Short Bio

I received a Bachelor in Economics from Bocconi University (1997), a M.Sc. in Economic Theory and Econometrics from the University of Toulouse (2000), and a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome La Sapienza (2002). I am currently Full Professor of Economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale, where I regularly teach Microeconomics, Public Finance, and Public Economics (Collective Choice module). I am also a Faculty member of the Vilfredo Pareto Doctoral Program in Economics, Director of the CORIPE Piemonte, a Board member of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS) and the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP), a Scientific Committee member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Local and Regional Finance (CIFREL) of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, and External Affiliate at the Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) of the University of York. Previously I was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Torino, where I also served as Director for the Master in Health Economics and Policy, and Researcher at the Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the Italian National Research Council.

In my research I focus on topics in the fields of public finance, health economics, political economy, and industrial organization. My works have been published in well-reputed international journals, like Economics Letters, Energy Economics, Fiscal Studies, Health Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Regional Studies, Review of Income and Wealth. In the past I have been visiting scholar at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano) and the Universitat de Barcelona, and visiting professor at the Université de Rennes 1. I also worked as a consultant for the Bank of Italy (Economic Research and International Relations), Confindustria (Medical Devices), the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Municipality of Rome, the National Association of Italian Municipalities (IFEL-ANCI Foundation), Nomisma (Real Estate Observatory), and Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta.