Nuove Frontiere dell’intervento Pubblico in un Mondo di Interdipendenza

Pavia, 20 e 21 settembre 2010


Palazzo Centrale dell’Università

Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2010

MORNING SESSION

9.00 Registration

Angiolino STELLARettore dell’Università degli studi di Pavia
Giorgio PANELLADirettore del Dipartimento di Economia Pubblica e Territoriale, Università degli studi di Pavia
Giorgio BROSIOPresidente Siep

10:15

Vito TANZI, Complexity in Taxation: Origin and Consequences

11:00

Nicola SARTOR, Dalla demografia alla finanza privata: nuove sfide per gli stati nazionali?

11:45

Carla MARCHESE Discussion

12:15

General discussion

12:45

End of session

13:00

Lunch


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2010

AFTERNOON SESSION

14:15

AHMAD Ehtisham

The political-economy of tax reforms in Pakistan: the ongoing saga of the GST 

Discussant: Brosio

14:45

BORDIGNON Massimo, PIAZZA Santino

Who do you blame in local finance? An analysis of municipal financing in Italy

Discussant: Jametti

15:15

BROSIO Giorgio, JIMENEZ Juan Pablo

Maintaining taxes at the centre during decentralization processes: interactions with national reforms  

Discussant: Salmon

15:45 Coffee break  
16:00

JAMETTI Mario, JOANIS Marcelin

Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization: Political Economy Aspects 

Discussant: Revelli

16:30

REVELLI Federico

Communicating vessels

Discussant: Bordignon

17:00

SALMON Pierre

Improving performance by political decentralization (or centralization)?

Discussant: Ahmad

17:30 End of session

14:15

AMERIGHI Oscar, DE FEO Giuseppe

Tax Competition for Foreign Direct Investments and the Nature of the incumbent Firm

Discussant: Rapallinio Rustichini

14:45 GRAZZINI Lisa, PETRETTO Alessandro

Revenue Equalization Systems in a Federation with Tax Evasion

Discussant: Zanardi o Rizzo L.

15:15 LONGOBARDI Ernesto, POLITO Vito

Capital income taxation incentives during economic downturns: re-thinking theory and evidence 

Discussant: Grazzini o Petretto

15:45 Coffee break  
16:00 RAPALLINI Chiara, RUSTICHINI Aldo

Debito pubblico, crescita e riforma fiscale: idee per ripartire

Discussant: Longobardi o Polito

16:30 RIZZO Leonzio, ZANARDI Alberto

Single Ballot vs Double Ballot: Does It Matter for Fiscal Policies? Evidence from Italy 

Discussant: Amerighi o De Feo

17:00 End of session

14:15

ALBANESE Giuseppe, MODICA Salvatore

Co-Movement of Public Spending in the G7

Discussant: Del Bo

14:45 DEL BO Chiara, FIORIO Carlo, FLORIO Massimo

Shadow wages for the EU regions

Discussant: Peragine o Fleurbaey

15:15 FLEURBAEY Marc, PERAGINE Vito

Ex Ante versus Ex Post Equality of Opportunity

Discussant: Granaglia

15:45 Coffee break  
16:00 GINEBRI Sergio

How much will we have to postpone our retirement to receive a decent pension? The mechanics (and geometry) of non-financial defined contribution pension schemes

Discussant: Albanese o Modica

16:30 GRANAGLIA Elena

I dilemmi dello stato sociale oggi. Verso la necessità di un mutamento nel paradigma redistributivo?

Discussant: Ginebri

17:00 End of session

14:15

CAMBINI Carlo, RONDI Laura

Regulatory Independence and Political Interference: Evidence from EU Mixed-Ownership Utilities’ Investment and Debt

Discussant: Fedeli o Forte

14:45 CANEGRATI Emanuele

A Statistical Exploration in the Age Group Inequality Around the World

Discussant: Santolini o Ermini

15:15 ERMINI Barbara, SANTOLINI Raffaella

Which globalization matter? On the nexus between fiscal decentralization and many dimensions of integration

Discussant: Iafolla, Mazzanti o Nicolli

15:45 Coffee break  
16:00 FEDELI Silvia, FORTE Francesco

Deficit spending and unemployment growth: evidence from OECD countries (1970-2009)

Discussant: Montefiori o Fossati

16:30 FOSSATI Amedeo, MONTEFIORI Marcello

Fiscal federalism, information and global public goods with increasing cost

Discussant:Cambini o Rondi

17:00 IAFOLLA Valentina, MAZZANTI Massimiliano e NICOLLI Francesco

Are you SURE you want to waste policy chances? Waste generation, landfill diversion and Environmental policy effectiveness in the EU15

Discussant: Canegrati

17:30 End of session  

17.45 Assemblea dei Soci

20.00 Cena Sociale


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21TH 2010

MORNING SESSION

 

Ore 8:30 – 11:00        Timing organizzativo di riferimento: 20′ Relatori;  5′ Discussant;  5′ Discussione generale

9:00 FORTE Francesco, MAGAZZINO Cosimo, MANTOVANI Michela, SCHEPIS Brian

Rent seeking, governments, non profit and criminal hubs. Structural policies for less developed areas. The case of Calabria

Discussant: Guccio, Pignataro o Rizzo I.

9:30 GALLI Emma, GREMBI Veronica

Assessing Degrees of Fiscal Rules

Discussant: Santolini

10:00 GUCCIO Calogero, PIGNATARO Giacomo, RIZZO Ilde

Evaluating the performance of public procurement contracts for cultural heritage conservation works in Italy

Discussant: Galli

10:30 SANTOLINI Raffaella

The Leviathan story and legislative monopoly power: Evidence from OECD countries

Discussant: Mantovani, Forte, Magazzino o Schepis

11:00
Coffee break

8:30

CASTELLUCCI Laura, D’AMATO Alessio, ZOLI Mariangela

Environmental quality and inequality: The impact of redistribution on direct household emissions in Italy

Discussant: Coppola o Carreras

9:00 COSTANTINI Valeria, MAZZANTI, Massimiliano e  MONTINI Anna

Environmental Performance and Regional Innovation Spillovers

Discussant: D’Amato, Valentino o Zoli M.

9:30 COPPOLA Francesco Saverio, CARRERAS Consuelo

L’intervento del capitale privato per il finanziamento degli investimenti energetici nel mezzogiorno: il project financing ed i mutui

Discussant: Zoli, Castellucci o D’Amato

10:00 D’AMATO Alessio, VALENTINI Edilio, ZOLI Mariangela

The Tax Treatment of Emission Allowances under International Emissions Trading

Discussant: Ferrara o Guerrini

10:30 FERRARA Massimiliano, GUERRINI Luca

Environment and sustainable growth in a two-sector model with variable labor growth rate

Discussant: Costantini, Mazzanti o Montini

11:00 Coffee break

8:30

BARION Francesca, MINIACI Raffaele, PANTEGHINI Paolo M., PARISI Maria Laura

Profit Shifting by Debt Financing in Europe

Discussant: Pellegrino,  Piacenza o Turati

9:00

BISWAS Rongili, MARCHESE Carla, PRIVILEGGI Fabio

Tax Evasion in a Principal-Agent Model with Self-Protection

Discussant: Pellegrino o Vernizzi

9:30

MANZO Marco, MONTEDURO Maria Teresa

From IRAP to CBIT: Tax Distortions and Redistributive Effects

Discussant: Barion, Miniaci, Panteghini o Parisi

10:00

PELLEGRINO Simone, PIACENZA Massimiliano, TURATI Gilberto

Assessing the Distributional Effects of Housing Taxation in Italy: From the Actual Tax Code to Imputed Rent

Discussant: Biswas, Marchese  o Privileggi

10:30

PELLEGRINO Simone, VERNIZZI Achille

The 2007 personal income tax reform in Italy: effects on potential equity, horizontal inequity and re-ranking

Discussant: Manzo o Monteduro

11:00 Coffee break
9:00 ANTELLINI RUSSO Federico, GIAMBONI Luigi, ZAMPINO Roberto

Il partenariato pubblico privato come escamotage?

Discussant: Manenti o Scialà

9:30 CESI Berardino, IOZZI Alberto, VALENTINI Edilio

Regulating unverifiable quality by fixed-price contracts

Discussant: Vinella o Danau

10:00 DANAU Daniel, VINELLA Annalisa

Optimal contract with private information on cost expectation and volatility

Discussant: Iozzi, Cesi o Valentini

10:30 MANENTI Fabio, SCIALà Antonio

Access Regulation, Entry and the Investment Ladder in Telecommunications

Discussant: Antellini Russo, Giamboni o Zampino

11:00 Coffee break

8:30

FINOCCHIARO CASTRO Massimo, GUCCIO Calogero

Searching for the source of technical inefficiency of Italian Judicial Districts. An empirical investigation using DEA double bootstrapping approach

Discussant: D’Agostino, Sobbrio o Sironi

9:00 MARROCCO Valeria

Politiche di bilancio in Spagna: Potenzialità dei Presupuestos Generales del Estado in Spagna e dalle leggi di stabilità spagnole alla nuova Ley Generàl Presupuestaria

Discussant: Monacelli o Pennisi

9:30 MONACELLI Daniela, PENNISI Aline

L’esperienza della spending review in Italia: problemi aperti e sfide per il futuro

Discussant: Marrocco

10:00 SOBBRIO Giuseppe, D’AGOSTINO Elena, SIRONI Emiliano

La scelta di ricorrere in appello fra contesto macroeconomico e patologie sistemiche

Discussant: Finocchiaro Castro

11:00 Coffee break

8:30

BERGANTINO Angela Stefania, PORCELLI Francesco

A measure of Italian local government spending efficiency. The case of transport related expenditure

Discussant: Galmarini, Esteller-Moré o Rizzo L.

9:00 BRUSCO Sandro, COLOMBO Luca, GALMARINI Umberto

Local Governments Tax Autonomy, Lobbying, and Welfare

Discussant: Fiorillo F. o Sacchi

9:30 COGNO Renato

Assistenza e livelli di governo

Discussant: Bergantino o Porcelli

10:00 ESTELLER-MORé Alejandro, GALMARINI Umberto, RIZZO Leonzio

Should Tax Bases Overlap in a Federation with Lobbying?

Discussant: Cogno

10:30 FIORILLO Fabio, SACCHI Agnese

I want to free-ride. An opportunistic view on decentralization versus centralization problem

Discussant: Brusco, Colombo o Galmarini

11:00 Coffee break
11:15

Kai A. KONRAD

Privacy and Taxation

12:00

Giampaolo ARACHI

Discussion

12:15

General discussion

 
12:45

End of session

 
13:00

Lunch


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21TH 2010

AFTERNOON SESSION

Ore 14:15 – 17:30         Timing organizzativo di riferimento: 20′ Relatori;  5′ Discussant;  5′ Discussione generale

14:15

BALDUZZI Paolo, GREMBI Veronica

Compliance Vs. Effectiveness: Assessing the role of fiscal rules

14:45

BIANCHINI Laura

Municipal Spending and Urban Quality of Life: a Stochastic Frontier Analysis

15:15

CASOLARO Agnese

Settore energetico e politiche di sviluppo pubbliche: lo stato dell’arte per le regioni del mezzogiorno

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

D’AMURI Francesco

Monitoring vs. monetary incentives in addressing absenteeism:  experimental evidence

16:30

DI NOVI Cinzia

The Indirect Effect of Fine Particulate Matter on Health through Individuals’ Lifestyle

17:00

SCOPELLITI Alessandro

Competition Policy and Economic Growth in an Economy with Heterogeneous Industries

17:30 End of sesssion

14:15

BARTOLINI David, SCALERA Domenico, ZAZZARO Alberto

Informative signals and accountability of rent-seeking politicians

Discussant: Rapallini o Innocenti

14:45

BRACCO Emanuele

Does the central government prefer mayorselected with runoff or plurality rule? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Intergovernmental to Italian municipalities

Discussant: Scervini

15:15

GIURANNO Michele, BISWAS Rongili

Migration and Inter-regional Public Policy

Discussant: Ricciuti o Nannicini

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

INNOCENTI Alessandro, RAPALLINI Chiara

Voting by ballots and feet in the laboratory

Discussant: Bartolini, Scalera o Zazzaro

16:30

NANNICINI Tommaso, RICCIUTI Roberto

Autocratic Transitions and Growth

Discussant: Bracco

17:00

SCERVINI Francesco

Empirics of the median voter: democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class

Discussant: Giuranno o Biswas

17:30 End of session

14:15

BARIGOZZI Francesca, PIGNATARO Giuseppe

Cooperative Behaviour in Mutural Insurance

Discussant: Randon o Simmons

14:45

BRUNELLO Giorgio, FABBRI Daniele, FORT Margherita

Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females

Discussant: Galizzi o Miraldo

15:15

GALIZZI Matteo M., MIRALDO Marisa

Are you what you eat? Experimental evidence on health habits and risk preferences 

Discussant: Li Donni

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

LI DONNI Paolo

Risk Preference Heterogeneity and Multiple Demand for Insurance

Discussant: Fabbri, Brunello o Fort

16:30

RANDON Emanuela, SIMMONS Peter

A top dog tale with preference Rigidities

Discussant: Barigozzi o Pignataro

17:00

End of session

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14:15

BALDINI Massimo, FEDERICI Marta

Discriminazione e ruolo delle informazioni nel mercato dell’affitto italiano: un’analisi empirica

Discussant: Russo

14:45

BRUNORI Paolo, LUONGO Patrizia

Fairness in skill acquisition

Discussant: Cattaneo o Fiorio

15:15

BRUNORI Paolo, PERAGINE Vito, SERLENGA Laura

Fairness in education: the Italian university before and after the reform

Discussant: Maimone Ansaldo Patti o Navarra

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

CATTANEO Cristina, FIORIO Carlo

Immigration and natives’ skill upgrade

Discussant: Baldini o Federici

16:30

MAIMONE ANSALDO PATTI Dario, NAVARRA Pietro

Endogenizing Fairness to Explain Preferences for Redistribution

Discussant: Brunori o Luongo

17:00

RUSSO Felice

Risorse, fattori di contesto socio-economici e esiti scolastici: una applicazione su dati INVALSI 2005-06

Discussant: Brunori o Serlenga

17:30 End of session

14:15

BRONZINI Raffaello, IACHINI Eleonora

Are Incentives for R&D Effective? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach

Discussant: De Blasio, Fantino o Pellegrini

14:45

DE BLASIO Guido, FANTINO Davide, PELLEGRINI Guido

Evaluating the Impact of Innovation Incentives: Evidence from an Unexpected Shortage of Funds

Discussant: Bronzini o Iachini

15:15

DEPALO Domenico, GIORDANO Raffaella

Are Public Sector Workers Paid too Much?

Discussant: Grasselli o Montesi

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

GRASSELLI Pierluigi, MONTESI Cristina

Politiche orientate al bene comune e politiche attive del lavoro

Discussant: Mendolicchio, Paolini o Pietra

16:30

MENDOLICCHIO Concetta, PAOLINI Dimitri, PIETRA Tito

Investments in education and welfare in a two-sector, random matching economy

Discussant: Depalo

17:00

End of session

14:15

BARONE Guglielmo, MOCETTI Sauro

With a Little Help from Abroad: the Effect  of Low-Skilled Immigration of Female Labour Supply

Discussant: Caruso o Schneider

14:45

BERALDO Sergio, CARUSO Raul, TURATI Gilberto

Life is Now! Time discounting and attitudes towards crime. Evidence from Italian regions (2002-2007)

Discussant: Parrotta, Hiller, Pozzoli o Pytlikova

15:15

BOTTASSO Anna, CONTI Maurizio

An Assessment on the Cost Structure of the UK Airport Industry: Ownership Outcomes and Long Run Cost Economies

Discussant: Barone o Mocetti

15:45 Coffee break  

16:00

CARUSO Raul, SCHNEIDER Friedrich

Al Qaeda and Jihadist Terrorism in the Light of Contest Theory A Theoretical Note and Empirical Evidence Over the Period 2002-2007

Discussant: D’Agostino o Lisciandra

16:30

D’AGOSTINO Elena, LISCIANDRA Maurizio

Complete vs. incomplete contracts: a theoretical appraisal with fair players

Discussant: Caruso, Beraldo o Turati

17:00

HILLER Sanne, PARROTTA Pierpaolo, POZZOLI Dario, PYTLIKOVA Mariola

Does Labour Diversity Affect Firm Productivity?

Discussant: Bottasso o Conti

17:30 End of session

Comitato scientifico XXII Conferenza

Rosella LEVAGGI, Università di Brescia

Paolo LIBERATI, Università Roma Tre

Coordinatore di sede

Giuseppe Ghessi,  Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria

Segreteria organizzativa

Angela SegagniDipartimento di economia pubblica e territoriale, Università di Pavia

angela.segagni@unipv.it , Tel. 0382 984401, Fax 0382 984417