EUROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name RIZZO LEONZIO GIUSEPPE
Address 42, Via dei Lavorieri, 44122, Ferrara, Italia
Telephone 00390532455045
E-mail leonzio.rizzo@unife.it
Personal web site https://sites.google.com/view/leonzio-rizzo/home
Nationality Italian
Date of birth 16 March, 1967
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) 10/2020 to present
• Name and address of employer PoliS Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administratio
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 10/2018 to 02/2019
• Name and address of employer University of Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071-Jaén.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Visiting professor (partial time)
• Dates (from – to) 12/2017 to present
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Full Professor of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 10/2017 - 12/2017
• Name and address of employer Éupolis Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 12/2016 - 12/2018
• Name and address of employer Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 5563, Addis Ababa (Etiopia)
• Type of business or sector Public Administation
• Occupation or position held Consultant/teacher
• Dates (from – to) 11/2016 - 06/2017
• Name and address of employer Institute to reduce spending, Inc., 919 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 (USA)
• Type of business or sector Private Association
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 1/2016 - 12/2016
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local Public Administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 09/2015 - 10/2015
• Name and address of employer Prometeia Associazione per le Previsioni Econometriche - Via G. Marconi, 43, 40122 Bologna.
• Type of business or sector Private Association
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 09/2014 - 12/2014
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 04/2014 - 10/2014
• Name and address of employer Ires Piemonte - Via Nizza, 18, 10125 Torino.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2014 – 12/2014
• Name and address of employer Éupolis Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2013 -12/2014
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 06/2012 – 07/2012
• Name and address of employer Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione - Via dei Robilant, 11, 00135 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 01/2012 – to present
• Name and address of employer Regione Emilia Romagna – Risorse Finanziarie e Patrimonio - Viale Aldo Moro, 18, 40127 Bologna.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Member of the regional monitoring centre on fiscal federalism of Emilia Romagna
• Dates (from – to) 01/2011 to 01/2012
• Name and address of employer IRPET - Regione Toscana - Via Pietro Dazzi, 1, 50141 Firenze.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2010 – 11/2017
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Associate Professor of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 04/2009 – 10/2010
• Name and address of employer IPRES - Regione Puglia – Piazza Garibaldi, 13, 70122 Bari.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2008 – 07/2008
• Name and address of employer IReR (now Éupolis Lombardia) - Regione Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2007 – 12/2013
• Name and address of employer Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio autonomie Locali – Via Romagnosi, 9, 38122 Trento.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Member of the Committee for Local Finance of the Autonomous Province of Trento
• Dates (from – to) 01/2007 – 12/2007
• Name and address of employer Anci-IFEL - Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina, 26, 00186 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National association of Italian municipalities
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 04/2005 – 12/2006
• Name and address of employer FORBANK Gruppo FORRAD srl – Via Crocifisso, 4, 20875 Burago di Molgora (MB).
• Type of business or sector Training
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 11/2004 – 12/2005
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Training
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 01/2003 – 12/2006
• Name and address of employer Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio autonomie Locali – Via Romagnosi, 9, 38122 Trento.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant on the Committee for Local Finance of the Autonomous Province of Trento
• Dates (from – to) 03/2002 – 09/2010
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 09/2001 – 12/2002
• Name and address of employer European Community - Brussels
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Marie Curie post-doc fellow at London School of Economics
• Dates (from – to) 09/1999 – 10/2000
• Name and address of employer Università del Piemonte Orientale, Via E. Perrone 18, 28100 Novara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Main activities and responsibilities Teaching Public Economics.
• Dates (from – to) 09/1999 – 10/2000
• Name and address of employer Fondazione CARIPLO – Via Manin, 23, 20121 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Foundation
• Occupation or position held Visiting fellow at London School of Economics
• Dates (from – to) 01/1999 – 12/2000
• Name and address of employer Libera Università Carlo Cattaneo - C.so Matteotti, 22, 21053 Castellanza (Varese).
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer of Advanced Public Economics
• Dates (from – to) 03/1999 – 09/1999
• Name and address of employer Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze - via XX Settembre, 97, 00187 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 02/1998 – 02/1999
• Name and address of employer Università del Piemonte Orientale - Via E. Perrone 18, 28100 Novara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 05/1998
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 03/1998
• Name and address of employer Scuola “Ezio Vanoni” – Ministero delle Finanze - Via della Moscova, 2, 20121 Milano.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 02/1997 - 02/1998
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 11/1997
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Brescia - Via Trieste, 17, 25121 Brescia.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 05/1992- 07/1992
• Name and address of employer CENSIS - Piazza di Novella, 2, 00199 Roma.
• Type of business or sector Central public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) 04/1993 - 12/1996
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Università di Napoli “Federico II” – PhD
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Dissertation: Fiscal competition, mobility and equalization.
Supervisors: Prof. Massimo Bordignon and Prof. Piero Giarda
Result: excellent
• Title of qualification awarded PhD
• Dates (from – to) 09/1993 - 06/1995
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Université Catholique de Louvain” – Master in Arts of Economics
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Supervisor: Prof. Claude d’Aspremont
Result: distinction
• Title of qualification awarded Master’s degree
• Dates (from – to) 11/1985 - 04/1992
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Degree in Economics and Trade
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Supervisor: Prof. Piero Giarda
Result: 110/110.
• Title of qualification awarded Degree
MOTHER TONGUE Italian
OTHER LANGUAGES
English
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Excellent
• Verbal skills Excellent
Spanish
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Good
• Verbal skills Excellent
French
• Reading skills Elementary
• Writing skills Elementary
• Verbal skills Elementary
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Software:
Stata – Excellent knowledge
Office package – Excellent knowledge
Matlab – Good knowledge
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PUBLICATIONS:
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
Flat Tax: European Experiences and the Italian Proposals (con Massimo Baldini), Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, forthcoming, 2020.
Savings from public procurement centralization in the health care system (with Gucciardi, G. and Ferraresi, M.), European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, 2020.
COVID-19 is a Multifaceted Challenging Pandemic Which Needs Urgent Public Health Interventions (with Carlo Contini, Elisabetta Caselli, Fernanda Martini, Martina Maritati, Elena Torreggiani, Silva Seraceni, Fortunato Vesce, Paolo Perri, Mauro Tognon), MICROORGANISMS, vol. 8, p. 1228-1248, 2020 ISSN: 2076-2607, doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081228
The ‘Great Lockdown’ and its determinants (with Ferraresi, M., Kotsogiannis, C., and Secomandi, R.), Economics Letters , 109628, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109628.
Effetti distributivi della flat tax: il caso italiano (with Massimo Baldini), Economia italiana, vol. 1/2020, p. 95-134, ISSN: 0390-6140
Interazione spaziale nella spesa dei comuni italiani: un’analisi (with Ferraresi, M., Migali, G., Nordi, F. and Secomandi, R.), Italian Journal of Regional Science, 2/2020, 249-273, DOI: 10.14650/97088
The Heterogenous Impact of Taxation on FDI: A Note on Djankov et al. (2010) (with Alejandro Esteller-Moré and Riccardo Secomandi), Economics Letters, Vol. 186, doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108775, 2020.
Switch towards tax centralization in Italy: a wake up for local political budget cycle (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Umberto Galmarini and Alberto Zanardi), International Tax and Public Finance, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-019-09531-2, 2019
Decentralization and fuel subsidies (with Massimiliano Ferrraresi and Christos Kotsogiannis), Energy Economics, doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.05.031, 2018.
Does Local Government Cooperation promote efficiency gains? Evidence from Italian Municipal Unions (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali), Journal of Regional Science, doi.org/10.1111/jors.12388, 2018.
Local Expenditure interactions among Italian municipalities: evidence from Italy 2001-2011 (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali), Regional Studies, doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1415429, 2018.
Local infrastructure spillovers and strategic interaction: does the size matter? (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Umberto Galmarini). International Tax and Public Finance, 25 (1), 240-272, 2018.
Fiscal equalization and lobbying (with Alejandro Esteller-Moré and Umberto Galmarini), International Tax and Public Finance, 24 (2), 221-247, 2017.
Abolizione delle province e riallocazione delle spese: il caso della Lombardia (with Francesca Nordi), Economia Pubblica, 1, 173-191, 2016.
L'impatto della contabilità euro-compatibile in un'auspicabile evoluzione del patto di stabilità interno (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Economia Pubblica, 3, 31-57, 2015.
Dal saldo del patto di stabilità interno al saldo euro-compatibile: un’applicazione ai comuni dell’Emilia Romagna (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Luigi Marattin), Rivista di Politica Economica, I-III, 183-215, 2015.
Policy outcome of single and double ballot elections (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Alberto Zanardi), International Tax and Public Finance, 22 (6), 977-998, 2015.
Dimensione ed interdipendenza territoriale nelle spese comunali per infrastrutture: analisi teorica e verifica empirica (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Politica Economica, 1, 73-106, 2014.
US Excise Tax Horizontal Interdependence: Yardstick vs. Tax Competition (with Alex Esteller), The Annals of Regional Science, 52 (3), 711-737, 2014.
Why Do Small States Get More Federal Money? US Senate Representation and the Allocation of the Federal Budget (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), Economics & Politics, 25 (3), 257-282, 2013.
Changing Needs and Sticky Spending: Evidence from US Federal Budget Allocation to the States (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), National Tax Journal, Vol. 66 (2), 311-342, 2013.
Fabbisogni e costi nella stima della spesa standard: una simulazione per i comuni Pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Politica Economica, XXVIII (3), 343-369, 2012.
Vertical Tax Competition and Consumption Externalities in a Federation with Lobbying (with Alejandro Esteller and Umberto Galmarini), Journal of Public Economics, 96 (3–4), 295-305, 2012.
Electromyographic Activity of Hand Muscles in a Motor Coordination Game: Effect of Incentive Scheme and Its Relation with Social Capital (with R. Censolo, L. Craighero, G. Ponti, R. Canto, L. Fadiga), Plos One 6 (3), e17372-e17372, 2011.
(Uncontrolled) Aggregate shocks or vertical tax interdependence? Evidence from gasoline and cigarettes (with Alejandro Esteller), National Tax Journal, 64 (2, Part 1), 353–380, 2011.
Simulazione finanziaria della legge delega 42/2009: una proposta di riparto e prime valutazioni (with Laura Bertin), Economia Pubblica, 1-6, 105-125, 2010.
Interaction between federal taxation and horizontal tax competition: theory and evidence from Canada, Public Choice, 144, 369-387, 2010.
Local Government Responsiveness to Federal Transfers: Theory and Evidence, International Tax and Public Finance, 15, 316-337, 2008.
The Allocation of US Federal Budget to the States: The Impact of the President (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), Journal of Politics, 68 (2), 447456, 2006.
Le inefficienze della competizione fiscale: una rassegna dei principali modelli teorici, Economia Politica, XXIII (1), 87118, 2006.
Spill-over di conoscenza e struttura di mercato in un sistema produttivo locale (with Giulio Cainelli), Rivista di Politica Economica, 79-101, 2000.
L’impatto della perequazione sugli effetti della competizione fiscale, Politica Economica, XV (1), 57-92, 1999.
Spesa pubblica e modelli input-output interregionali: aspetti teorici ed un’applicazione empirica, Quaderni di economia e finanza del Banco di Sardegna, II (3), 55-89, 1993.
a) Chapters of books
Dall’imposta patrimoniale al trasferimento compensativo: l’impatto sulla spesa dei comuni italiani (with M. Ferraresi, U. Galmarini e A. Zanardi) in Contributi sulla riforma dell’imposizione locale in Italia edited by Patrizia Lattarulo and Alessandro Petretto, Carocci editore pressonline, pp. 59-77, 2016.
Fuel-price subsidies and the control of corruption: a first approach (with Christos Kotsogiannis) in Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies edited by Jon Strand, MIT Press, pp. 94-115, 2016.
Dal patto di stabilità all’attuazione del pareggio di bilancio per i governi locali: criticità e possibili soluzioni in Italia 2016: proposte per un federalismo ancora possibile, Centro Studi sul Federalismo, Torino, pp. 50-70, 2016.
Introduzione, in Dimensione ottima degli enti locali e risparmi di spesa pubblica, vol. 1 of Economia Pubblica, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 59, 2016.
La nuova contabilità europea e i saldi dei Comuni: un’applicazione ai comuni dell’Emilia Romagna in Finanza Pubblica, decentramento e riforme costituzionali, edited by F. Ambrosanio, M. Bordignon, U. Galmarini e L. Rizzo, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, pp. 71-83, 2015.
Introduzione, in La Finanza Territoriale in Italia, Rapporto 2014, IRES-IRPET-SRM-IRER, Èupolis Lombardia-IPRES-Liguria Ricerche, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 1117, 2014.
Il contributo dei comuni toscani all’indebitamento nazionale, in Osservatorio sul federalismo fiscale in Toscana. Note e contributi, Luigi Idili, Alessandro Petretto e Nicola Sciclone (editors), IRPET, Firenze, pp. 257-272, 2013.
Remunerazione del capitale nella tariffa dell’acqua e finanza pubblica comunale: una proposta per il Comune di Ferrara, in Osservatorio sul federalismo fiscale in Toscana. Note e contributi, Luigi Idili, Alessandro Petretto and Nicola Sciclone (editors), IRPET, Firenze, pp. 133-137, 2013.
Federalismo Fiscale sotto stress finanziario (with Alberto Zanardi), in La Finanza Pubblica Italiana, Rapporto 2012, Alberto Zanardi (editor), Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 199233, 2012.
Filling Fiscal Gaps in Italy: a Challenging Task for the Federal Reform (with A. Zanardi), in IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism, N. Bosch & A. Solé (editors), IEB, pp. 74-77, 2011.
La stima della spesa standard comunale nella Legge delega 42/2009: il caso dei comuni Pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Nunzio Mastruorocco), in Prospettive del federalismo fiscale in Puglia e nel Mezzogiorno, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 75109, 2010.
La simulazione degli impatti della legge delega sulle spese sanitarie regionali basata sul fabbisogno standard (with Laura Bertin and Massimiliano Ferraresi), in Prospettive del federalismo fiscale in Puglia e nel Mezzogiorno, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 6074, 2010.
Una simulazione degli impatti della Legge delega sulla regione Puglia (with Laura Bertin), in Delega al governo in materia di federalismo fiscale, in attuazione dell’art. 119 della Costituzione, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 3960, 2009.
Determinazione dei fabbisogni attraverso i costi standard (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Locale in Italia, Rapporto 2008, ISAE-IRES-IRPET-SRM-IRER, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 133147, 2008.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Pubblica Italiana, Rapporto 2008, Maria Cecilia Guerra e Alberto Zanardi (editors), Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 249275, 2008.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni Trentini (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Locale in Italia, Rapporto 2006, ISAE-IRES-IRPET, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 135148, 2007.
Concorrenza fiscale e perequazione, in Concorrenza fiscale in un’economia internazionale integrata Massimo Bordignon e Domenico da Empoli (editors), Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 104-133, 1999.
b) Editorships
Guest editor (with a contributed introduction) of the special issue of Economia Pubblica (Italian Journal of Public Economics) on Dimensione ottimale degli enti locali e risparmi di spesa pubblica, 1, 2016.
Finanza pubblica, decentramento e riforme costituzionali - Scritti in onore di Piero Giarda (with F.M. Ambrosanio, M. Bordignon, U. Galmarini), Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2015.
c) Books
Flat Tax (with Massimo Baldini), 2019, Il Mulino.
WORKING PAPER
Covid-19: ‘lockdown’ and institutions (with Kotsogiannis, C., Ferraresi, M., Secomandi, R.), Working Paper SIEP N.55/2020.
Pay as you throw: evidence on the incentive to recycle (with Secomandi, R.), Working Paper SIEP N.754/2020.
The role of tax systems’ complexity on foreign direct investment allocation (with Esteller-Moré, A., Secomandi, R.) Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia e Management dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara, n.2/9, 2020.
Effetti finanziari delle richieste di autonomia regionale: prime simulazioni (with Riccardo Secomandi), working Paper SIEP 744/2019.
Does purchase centralization reduce public expenditure? evidence from the italian healthcare system, working Paper SIEP 732/2017, presented at the XX conference on Public Finance of the Bank of Italy, 2018.
Switch towards tax centralization in Italy: a wake up for local political budget cycle (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Umberto Galmarini and Alberto Zanardi), presented at the Aix-en-Provence (Gerard-Varet Conference, 2016), Milano (Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation Conference, JRC-CRIE, 2016), working Paper SIEP 714/2016 and and working Paper IEB, 2016/21.
Local Expenditure interactions among Italian municipalities: evidence from Italy 2001-2011 (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali and Francesca Nordi), IEB Working Paper 2016/22, presented at XXVIII conference of Italian society of Public Economics (SIEP), Lecce 2016; working Paper Univesity of Lancaster (Management School) 009/2016 and working Paper IEB, 2016/22.
Local infrastructure and externalities: does the size matter? (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Umberto Galmarini), Presented at the first workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), September 2012; Lecce University, April 2013; 70th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano 2014, (Switzerland); 15th Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Washington – Seattle 2014 (USA); 13th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence 2014, (France); working Paper SIEP 680/2014 and working Paper IEB, 2014/37. International Tax and Public Finance
La stima della spesa standard comunale nella legge delega 42/2009: il caso dei comuni pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Nunzio Mastruorocco), working Paper SIEP 644/2010.
La spesa standard regionale nella Legge Calderoli: il caso della sanità (with Laura Bertin and Massimiliano Ferraresi), working Paper SIEP 643/2010.
Politics or mobility? Evidence from US excise taxation (with Alejandro Esteller) working Paper IEB, 2010/3.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni Trentini: una proposta di attuazione della legge di riforma istituzionale (L. P. 16 giugno 2006, n.3), (with Umberto Galmarini), working Paper SIEP 81/2007.
POLICY PAPERS
Improving the quality of public spending in Europe, A study on the methodology to compute and identify budgetary waste in Member States,(with Bordignon, M., Buso, M., Caruso, R., Gamanossi, Degl’Innocenti, D., Gerotto, L., Levaggi, R., Secomandi, R.,Turati, G.), European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), forthcoming.
Lo stock di capitale comunale: indicazioni per le politiche di intervento infrastrutturale di Regione Lombardia, (with R.Secomandi), Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia e Management dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara, n.11/7, 2018
Dal patto di stabilità all’attuazione del pareggio di bilancio per i governi locali: criticità e possibili soluzioni, Centro studi sul federalismo, Torino, 2016.
La stima dei fabbisogni standard per i comuni dell’Emilia Romagna (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Enrico Ferroni and Francesca Nordi), report by the Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University for Ervet-Emilia Romagna, 2014.
L’incidenza della tassazione locale sull’offerta dei servizi alla persona (with Elena Carniti, Antonio Dal Bianco and Massimiliano Ferraresi) in Research plan 2013 – 2014 of the Regional Council - Éupolis Lombardia, 2014.
Storia di una riforma approvata (ma mai attuata) da non ripetere: d.lgs. 56/2000 (with Francesca Nordi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Contabilità euro compatibile: possibili effetti sul Patto di stabilità dei comuni lombardi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Francesca Nordi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Unioni di comuni: risparmi di spesa? Il caso della Lombardia (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Il finanziamento del trasporto pubblico locale in Italia: evoluzione normativa, aspetti tecnici e una proposta di riparto, in Idee per il federalismo fiscale – finalizzato a concretizzare proposte operative per RL elaborate anche in base all’esperienze analizzate in altri Paesi significativi, IReR-Lombardia, 2007.
La finanza dei comuni trentini: analisi riflessioni e proposte. Rapporto 2005 (with Maria Grazia Bressan, Elena Contrini, Livia Ferrario, Umberto Galmarini, Piero Giarda and Francesca Galassi), Servizio Autonomie Locali, Provincia di Trento, 2005.
Costo del lavoro, in Disoccupazione e basso livello di attività in Italia. Un blueprint sulle politiche del lavoro e dell’occupazione, edited by Gilberto Antonelli e Luigi Paganetto, Collana Ceis-Il Mulino, Bologna, 1999, Bologna.
REFEREES
Economia Politica, Governance & Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Public Choice, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Fiscal Studies, Journal of Economics and Statistics, Economics E-Journal, Revista de Estudios Autonómicos y Federales, National Tax Journal, Journal of Socio-economics, Politica Economica, European Journal of Political Economy, The Annals of Regional Science, Canadian Journal of Economics. Journal of Public Economic Theory, Public Finance Review, Economics & Politics, German Economic Review, CESifo Economic Studies, Journal of Urban Economics, Review of International Economics, Governance, Rivista di Scienze Regionali, Economia Pubblica, Local Government Studies.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The economic costs of secession: the case of Catalonia, with A. Esteller-Moré (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB).
Pay as you throw: evidence on the incentive to recycle, with R. Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
The role of the tax complexity on FDI allocation, with A. Esteller-Moré (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB) and R . Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
Mafia infiltration and spillover effects in the construction sector, with M. Ferraresi (JRC, European Commission) and R . Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
Impact on US federal grant allocation to states of the 1974 Budget Act, with M. Ferraresi (University of Ferrara), G. Gucciardi (university of Ferrara) and C. Testa (University of Notthingam)
Poltical determinants in the allocation of the European Structural Funds, with M. Ferraresi (University of Ferrara) and F. Nordi (University of Messina)
AWARDS, STUDY GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING:
2020 “Two-sided evaluation of fiscal policy: expenditure and taxation”, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2019 Fellowship from “Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics (IEA), Generalitat de Catalunya” for the project research “Local public finance reforms and local budget constraint: theory and empirical analysis”.
2019 - 2020 “Trasferimenti efficienti nella finanza pubblica locale”, grant FIR from the University of Ferrara
2018 - 2020 “Labor tax policies: Efficiency and Redistribution” (RTI2018-095983-B-100), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2016 - 2017 “Una rinnovata architettura della finanza comunale: analisi e proposte”, grant from the University of Ferrara (FIR).
2015 - 2018 “Tax systems anlysis: evaluation and design, decentralization and administration” (ECO2015-63591-R), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2012 - 2014 “Sub-central fiscal policies: Efficiency, Competition and Redistribution” (ECO2012-37873), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
2010 to present Head and coordinator of the research group on Local finance, funded by the annual university fund for research (FAR). The members of the group are currently: Dr. Massimiliano Ferraresi, Prof. Caterina Ferrario, and Dr. Francesca Nordi.
2010 “Tax decentralization and lobbying: Is this interaction welfare- enhancing?”, Istituto de Estudios Fiscales (Spain).
2009 - 2011 “Tax assignment and fiscal decentralization” (ECO2009-12928), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Spain).
2009 Fellowship from “Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics (IEA), Generalitat de Catalunya” on the project: “Federal Transfers and Politics: the case of Italy and Spain”.
2008 - 2010 “Dai multipli sé all' incertezza strategica: applicazioni dei modelli non standard di scelta in condizioni di incertezza alle scelte intertemporali ed al disegno di istituzioni”, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica (2007MCKEYA_003).
2008 Integrated project Italy-Spain: “Impact of political incentives on local finances: Evidence from Italy and Spain”, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (HI2007-0094) and Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica (IT088GGPOM).
2001 - 02 Marie Curie post-doc fellowship at STICERD-LSE (Supervision: Prof. Timothy Besley)
2000 Young Economist Scholarship at the IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) conference in Seville (Spain) - 28-31 August 2000.
1999 - 00 Research Student at the STICERD-LSE with a fellowship from CARIPLO (Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde).
1998 Young Economist Scholarship at the IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) conference in Cordoba (Argentina) – 24-27 August 1998.
1997 - 99 Post-doc fellowship at the Università Cattolica di Milano.
1996 - 97 Scholarship at the IDSE (Institute on the Dynamics of Economic Systems) of the National Research Council in Milano.
1995 “Angelo Curella” award from the “Banca Popolare di Palermo” and award from the Ministry of economic planning for Degree dissertation.
1992 Study grant and entrance to Master’s degree in Public Economics at FORMEZ – Training and Study Centre (Naples).
ROLES AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
2020 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Interuniversity Centre for Regional and Local Finance (CIFREL).
2020 Chairman of the Committee for the evaluation of doctoral theses, EMIS course, University of Ferrara and Parma.
2020 President of the Commission for the assignment of a position of researcher (Rtda), University of Messina
2019-present Member of the national committee for the national qualification for associate an full professor in public economics.
2018 Chair of the Commission for the VIVA of the Phd in Economics of The university of Ferrara and Parma.
2017 Chair of the Commission for selecting grants (FIR) to finance professors’ scientific activity in the University of Ferrara.
2016 Member of the board for selecting six places on the EMIS PhD course (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2016 Chair of the International Commission (with prof. Lippi Bruni and prof. Romeu Gordo) at the Catholic University of Milan for the evaluation Phd Thesis “Essays in Public Policies and Health Care” of Dan Liu.
2016 Chair of the Commission for the selection of scholarships to finance periods of study abroad of young researchers of the University of Ferrara.
2015 to present Member of the Executive Board of SIEP (Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica)
2015 Member of the International Commission (with prof. Federico Revelli and prof. Albert Sole-Olle) at the University of Barcelona for the evaluation of European Doctoral Thesis “ Three Essays on Fiscal Federalism” of Luca Salvadori.
2015 Member of the Commission for the selection of three research projects that make a contribution to the socio-economic development of the local area, funded by the Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara.
2015 Representative elected by the Department of Economics and Management for the Ferrara University Research Council for the period 2015-2016.
2014 to present Supervisor of the thesis by Gianluca Gucciardi, EMIS PhD student (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2014 to present Supervisor of the thesis by Francesca Nordi, PhD student in "Economics, management and statistics" at Messina University.
2014 Member of the board for selecting six places on the EMIS PhD course (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2014 Denoted as eligible by the Bicameral budget commission to be a member of the Committee of Italian Budget Congress Office.
2014 National qualification as full professor of Public Economics.
2013 Member of the (Ferrara) University board for selecting the university candidate for the AXA grant.
2013 External referee for the evaluation of the doctoral thesis to release the title of European Doctor to Marta Curto, from the University of Barcelona.
2013 to present Member of the EMIS PhD Committee (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2012 - 2013 Deputy director doctorate in Economics at Ferrara University.
2012 - 2013 Rector’s delegate for the supervision and organization of the joint Ferrara University-Province of Ferrara project for the economic development of the Ferrara waterway.
2012 Member of the board for the doctorate in Economics at Ferrara University.
2011 to 2016 Representative elected by the Department of Economics and Management for the Ferrara University Research Council.
2011 to present Member of the Board of Governors of CIFREL (Inter-university centre for the study of regional and local finance) involving Ferrara University, Foggia University and the Sacro Cuore Catholic University of Milan.
2010 to present Coordinator of the Departmental Commission for the communication and divulgation of research.
2010 to 2015 Supervisor of the thesis by Massimiliano Ferraresi, PhD student at the Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University.
2010 to present Responsible for the series of working papers of the Department of Economics of Ferrara University.
2009 to present Affiliate member of the IEB (Institute d’Economia de Barcelona).
2009 Member of the board for the public selection of 4 places on the doctorate course at the Faculty of Economics of Ferrara University.
2008 Member of the board for selecting an assistant professor at University of Salerno.
2007 - 2010 Member of the departmental orientation commission.
2005 Member of the board for assessing two PhD theses at Bari University.
2003 to present Responsible for seminars at the Department of Economics of Ferrara University.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS:
2020 Annual conference of IIPF, web conference
2019 Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held in Torino
Annual conference of IIPF, held in Glasgow, UK
Lunch Seminar with prof M. Baldini in Ferraara
Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France
SOSE spa conference, held in Rome
2018 Annual conference of IIPF at Helsinki
2018 Annual conference of the Italian Public Economic Society in Padova
2017 Annual conference of the econometric society held in Lisbon
Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held in Catania
2016 Lecture at the Master .on “Analysis and evaluation of public policies”, Senato della Repubblica,.Rome, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation Conference, JRC-CRIE, Università Cattolica, Milano.
Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held at the University of Lecce
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
15th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence (France).
Public Conference on Public Finance and Inequalities at the Istituto Antonio Gramsci of Ferrara, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Pharmacy Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
2015 Speaker at the conference on “Competitive markets”, at Festival “Internazionale, held in Ferrara, invited.
16th Annual conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Luxemburg.
27th Annual conference of the Italian Association for Public Economics (SIEP), University of Ferrara.
Speaker at the convention “Less Resources or reforms for the Public Administration?”, at the Presidenza Regione Toscana offices, invited.
Speaker at the convention for presenting the volume “La finanza territoriale in Italia”, at the Éupolis Lombardia offices, guest Lecture on the
finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Health Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Lecture on “But why do we have to pay tax?” invited by “Unijunior - conoscere per crescere” at Ferrara University.
2014 Workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), invited.
Lecture on “But why do we have to pay tax?” invited by “Unijunior - conoscere per crescere” at Ferrara University.
Presentation on "Analysis of determining factors on the Ferrara University research quality assessment result: strengths and weaknesses” at the
Ferrara University conference on “Assessment of the quality of research, present and perspectives”, organized by the Rector’s office along with
the Research Council of Ferrara University, invited.
Cesifo workshop on “The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies”, Venice (San Servolo).
70th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano, (Switzerland).
15th Annual conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Washington – Seattle, (USA).
13th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence, (France).
Presentation at the Regional Council of Lombardy on “The impact of local taxation on the services offered to people”, invited.
Specialization Course in Management of Health Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
Course on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Speaker at the convention for presenting the volume “La finanza territoriale in Italia”, at Bari University, invited.
Speaker at the round table organized by Confartigianato-Ferrara on “How to reduce levies and restart small businesses", invited.
2013 University of Lancaster (UK), invited.
IEB, Barcelona University, seminar invited.
Salento University, seminar invited.
Speaker at the convention of the Province of Ferrara on “A new way to see the world: navigable routes for connecting Europe”, invited.
5th workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona.
Master’s degree PERF.ET (Ferrara), invited.
2012 Public conference (Masi Torello - Ferrara) on "Public incentives and biogas power stations", invited.
68th Annual conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden (Germany).
Workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), invited.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
Master’s degree PERF.ET (Ferrara), invited.
“Public policies and budget restrictions” (Master’s degree Ecopolis – Ferrara), invited.
2011 4th workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona (Spain).
Workshop on Institutions, Behavior and Economic Outcomes, CRENOS and Sassari University, Alghero
23rd Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
Conference at Banca d’Italia on: “Pigou or Hobbes? The budget choices of local governments in Italy”, invited.
Public conference (Ferrara) on “Municipal rates and public budget restriction”, invited.
2010 22nd Encuentro de Economía Pública, Murcia (Spain).
9th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Marseille, (France).
Conference on Public Economic Theory (Istanbul).
66th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano, (Switzerland).
22nd Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
2009 Università di Padova, invited.
26th Encuentro de Economía Pública, Granada (Spain).
Workshop on Fiscal Decentralization (organizer), Ferrara.
Annual Group Meeting of the Canadian Public Economics, Toronto (Canada).
3rd workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona University.
65th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Cape Town (South Africa).
21st Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
2008 25th Encuentro de Economía Pública, Salamanca (Spain).
IEB, Barcelona University, Spain (guest).
Ancona University, invited.
Milan Bicocca University, invited.
2007 63rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Warwick, (UK).
19th Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
IRER- Lombardy Region, Milan, invited.
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Ferrara, 17/12/2020
(Leonzio Rizzo)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name RIZZO LEONZIO GIUSEPPE
Address 42, Via dei Lavorieri, 44122, Ferrara, Italia
Telephone 00390532455045
E-mail leonzio.rizzo@unife.it
Personal web site https://sites.google.com/view/leonzio-rizzo/home
Nationality Italian
Date of birth 16 March, 1967
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) 10/2020 to present
• Name and address of employer PoliS Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administratio
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 10/2018 to 02/2019
• Name and address of employer University of Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071-Jaén.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Visiting professor (partial time)
• Dates (from – to) 12/2017 to present
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Full Professor of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 10/2017 - 12/2017
• Name and address of employer Éupolis Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 12/2016 - 12/2018
• Name and address of employer Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 5563, Addis Ababa (Etiopia)
• Type of business or sector Public Administation
• Occupation or position held Consultant/teacher
• Dates (from – to) 11/2016 - 06/2017
• Name and address of employer Institute to reduce spending, Inc., 919 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 (USA)
• Type of business or sector Private Association
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 1/2016 - 12/2016
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local Public Administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 09/2015 - 10/2015
• Name and address of employer Prometeia Associazione per le Previsioni Econometriche - Via G. Marconi, 43, 40122 Bologna.
• Type of business or sector Private Association
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 09/2014 - 12/2014
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 04/2014 - 10/2014
• Name and address of employer Ires Piemonte - Via Nizza, 18, 10125 Torino.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2014 – 12/2014
• Name and address of employer Éupolis Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2013 -12/2014
• Name and address of employer Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University, Via Voltapaletto 11, 44121 Ferrara
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 06/2012 – 07/2012
• Name and address of employer Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione - Via dei Robilant, 11, 00135 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 01/2012 – to present
• Name and address of employer Regione Emilia Romagna – Risorse Finanziarie e Patrimonio - Viale Aldo Moro, 18, 40127 Bologna.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Member of the regional monitoring centre on fiscal federalism of Emilia Romagna
• Dates (from – to) 01/2011 to 01/2012
• Name and address of employer IRPET - Regione Toscana - Via Pietro Dazzi, 1, 50141 Firenze.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2010 – 11/2017
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Associate Professor of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 04/2009 – 10/2010
• Name and address of employer IPRES - Regione Puglia – Piazza Garibaldi, 13, 70122 Bari.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2008 – 07/2008
• Name and address of employer IReR (now Éupolis Lombardia) - Regione Lombardia – Via Taramelli, 12, 20124 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 01/2007 – 12/2013
• Name and address of employer Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio autonomie Locali – Via Romagnosi, 9, 38122 Trento.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Member of the Committee for Local Finance of the Autonomous Province of Trento
• Dates (from – to) 01/2007 – 12/2007
• Name and address of employer Anci-IFEL - Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina, 26, 00186 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National association of Italian municipalities
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 04/2005 – 12/2006
• Name and address of employer FORBANK Gruppo FORRAD srl – Via Crocifisso, 4, 20875 Burago di Molgora (MB).
• Type of business or sector Training
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 11/2004 – 12/2005
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Training
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 01/2003 – 12/2006
• Name and address of employer Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio autonomie Locali – Via Romagnosi, 9, 38122 Trento.
• Type of business or sector Local public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant on the Committee for Local Finance of the Autonomous Province of Trento
• Dates (from – to) 03/2002 – 09/2010
• Name and address of employer Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Economia e Management – Via Voltapaletto, 11, 44121 Ferrara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer of Public Economics (full time)
• Dates (from – to) 09/2001 – 12/2002
• Name and address of employer European Community - Brussels
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Marie Curie post-doc fellow at London School of Economics
• Dates (from – to) 09/1999 – 10/2000
• Name and address of employer Università del Piemonte Orientale, Via E. Perrone 18, 28100 Novara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Main activities and responsibilities Teaching Public Economics.
• Dates (from – to) 09/1999 – 10/2000
• Name and address of employer Fondazione CARIPLO – Via Manin, 23, 20121 Milano.
• Type of business or sector Foundation
• Occupation or position held Visiting fellow at London School of Economics
• Dates (from – to) 01/1999 – 12/2000
• Name and address of employer Libera Università Carlo Cattaneo - C.so Matteotti, 22, 21053 Castellanza (Varese).
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer of Advanced Public Economics
• Dates (from – to) 03/1999 – 09/1999
• Name and address of employer Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze - via XX Settembre, 97, 00187 Roma.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
• Dates (from – to) 02/1998 – 02/1999
• Name and address of employer Università del Piemonte Orientale - Via E. Perrone 18, 28100 Novara.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 05/1998
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 03/1998
• Name and address of employer Scuola “Ezio Vanoni” – Ministero delle Finanze - Via della Moscova, 2, 20121 Milano.
• Type of business or sector National public administration
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 02/1997 - 02/1998
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Milano - Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Teaching assistant
• Dates (from – to) 11/1997
• Name and address of employer Università Cattolica di Brescia - Via Trieste, 17, 25121 Brescia.
• Type of business or sector University
• Occupation or position held Lecturer
• Dates (from – to) 05/1992- 07/1992
• Name and address of employer CENSIS - Piazza di Novella, 2, 00199 Roma.
• Type of business or sector Central public administration
• Occupation or position held Consultant
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) 04/1993 - 12/1996
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Università di Napoli “Federico II” – PhD
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Dissertation: Fiscal competition, mobility and equalization.
Supervisors: Prof. Massimo Bordignon and Prof. Piero Giarda
Result: excellent
• Title of qualification awarded PhD
• Dates (from – to) 09/1993 - 06/1995
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Université Catholique de Louvain” – Master in Arts of Economics
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Supervisor: Prof. Claude d’Aspremont
Result: distinction
• Title of qualification awarded Master’s degree
• Dates (from – to) 11/1985 - 04/1992
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Degree in Economics and Trade
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Supervisor: Prof. Piero Giarda
Result: 110/110.
• Title of qualification awarded Degree
MOTHER TONGUE Italian
OTHER LANGUAGES
English
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Excellent
• Verbal skills Excellent
Spanish
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Good
• Verbal skills Excellent
French
• Reading skills Elementary
• Writing skills Elementary
• Verbal skills Elementary
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Software:
Stata – Excellent knowledge
Office package – Excellent knowledge
Matlab – Good knowledge
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PUBLICATIONS:
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
Flat Tax: European Experiences and the Italian Proposals (con Massimo Baldini), Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, forthcoming, 2020.
Savings from public procurement centralization in the health care system (with Gucciardi, G. and Ferraresi, M.), European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, 2020.
COVID-19 is a Multifaceted Challenging Pandemic Which Needs Urgent Public Health Interventions (with Carlo Contini, Elisabetta Caselli, Fernanda Martini, Martina Maritati, Elena Torreggiani, Silva Seraceni, Fortunato Vesce, Paolo Perri, Mauro Tognon), MICROORGANISMS, vol. 8, p. 1228-1248, 2020 ISSN: 2076-2607, doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081228
The ‘Great Lockdown’ and its determinants (with Ferraresi, M., Kotsogiannis, C., and Secomandi, R.), Economics Letters , 109628, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109628.
Effetti distributivi della flat tax: il caso italiano (with Massimo Baldini), Economia italiana, vol. 1/2020, p. 95-134, ISSN: 0390-6140
Interazione spaziale nella spesa dei comuni italiani: un’analisi (with Ferraresi, M., Migali, G., Nordi, F. and Secomandi, R.), Italian Journal of Regional Science, 2/2020, 249-273, DOI: 10.14650/97088
The Heterogenous Impact of Taxation on FDI: A Note on Djankov et al. (2010) (with Alejandro Esteller-Moré and Riccardo Secomandi), Economics Letters, Vol. 186, doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108775, 2020.
Switch towards tax centralization in Italy: a wake up for local political budget cycle (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Umberto Galmarini and Alberto Zanardi), International Tax and Public Finance, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-019-09531-2, 2019
Decentralization and fuel subsidies (with Massimiliano Ferrraresi and Christos Kotsogiannis), Energy Economics, doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.05.031, 2018.
Does Local Government Cooperation promote efficiency gains? Evidence from Italian Municipal Unions (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali), Journal of Regional Science, doi.org/10.1111/jors.12388, 2018.
Local Expenditure interactions among Italian municipalities: evidence from Italy 2001-2011 (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali), Regional Studies, doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1415429, 2018.
Local infrastructure spillovers and strategic interaction: does the size matter? (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Umberto Galmarini). International Tax and Public Finance, 25 (1), 240-272, 2018.
Fiscal equalization and lobbying (with Alejandro Esteller-Moré and Umberto Galmarini), International Tax and Public Finance, 24 (2), 221-247, 2017.
Abolizione delle province e riallocazione delle spese: il caso della Lombardia (with Francesca Nordi), Economia Pubblica, 1, 173-191, 2016.
L'impatto della contabilità euro-compatibile in un'auspicabile evoluzione del patto di stabilità interno (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Economia Pubblica, 3, 31-57, 2015.
Dal saldo del patto di stabilità interno al saldo euro-compatibile: un’applicazione ai comuni dell’Emilia Romagna (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Luigi Marattin), Rivista di Politica Economica, I-III, 183-215, 2015.
Policy outcome of single and double ballot elections (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Alberto Zanardi), International Tax and Public Finance, 22 (6), 977-998, 2015.
Dimensione ed interdipendenza territoriale nelle spese comunali per infrastrutture: analisi teorica e verifica empirica (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Politica Economica, 1, 73-106, 2014.
US Excise Tax Horizontal Interdependence: Yardstick vs. Tax Competition (with Alex Esteller), The Annals of Regional Science, 52 (3), 711-737, 2014.
Why Do Small States Get More Federal Money? US Senate Representation and the Allocation of the Federal Budget (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), Economics & Politics, 25 (3), 257-282, 2013.
Changing Needs and Sticky Spending: Evidence from US Federal Budget Allocation to the States (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), National Tax Journal, Vol. 66 (2), 311-342, 2013.
Fabbisogni e costi nella stima della spesa standard: una simulazione per i comuni Pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), Politica Economica, XXVIII (3), 343-369, 2012.
Vertical Tax Competition and Consumption Externalities in a Federation with Lobbying (with Alejandro Esteller and Umberto Galmarini), Journal of Public Economics, 96 (3–4), 295-305, 2012.
Electromyographic Activity of Hand Muscles in a Motor Coordination Game: Effect of Incentive Scheme and Its Relation with Social Capital (with R. Censolo, L. Craighero, G. Ponti, R. Canto, L. Fadiga), Plos One 6 (3), e17372-e17372, 2011.
(Uncontrolled) Aggregate shocks or vertical tax interdependence? Evidence from gasoline and cigarettes (with Alejandro Esteller), National Tax Journal, 64 (2, Part 1), 353–380, 2011.
Simulazione finanziaria della legge delega 42/2009: una proposta di riparto e prime valutazioni (with Laura Bertin), Economia Pubblica, 1-6, 105-125, 2010.
Interaction between federal taxation and horizontal tax competition: theory and evidence from Canada, Public Choice, 144, 369-387, 2010.
Local Government Responsiveness to Federal Transfers: Theory and Evidence, International Tax and Public Finance, 15, 316-337, 2008.
The Allocation of US Federal Budget to the States: The Impact of the President (with Valentino Larcinese and Cecilia Testa), Journal of Politics, 68 (2), 447456, 2006.
Le inefficienze della competizione fiscale: una rassegna dei principali modelli teorici, Economia Politica, XXIII (1), 87118, 2006.
Spill-over di conoscenza e struttura di mercato in un sistema produttivo locale (with Giulio Cainelli), Rivista di Politica Economica, 79-101, 2000.
L’impatto della perequazione sugli effetti della competizione fiscale, Politica Economica, XV (1), 57-92, 1999.
Spesa pubblica e modelli input-output interregionali: aspetti teorici ed un’applicazione empirica, Quaderni di economia e finanza del Banco di Sardegna, II (3), 55-89, 1993.
a) Chapters of books
Dall’imposta patrimoniale al trasferimento compensativo: l’impatto sulla spesa dei comuni italiani (with M. Ferraresi, U. Galmarini e A. Zanardi) in Contributi sulla riforma dell’imposizione locale in Italia edited by Patrizia Lattarulo and Alessandro Petretto, Carocci editore pressonline, pp. 59-77, 2016.
Fuel-price subsidies and the control of corruption: a first approach (with Christos Kotsogiannis) in Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies edited by Jon Strand, MIT Press, pp. 94-115, 2016.
Dal patto di stabilità all’attuazione del pareggio di bilancio per i governi locali: criticità e possibili soluzioni in Italia 2016: proposte per un federalismo ancora possibile, Centro Studi sul Federalismo, Torino, pp. 50-70, 2016.
Introduzione, in Dimensione ottima degli enti locali e risparmi di spesa pubblica, vol. 1 of Economia Pubblica, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 59, 2016.
La nuova contabilità europea e i saldi dei Comuni: un’applicazione ai comuni dell’Emilia Romagna in Finanza Pubblica, decentramento e riforme costituzionali, edited by F. Ambrosanio, M. Bordignon, U. Galmarini e L. Rizzo, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, pp. 71-83, 2015.
Introduzione, in La Finanza Territoriale in Italia, Rapporto 2014, IRES-IRPET-SRM-IRER, Èupolis Lombardia-IPRES-Liguria Ricerche, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 1117, 2014.
Il contributo dei comuni toscani all’indebitamento nazionale, in Osservatorio sul federalismo fiscale in Toscana. Note e contributi, Luigi Idili, Alessandro Petretto e Nicola Sciclone (editors), IRPET, Firenze, pp. 257-272, 2013.
Remunerazione del capitale nella tariffa dell’acqua e finanza pubblica comunale: una proposta per il Comune di Ferrara, in Osservatorio sul federalismo fiscale in Toscana. Note e contributi, Luigi Idili, Alessandro Petretto and Nicola Sciclone (editors), IRPET, Firenze, pp. 133-137, 2013.
Federalismo Fiscale sotto stress finanziario (with Alberto Zanardi), in La Finanza Pubblica Italiana, Rapporto 2012, Alberto Zanardi (editor), Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 199233, 2012.
Filling Fiscal Gaps in Italy: a Challenging Task for the Federal Reform (with A. Zanardi), in IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism, N. Bosch & A. Solé (editors), IEB, pp. 74-77, 2011.
La stima della spesa standard comunale nella Legge delega 42/2009: il caso dei comuni Pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Nunzio Mastruorocco), in Prospettive del federalismo fiscale in Puglia e nel Mezzogiorno, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 75109, 2010.
La simulazione degli impatti della legge delega sulle spese sanitarie regionali basata sul fabbisogno standard (with Laura Bertin and Massimiliano Ferraresi), in Prospettive del federalismo fiscale in Puglia e nel Mezzogiorno, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 6074, 2010.
Una simulazione degli impatti della Legge delega sulla regione Puglia (with Laura Bertin), in Delega al governo in materia di federalismo fiscale, in attuazione dell’art. 119 della Costituzione, IPRES, Casucci Editore, Bari, pp. 3960, 2009.
Determinazione dei fabbisogni attraverso i costi standard (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Locale in Italia, Rapporto 2008, ISAE-IRES-IRPET-SRM-IRER, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 133147, 2008.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Pubblica Italiana, Rapporto 2008, Maria Cecilia Guerra e Alberto Zanardi (editors), Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 249275, 2008.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni Trentini (with Umberto Galmarini), in La Finanza Locale in Italia, Rapporto 2006, ISAE-IRES-IRPET, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 135148, 2007.
Concorrenza fiscale e perequazione, in Concorrenza fiscale in un’economia internazionale integrata Massimo Bordignon e Domenico da Empoli (editors), Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 104-133, 1999.
b) Editorships
Guest editor (with a contributed introduction) of the special issue of Economia Pubblica (Italian Journal of Public Economics) on Dimensione ottimale degli enti locali e risparmi di spesa pubblica, 1, 2016.
Finanza pubblica, decentramento e riforme costituzionali - Scritti in onore di Piero Giarda (with F.M. Ambrosanio, M. Bordignon, U. Galmarini), Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2015.
c) Books
Flat Tax (with Massimo Baldini), 2019, Il Mulino.
WORKING PAPER
Covid-19: ‘lockdown’ and institutions (with Kotsogiannis, C., Ferraresi, M., Secomandi, R.), Working Paper SIEP N.55/2020.
Pay as you throw: evidence on the incentive to recycle (with Secomandi, R.), Working Paper SIEP N.754/2020.
The role of tax systems’ complexity on foreign direct investment allocation (with Esteller-Moré, A., Secomandi, R.) Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia e Management dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara, n.2/9, 2020.
Effetti finanziari delle richieste di autonomia regionale: prime simulazioni (with Riccardo Secomandi), working Paper SIEP 744/2019.
Does purchase centralization reduce public expenditure? evidence from the italian healthcare system, working Paper SIEP 732/2017, presented at the XX conference on Public Finance of the Bank of Italy, 2018.
Switch towards tax centralization in Italy: a wake up for local political budget cycle (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Umberto Galmarini and Alberto Zanardi), presented at the Aix-en-Provence (Gerard-Varet Conference, 2016), Milano (Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation Conference, JRC-CRIE, 2016), working Paper SIEP 714/2016 and and working Paper IEB, 2016/21.
Local Expenditure interactions among Italian municipalities: evidence from Italy 2001-2011 (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Giuseppe Migali and Francesca Nordi), IEB Working Paper 2016/22, presented at XXVIII conference of Italian society of Public Economics (SIEP), Lecce 2016; working Paper Univesity of Lancaster (Management School) 009/2016 and working Paper IEB, 2016/22.
Local infrastructure and externalities: does the size matter? (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Umberto Galmarini), Presented at the first workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), September 2012; Lecce University, April 2013; 70th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano 2014, (Switzerland); 15th Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Washington – Seattle 2014 (USA); 13th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence 2014, (France); working Paper SIEP 680/2014 and working Paper IEB, 2014/37. International Tax and Public Finance
La stima della spesa standard comunale nella legge delega 42/2009: il caso dei comuni pugliesi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Nunzio Mastruorocco), working Paper SIEP 644/2010.
La spesa standard regionale nella Legge Calderoli: il caso della sanità (with Laura Bertin and Massimiliano Ferraresi), working Paper SIEP 643/2010.
Politics or mobility? Evidence from US excise taxation (with Alejandro Esteller) working Paper IEB, 2010/3.
Spesa Standard e Perequazione della Capacità Fiscale dei Comuni Trentini: una proposta di attuazione della legge di riforma istituzionale (L. P. 16 giugno 2006, n.3), (with Umberto Galmarini), working Paper SIEP 81/2007.
POLICY PAPERS
Improving the quality of public spending in Europe, A study on the methodology to compute and identify budgetary waste in Member States,(with Bordignon, M., Buso, M., Caruso, R., Gamanossi, Degl’Innocenti, D., Gerotto, L., Levaggi, R., Secomandi, R.,Turati, G.), European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), forthcoming.
Lo stock di capitale comunale: indicazioni per le politiche di intervento infrastrutturale di Regione Lombardia, (with R.Secomandi), Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia e Management dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara, n.11/7, 2018
Dal patto di stabilità all’attuazione del pareggio di bilancio per i governi locali: criticità e possibili soluzioni, Centro studi sul federalismo, Torino, 2016.
La stima dei fabbisogni standard per i comuni dell’Emilia Romagna (with Massimiliano Ferraresi, Enrico Ferroni and Francesca Nordi), report by the Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University for Ervet-Emilia Romagna, 2014.
L’incidenza della tassazione locale sull’offerta dei servizi alla persona (with Elena Carniti, Antonio Dal Bianco and Massimiliano Ferraresi) in Research plan 2013 – 2014 of the Regional Council - Éupolis Lombardia, 2014.
Storia di una riforma approvata (ma mai attuata) da non ripetere: d.lgs. 56/2000 (with Francesca Nordi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Contabilità euro compatibile: possibili effetti sul Patto di stabilità dei comuni lombardi (with Massimiliano Ferraresi and Francesca Nordi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Unioni di comuni: risparmi di spesa? Il caso della Lombardia (with Massimiliano Ferraresi), mimeo Ferrara, 2014. Work prepared for Éupolis Lombardia.
Il finanziamento del trasporto pubblico locale in Italia: evoluzione normativa, aspetti tecnici e una proposta di riparto, in Idee per il federalismo fiscale – finalizzato a concretizzare proposte operative per RL elaborate anche in base all’esperienze analizzate in altri Paesi significativi, IReR-Lombardia, 2007.
La finanza dei comuni trentini: analisi riflessioni e proposte. Rapporto 2005 (with Maria Grazia Bressan, Elena Contrini, Livia Ferrario, Umberto Galmarini, Piero Giarda and Francesca Galassi), Servizio Autonomie Locali, Provincia di Trento, 2005.
Costo del lavoro, in Disoccupazione e basso livello di attività in Italia. Un blueprint sulle politiche del lavoro e dell’occupazione, edited by Gilberto Antonelli e Luigi Paganetto, Collana Ceis-Il Mulino, Bologna, 1999, Bologna.
REFEREES
Economia Politica, Governance & Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Public Choice, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Fiscal Studies, Journal of Economics and Statistics, Economics E-Journal, Revista de Estudios Autonómicos y Federales, National Tax Journal, Journal of Socio-economics, Politica Economica, European Journal of Political Economy, The Annals of Regional Science, Canadian Journal of Economics. Journal of Public Economic Theory, Public Finance Review, Economics & Politics, German Economic Review, CESifo Economic Studies, Journal of Urban Economics, Review of International Economics, Governance, Rivista di Scienze Regionali, Economia Pubblica, Local Government Studies.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The economic costs of secession: the case of Catalonia, with A. Esteller-Moré (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB).
Pay as you throw: evidence on the incentive to recycle, with R. Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
The role of the tax complexity on FDI allocation, with A. Esteller-Moré (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB) and R . Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
Mafia infiltration and spillover effects in the construction sector, with M. Ferraresi (JRC, European Commission) and R . Secomandi (University of Ferrara).
Impact on US federal grant allocation to states of the 1974 Budget Act, with M. Ferraresi (University of Ferrara), G. Gucciardi (university of Ferrara) and C. Testa (University of Notthingam)
Poltical determinants in the allocation of the European Structural Funds, with M. Ferraresi (University of Ferrara) and F. Nordi (University of Messina)
AWARDS, STUDY GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING:
2020 “Two-sided evaluation of fiscal policy: expenditure and taxation”, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2019 Fellowship from “Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics (IEA), Generalitat de Catalunya” for the project research “Local public finance reforms and local budget constraint: theory and empirical analysis”.
2019 - 2020 “Trasferimenti efficienti nella finanza pubblica locale”, grant FIR from the University of Ferrara
2018 - 2020 “Labor tax policies: Efficiency and Redistribution” (RTI2018-095983-B-100), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2016 - 2017 “Una rinnovata architettura della finanza comunale: analisi e proposte”, grant from the University of Ferrara (FIR).
2015 - 2018 “Tax systems anlysis: evaluation and design, decentralization and administration” (ECO2015-63591-R), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
2012 - 2014 “Sub-central fiscal policies: Efficiency, Competition and Redistribution” (ECO2012-37873), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
2010 to present Head and coordinator of the research group on Local finance, funded by the annual university fund for research (FAR). The members of the group are currently: Dr. Massimiliano Ferraresi, Prof. Caterina Ferrario, and Dr. Francesca Nordi.
2010 “Tax decentralization and lobbying: Is this interaction welfare- enhancing?”, Istituto de Estudios Fiscales (Spain).
2009 - 2011 “Tax assignment and fiscal decentralization” (ECO2009-12928), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Spain).
2009 Fellowship from “Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics (IEA), Generalitat de Catalunya” on the project: “Federal Transfers and Politics: the case of Italy and Spain”.
2008 - 2010 “Dai multipli sé all' incertezza strategica: applicazioni dei modelli non standard di scelta in condizioni di incertezza alle scelte intertemporali ed al disegno di istituzioni”, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica (2007MCKEYA_003).
2008 Integrated project Italy-Spain: “Impact of political incentives on local finances: Evidence from Italy and Spain”, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (HI2007-0094) and Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica (IT088GGPOM).
2001 - 02 Marie Curie post-doc fellowship at STICERD-LSE (Supervision: Prof. Timothy Besley)
2000 Young Economist Scholarship at the IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) conference in Seville (Spain) - 28-31 August 2000.
1999 - 00 Research Student at the STICERD-LSE with a fellowship from CARIPLO (Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde).
1998 Young Economist Scholarship at the IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) conference in Cordoba (Argentina) – 24-27 August 1998.
1997 - 99 Post-doc fellowship at the Università Cattolica di Milano.
1996 - 97 Scholarship at the IDSE (Institute on the Dynamics of Economic Systems) of the National Research Council in Milano.
1995 “Angelo Curella” award from the “Banca Popolare di Palermo” and award from the Ministry of economic planning for Degree dissertation.
1992 Study grant and entrance to Master’s degree in Public Economics at FORMEZ – Training and Study Centre (Naples).
ROLES AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
2020 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Interuniversity Centre for Regional and Local Finance (CIFREL).
2020 Chairman of the Committee for the evaluation of doctoral theses, EMIS course, University of Ferrara and Parma.
2020 President of the Commission for the assignment of a position of researcher (Rtda), University of Messina
2019-present Member of the national committee for the national qualification for associate an full professor in public economics.
2018 Chair of the Commission for the VIVA of the Phd in Economics of The university of Ferrara and Parma.
2017 Chair of the Commission for selecting grants (FIR) to finance professors’ scientific activity in the University of Ferrara.
2016 Member of the board for selecting six places on the EMIS PhD course (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2016 Chair of the International Commission (with prof. Lippi Bruni and prof. Romeu Gordo) at the Catholic University of Milan for the evaluation Phd Thesis “Essays in Public Policies and Health Care” of Dan Liu.
2016 Chair of the Commission for the selection of scholarships to finance periods of study abroad of young researchers of the University of Ferrara.
2015 to present Member of the Executive Board of SIEP (Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica)
2015 Member of the International Commission (with prof. Federico Revelli and prof. Albert Sole-Olle) at the University of Barcelona for the evaluation of European Doctoral Thesis “ Three Essays on Fiscal Federalism” of Luca Salvadori.
2015 Member of the Commission for the selection of three research projects that make a contribution to the socio-economic development of the local area, funded by the Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara.
2015 Representative elected by the Department of Economics and Management for the Ferrara University Research Council for the period 2015-2016.
2014 to present Supervisor of the thesis by Gianluca Gucciardi, EMIS PhD student (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2014 to present Supervisor of the thesis by Francesca Nordi, PhD student in "Economics, management and statistics" at Messina University.
2014 Member of the board for selecting six places on the EMIS PhD course (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2014 Denoted as eligible by the Bicameral budget commission to be a member of the Committee of Italian Budget Congress Office.
2014 National qualification as full professor of Public Economics.
2013 Member of the (Ferrara) University board for selecting the university candidate for the AXA grant.
2013 External referee for the evaluation of the doctoral thesis to release the title of European Doctor to Marta Curto, from the University of Barcelona.
2013 to present Member of the EMIS PhD Committee (Ferrara University and Parma University).
2012 - 2013 Deputy director doctorate in Economics at Ferrara University.
2012 - 2013 Rector’s delegate for the supervision and organization of the joint Ferrara University-Province of Ferrara project for the economic development of the Ferrara waterway.
2012 Member of the board for the doctorate in Economics at Ferrara University.
2011 to 2016 Representative elected by the Department of Economics and Management for the Ferrara University Research Council.
2011 to present Member of the Board of Governors of CIFREL (Inter-university centre for the study of regional and local finance) involving Ferrara University, Foggia University and the Sacro Cuore Catholic University of Milan.
2010 to present Coordinator of the Departmental Commission for the communication and divulgation of research.
2010 to 2015 Supervisor of the thesis by Massimiliano Ferraresi, PhD student at the Department of Economics and Management of Ferrara University.
2010 to present Responsible for the series of working papers of the Department of Economics of Ferrara University.
2009 to present Affiliate member of the IEB (Institute d’Economia de Barcelona).
2009 Member of the board for the public selection of 4 places on the doctorate course at the Faculty of Economics of Ferrara University.
2008 Member of the board for selecting an assistant professor at University of Salerno.
2007 - 2010 Member of the departmental orientation commission.
2005 Member of the board for assessing two PhD theses at Bari University.
2003 to present Responsible for seminars at the Department of Economics of Ferrara University.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS:
2020 Annual conference of IIPF, web conference
2019 Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held in Torino
Annual conference of IIPF, held in Glasgow, UK
Lunch Seminar with prof M. Baldini in Ferraara
Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France
SOSE spa conference, held in Rome
2018 Annual conference of IIPF at Helsinki
2018 Annual conference of the Italian Public Economic Society in Padova
2017 Annual conference of the econometric society held in Lisbon
Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held in Catania
2016 Lecture at the Master .on “Analysis and evaluation of public policies”, Senato della Repubblica,.Rome, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation Conference, JRC-CRIE, Università Cattolica, Milano.
Annual Italian conference of Public Economics held at the University of Lecce
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
15th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence (France).
Public Conference on Public Finance and Inequalities at the Istituto Antonio Gramsci of Ferrara, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Pharmacy Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
2015 Speaker at the conference on “Competitive markets”, at Festival “Internazionale, held in Ferrara, invited.
16th Annual conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Luxemburg.
27th Annual conference of the Italian Association for Public Economics (SIEP), University of Ferrara.
Speaker at the convention “Less Resources or reforms for the Public Administration?”, at the Presidenza Regione Toscana offices, invited.
Speaker at the convention for presenting the volume “La finanza territoriale in Italia”, at the Éupolis Lombardia offices, guest Lecture on the
finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Health Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
Lecture on the finance of public health in Italy at the Master on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Lecture on “But why do we have to pay tax?” invited by “Unijunior - conoscere per crescere” at Ferrara University.
2014 Workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), invited.
Lecture on “But why do we have to pay tax?” invited by “Unijunior - conoscere per crescere” at Ferrara University.
Presentation on "Analysis of determining factors on the Ferrara University research quality assessment result: strengths and weaknesses” at the
Ferrara University conference on “Assessment of the quality of research, present and perspectives”, organized by the Rector’s office along with
the Research Council of Ferrara University, invited.
Cesifo workshop on “The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies”, Venice (San Servolo).
70th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano, (Switzerland).
15th Annual conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, University of Washington – Seattle, (USA).
13th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Aix-en-Provence, (France).
Presentation at the Regional Council of Lombardy on “The impact of local taxation on the services offered to people”, invited.
Specialization Course in Management of Health Facilities at Ferrara University, invited.
Course on Management of Complex Health Facilities at Fondazione Biagi (Modena), invited.
Speaker at the convention for presenting the volume “La finanza territoriale in Italia”, at Bari University, invited.
Speaker at the round table organized by Confartigianato-Ferrara on “How to reduce levies and restart small businesses", invited.
2013 University of Lancaster (UK), invited.
IEB, Barcelona University, seminar invited.
Salento University, seminar invited.
Speaker at the convention of the Province of Ferrara on “A new way to see the world: navigable routes for connecting Europe”, invited.
5th workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona.
Master’s degree PERF.ET (Ferrara), invited.
2012 Public conference (Masi Torello - Ferrara) on "Public incentives and biogas power stations", invited.
68th Annual conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden (Germany).
Workshop on “Federalism and regional policy”, Siegen University (Germany), invited.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
Master’s degree PERF.ET (Ferrara), invited.
“Public policies and budget restrictions” (Master’s degree Ecopolis – Ferrara), invited.
2011 4th workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona (Spain).
Workshop on Institutions, Behavior and Economic Outcomes, CRENOS and Sassari University, Alghero
23rd Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
Conference at Banca d’Italia on: “Pigou or Hobbes? The budget choices of local governments in Italy”, invited.
Public conference (Ferrara) on “Municipal rates and public budget restriction”, invited.
2010 22nd Encuentro de Economía Pública, Murcia (Spain).
9th Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference, Marseille, (France).
Conference on Public Economic Theory (Istanbul).
66th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano, (Switzerland).
22nd Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
China and Italy School of Policy (Ferrara), invited.
2009 Università di Padova, invited.
26th Encuentro de Economía Pública, Granada (Spain).
Workshop on Fiscal Decentralization (organizer), Ferrara.
Annual Group Meeting of the Canadian Public Economics, Toronto (Canada).
3rd workshop on fiscal federalism, IEB, Barcelona University.
65th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Cape Town (South Africa).
21st Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
2008 25th Encuentro de Economía Pública, Salamanca (Spain).
IEB, Barcelona University, Spain (guest).
Ancona University, invited.
Milan Bicocca University, invited.
2007 63rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Warwick, (UK).
19th Italian Public Economics Society Conference, Pavia.
IRER- Lombardy Region, Milan, invited.
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