Luca Di Corato

Luca Di Corato is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His research program applies real options theory and game-theoretic approaches to environmental, natural resource, and agricultural economics.

Research focuses on:

• Climate change adaptation investments
• Environmental policy design under uncertainty
• Agricultural land use decisions
• Energy market structures
• Resource management optimization

His recent work demonstrates strong regional focus on Italian environmental challenges including Venice flood protection systems, while maintaining global perspective through studies of Brazilian deforestation and Ethiopian agriculture. Methodologically, he specializes in dynamic optimization models under uncertainty with applications to policy evaluation.

Dr. Di Corato maintains active undergraduate thesis supervision in environmental economics, industrial economics, and natural resource economics, guiding students through research design and analysis.