forest Economics, forthcoming.

Di Corato, L., Moretto, M., (2011). Investing in Biogas: Timing, Technological Choice and the Value of Flexibility from Inputs Mix, Energy Economics, Vol. 33, Issue 6, pages 1186-1193 (doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.05.012).

Working papers:

Gazheli, A., Di Corato, L., (2011). Land-use change and solar energy production: a real option approach, FEEM Nota di Lavoro 90.2011.

Di Corato, L., Moretto, M., Vergalli, S., (2011). Land conversion pace under uncertainty and irreversibility: too fast or too slow?, FEEM Nota di Lavoro 84.2011.

Di Corato, L., (2010), Profit sharing under the threat of Nationalization, Department of Economics, SLU, Uppsala, Working Paper Series 2010:1 and FEEM Nota di Lavoro 05.2010.

Di Corato, L., Moretto, M., Vergalli, S., (2010). An equilibrium model of habitat conservation under uncertainty and irreversibility, “Marco Fanno” Working Paper no. 122, University of Padua and FEEM Nota di Lavoro 160.2010.

Di Corato, L., (2006). Mechanism design for biodiversity conservation in developing countries. “Marco Fanno” Working Paper no. 34, University of Padua. Updated version: 04/2008.

Miscellaneous

Additional information on my activities is available on the c.v.