CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor of Public Finance, University of Cassino, Faculty of Economics   RESEARCH INTERESTS Income distribution, poverty Tax-benefit systems and labour supply Corporate taxation Microsimulation models

RECENT PUBLICATIONS   Papers (texts) are in pdf format. (2009) “Tassazione e offerta di lavoro: gli effetti delle modifiche Irpef introdotte nel periodo 1998-2002”, Studi Economici, n.99. (2009, with S. Balzano, F. Oropallo) “On the Italian ACE and its impact on enterprise perfomance: a microsimulation study”. SIEP Working papers, N. 624. To view the paper click here. (2008) “La riforma della tassazione societaria nel periodo 1997-2007”, in Stato e imprese. Politiche di sviluppo, fisco e strategia di crescita. Rapporto MET 2007. Donzelli editore. A summary of the Report can be read here (in Italian). (2009, with M. Zoli), “The Italian Income Tax System. How did recent reforms affect labor supply decisions and redistribution?” in (Berube, J. W. and Pinto C. N.) “Taxation, Tax Policies, and Income Taxes”, Nova Publishers, New York. (2007, with F. Oropallo), “Will Italy's Tax Reform Reduce the Corporate Tax Burden? A Microsimulation Analysis”, Rivista Ufficiale di Statistica, N. 1. Abstract (2006, with C. Berliri), “The Distributive and Labor Supply Impact of the Minimum Insertion Income: the Case of Italy". International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 12, no. 2. Abstract (2004, with R. Bardazzi and M. G. Pazienza), “Modelling direct and indirect taxes on firms: a policy simulation”. Austrian Journal of Statistics, vol. 33. Abstract (2003, with C. Berliri) “Poverty targeting e impatto redistributivo del Reddito Minimo di Inserimento” (Poverty targeting and the redistributive impact of the Reddito Minimo di Inserimento). Studi Economici, vol. 33. Abstract   OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES (2003, with C. Berliri), “Gli effetti distributivi e sull'offerta di lavoro del Reddito Minimo di Inserimento. Una analisi di Microsimulazione con risposte comportamentali”, Economia Pubblica, n. 6. (2003), “Modelling the Corporate Tax for Italian enterprises: methodological aspects and preliminary results”, Quaderni di Ricerca, Dipartimento Economia e Territorio, Università di Cassino, n.7. (2003), “The effects of the corporate tax reform on firms' tax burden”, Atti della XV Conferenza della Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica, Pavia, 3-4 ottobre 2003. (2002, par. 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, chapter 4), “Politiche sociali nei paesi dell'area Euro” (Social Policy in the Euro area countries), in Atella, V. (ed), “Sesto Rapporto CNEL (National Council of Labour and Economics) sulla distribuzione e redistribuzione del reddito in Europa”, Documenti CNEL n.21. (2000, with S. Palmieri), “La diffusione delle politiche di benchmarking nel settore pubblico” benchmarking policies in the public sector), in Lupò Avagliano, M.V. (ed) L'efficienza della Pubblica Amministrazione. Misure e parametri, Franco Angeli. (2000) 5th CNEL Report on the distribution of income in Italy and Europe (Social policies in Italy and Europe: convergence in actions) published in Documenti CNEL, n. 31, co-author of chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.   RESEARCH REPORTS (2002, with M. Bovi, L. Castellucci, M. Coromaldi, L. Perlini, M. Zoli), “Report describing Country IT corporate tax model and methodology”, DIECOFIS Deliverable 6.1. (2002, with M. Bovi, L. Castellucci, M. Coromaldi, L. Perlini, M. Zoli), “Report describing Country IT corporate tax model and methodology”, DIECOFIS Deliverable 6.1. (2003, with L. Castellucci, M. Coromaldi, L. Perlini, M. Zoli), “Report describing results and Country IT tax schedule model”, DIECOFIS Deliverable 6.2. (2003, with R. Bardazzi,F. Gastaldi, M. Nardo, M. G. Pazienza), “Prototype of Country IT microsimulation model (Irap, Social Contributions, Corporate Tax)”, DIECOFIS Deliverable 5.3. (2003) “A cross country simulation exercise using the DIECOFIS corporate tax model”, DIECOFIS Deliverable 7.1. (2000, with V. Atella, C. Berliri), “Il modello italiano in Euromod: aspetti metodologici e primi risultati empirici”, CEIS-University of Rome Tor Vergata.   PAPERS IN PROGRESS (with D. Vistocco, M. Zoli), On a new method to estiomate equivalence scales for welfare policy analysis.   TEACHING Since 2001 Microeconomics 1, Public Economics; Public Finance (in the year 2005); Since 2003 Economics of Institutions (Module B); Faculty of Economics, Universiy of Cassino. Module of Public Economics, Phd courses, Faculty of Economics, University of Cassino.   RESEARCH ACTIVITY (since 2005) Project ECONLAV aiming at building a behavioural tax-benefict microsimulation model for the household sector in Italy. The project is carried out by a group of researchers of the Ministry of Economics, the Ministry of Welfare, ISFOL and is funded by the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Welfare. For further info on this project click here. (2002-2004) Project DIECOFIS (Development of a System of Indicators on Competitiveness and Fiscal Impact on Enterprise Performance), funded by the European Commission (V Framework Programme, IST-2000-31125). The project was co-ordinated by the National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT) and included several research institutons and Universities across Europe (London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of Wien, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Florence). For further info on this project click here. (1998-2001) Project EUROMOD financed by the Targeted Socio-Economic Research Programme of the European Commission, aiming at building a EU-wide tax-benefit model for households. The project was coordinated by the Microsimulation Unit of the University of Cambridge (UK) and included research centres and Universities of the 15 EU countries. (1998-2001) "The effects of alternative financing methods of social security on private saving and public balance", CNR (National Research Council) project New approaches to economics of taxation and public spending in the framework of a balanced budget constraint. "The effects of the personal income tax on the distribution of income", CNR (National Research  Council) project The structure of the economic system and the structure of the tax system: domestic and international problems. "Effectivness and efficiency in the provision of goods and services through the public budged in advanced economies”, CNR (National Research Council)-ISTAT (National Institute for Statistics) project Measures and parameters for social and economic policy (efficiency in the public sector).   <<back