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 Public Finance 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 offered by University of Turin - Collegio Carlo Alberto and Director of the CORIPE Piemonte. I belong to the Board of Management of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP, terms 2021-2024 and 2024-2027). I am a Scientific Committee member of the Interuniversity ResearchCentre 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 Turin (2007-2017), where I also served as Director for the Master in Health Economics and Policy, Researcher at the Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the Italian National Research Council (CNR, 2002-2007), and a member of the Board of Management of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS, term 2018-2022).

My primary research interests are at the intersections between health economics, regional economics, industrial organization and political economy. My works have been published in well-reputed academic journals, among which The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Economics Letters, Energy Economics, Fiscal Studies, Health Economics, Health Policy, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Kyklos, Labour 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 (Public Finance Division), 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.