Giuliano Marco Federico Rolle
PhD Student in Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Bio
I am a PhD student in Applied Economics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in L’Aquila, Italy, supervised by Alessandro Palma (GSSI) and Ilan Noy (GSSI and Victoria University of Wellington).
My research is in environmental economics, health economics and applied microeconometrics, with secondary interests in education and labour economics. My dissertation studies the health and human-capital effects of environmental exposures, from prenatal exposure to pesticides to wildfire smoke.
News
- July – October 2026 Visiting PhD student at the ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources (Munich), hosted by Filippo Pavanello.
- January – March 2026 Visiting PhD student at Columbia University, Department of Health Policy and Management (New York), hosted by Matthew Neidell.
Working Papers
A Toast to Health? Cognitive Effects of Local Pesticide Regulations
Under a Cloud of Smoke: Wildfires and Mental-Health Hospitalizations in Mexico
Coming soon
Presentations
2026
- Brown Bag Seminar, University of Verona (Italy)
- 2nd Workshop IdEP in Sustainable Economics, USI (Switzerland)
- 3rd Verona Early Career Workshop in Economics & Financial Mathematics, University of Verona (Italy)
- 7th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Carcavelos (Portugal)
- 13th European Health Economics Association Conference, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2025
- 13th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Rome (Italy)
- 2nd European Health Economics Association PhD & Supervisor Conference, Brussels (Belgium)
- 3rd “Economy and Space” PhD Workshop, Rome (Italy)
- 64th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Athens (Greece)
Education
PhD in Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute, 2023 – present
Visiting PhD student, Columbia University, Department of Health Policy and Management, Jan – Mar 2026
Visiting PhD student, ifo Institute, Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources, Jul – Oct 2026
MSc in Green Economy and Sustainable Development, University of Ferrara, 2022
BA in Foreign Trade (Economics), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 2020
Research Assistance
Degrees of Deception: How Score Manipulation Mitigates Temperature's Impact on Student Performance
Ballatore, R. M., Palma, A., & Vuri, D. (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17643
Contact
Email: giuliano.rolle@gssi.it
LinkedIn: giuliano-rolle
Address: GSSI Zenith Building, Viale Luigi Rendina, 26-28, 67100 L’Aquila AQ, Italia
