Barbara Luppi is Adjunct Professor of International Economics at SAIS Europe, and Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia. Previously Professor Luppi was Visiting Professor of Law and Economics, University of St. Thomas, School of Law, Minneapolis (2012-2014); Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bologna (2005-2007); Tutorial Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (2003-2005); Lecturer, University of Bologna Rimini campus (2003-2004). Professor Luppi was a consultant for Regional Federation of Community Banks, Emilia Romagna (2007-2008), National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rome (2004-2008), and Research Center on Social Investments (CENSIS), Rome (2007). Recipient of the Microsoft Research Award for Scholarship in Law and Economics (2009) and the Marco Fanno Scholarship (2002). PhD in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (2010); PhD in Political Economics, University of Bologna (2005).
- Deterrence of Wrongdoing in Ancient Law, with F. Parisi, D. Pi and I. Faragnoli, in Roman Law and Economics, Volume II: Exchange, Ownership, and Disputes, G. Dari-Mattiacci and D. P. Kehoe, Oxford University Press (2020)
- Behavioral Models in Tort Law, with F. Parisi, in Research Handbook on Behavioral Law and Economics, J. C. Teitelbaum and K. Zeiler (editors), Edward Elgar Publishing (2018)
- Gordon Tullock and the Virginia School of Law and Economics, with A. Guerra and F. Parisi, in Constitutional Political Economy 28:1 (2017)
- Optimal Liability for Optimistic Tortfeasors, with F. Parisi, in European Journal of Law and Economics 41:3 (2016)
- Double-edged Torts, with F. Parisi and D. Pi, in International Review of Law and Economics 46 (2016)
- Litigation as Rent Seeking, with F. Parisi, in Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking, R. D. Congleton and A. L. Hillman (editors), Edward Elgar Publishing (2015)
- Jury Size and the Hung-Jury Paradox, with F. Parisi, in The Journal of Legal Studies 42:2 (2013)
- Litigation and Legal Evolution: Does Procedure Matter?, with F. Parise, in Public Choice 152 (2012)
- Self-Defeating Subsidiarity, E. Carbonara, B. Luppi and F. Parisi, in Review of Law & Economics 5:1 (2009)
Covers theory of consumer behavior and demand, theory of the firm and market structures, general equilibrium and resource allocation, theory of income distribution, information theory, game theory and economics of institutions.