The Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP) is pleased to announce the SIEP Prize for 2026.
The prize amounts to €2,000 and is awarded to an outstanding unpublished paper written by one or more authors under the age of 35 and presented at the XXXVIII SIEP Conference, which will take place at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on September 10-11, 2026 (see the Call for Papers and conference details at https://www.siepweb.it/siep/wp/en/en/xxxviii-siep-conference-2026/).
Eligible contributions, whether theoretical or empirical, may address any research topic in the field of public economics and finance. If the paper is co-authored, all authors must meet the age requirement by the submission deadline. The prize will be equally shared among all authors. Each author may submit more than one paper. A necessary condition for receiving the award is that the paper is presented by at least one of the authors at the Conference in Modena. This condition is met if at least one author has paid the registration fee and has duly registered for the Conference within the deadlines specified in the Call for Papers.
To apply for the prize, authors must declare their intention when submitting their paper to the Conference and must also send a statement certifying compliance with the age requirement to siep_conference@siepweb.it.
The Scientific Committee responsible for the selection process consists of the current President and past Presidents of SIEP.
The award ceremony will take place during the XXXVIII SIEP Conference.
SIEP President
Prof. Gilberto Turati
Winners 2026
| Author | Article | Motivation |
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| Carmela ACCETTURA | Bella Ciao! The Political Legacy of Women in the Italian Resistance |  |
| Alessandro SOVERA | When Your Neighbor Goes Bust: Fiscal Spillovers from Municipal Bankruptcy | |
Winners of past editions
| Year | Author/s | Article | Download | Motivation |
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| 2025 | Alessio CAROZZO MAGLI, Giovanni RIGHETTO, Antonio SCHIAVONE |
The Quiet Payoff: How Mafia Support Buys Policy Inaction | |
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| 2024 | Umutcan SALMAN | The Object Allocation Problem with Maximum and Minimum Number of Changes | |
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| 2023 | Francesco ALOSA | Estimating the Elasticity of Turnover from Bunching: Preferential Tax Regimes for Solo Self-employed in Italy | |
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| 2022 | Davide CIPULLO | When Women Take All: Direct Election and Female Leadership | |
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| 2021 | Francesca PARODI | Consumption Tax Cuts in a Recession | |
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| 2020 | Stefano BOSCOLO | On the horizontal inequity effect of the erosion of the PIT base: the case of Italy Paper pubblicato: Stefano Boscolo, 2021. “On the horizontal inequity effect of the erosion of the pit base: the case of Italy,” Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 43-82. |
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| 2019 | Leonardo BONILLA-MEJIA, Juan S. MORALES | Jam-barrel politics: Road building and legislative voting in Colombia | |
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| 2018 | Enrico RUBOLINO | The efficiency and distributive effects of local taxes: Evidence from Italian municipalities | |
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| 2017 | Leonardo GIUFFRIDA, Gabriele ROVIGATTI | Can the Private Sector Ensure the Public Interest? Evidence from Federal Procurement | |
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| 2016 | Sander RENES, Floris T. ZOUTMAN | As Easy as ABC? Multidimensional Screening in Public Finance | |
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| 2015 | Giuseppe DI LIDDO |
Immigration and PAYGO pension systems in the presence of increasing life expectancy Paper pubblicato: Di Liddo, G. (2018), Immigration and PAYG pension systems in the presence of increasing life expectancy, Economics Letters, 162, pp. 56-61. |
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| 2014 | Luna BELLANI, Francesco SCERVINI |
Heterogeneous preferences and in-kind redistribution Paper pubblicato: L. Bellani and F. Scervini (2015), “Heterogeneous preferences and in-kind redistribution: theory and evidence, European Economic Review, Vol.78, pp. 196-219. |
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| 2012 | Agnese SACCHI, Simone SALOTTI |
A Comprehensive Analysis of Expenditure Decentralization and of the Composition of Local Public Spending Paper pubblicato: A. Sacchi and S. Salotti (2016), A Comprehensive Analysis of Expenditure Decentralization and of the Composition of Local Public Spending, Regional Studies, Vol. 50 (1), pp. 93-109. |
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| 2011 | Devis GERON | Severance Pay or Pension Funds? | |
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| 2010 | Francesco D’AMURI | The Consequences of a Stricter Policy on Absenteeism in the Public Sector | ||
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Elena D’AGOSTINO e Francesco SCERVINI |
Fine Print and Naive Buyers Endogenous Party Formation and the Inequality-Redistribution Nexus |
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| 2008 | Annalisa VINELLA |
Countervailing Incentives in Multi-Agent Environments Paper pubblicato: A. Vinella (2010), Bayesian-Nash vs Dominant-Strategy Implementation with Countervailing Incentives: the Two-type Case, Economics Bulletin, 30(1), pp. 636-649. La Commissione ha ritenuto anche di segnalare il contributo di Desirée TEOBALDELLI, Shadow Economy and Federalism. |
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| 2007 | Sauro MOCETTI |
Scelte post-obbligo e dispersione scolastica nella scuola secondaria Paper pubblicato: S. Mocetti (2012), Educational Choices and the Selection Process Before and After Compulsory School, Education Economics, vol. 20, pp. 189-209. |
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| 2006 | Massimo FINOCCHIARO CASTRO e Marco PAGNOZZI |
To Bribe or not to Bribe? Bidding to Lose? Auctions with Resale |
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| 2005 | Riccardo ERCOLI |
Evasione fiscale, istituzioni e vincoli alla crescita dimensionale delle imprese Paper pubblicato: R. Ercoli (2006) Evasione fiscale, istituzioni e vincoli alla crescita dimensionale delle imprese, in G. Brosio e G. Muraro (eds) Il finanziamento del settore pubblico, FrancoAngeli, pp. 127-162. |
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| 2004 | Francesco D’AMURI, Carlo FIORIO |
Work Income Tax Evasion in Italy: Analysis of Redistributive Effects Paper pubblicato: F. D’Amuri and C. Fiorio (2005), Workers’ Tax Evasion in Italy, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, vol. 64 (novembre), pp. 247-270. |
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| 2003 | Marisa MIRALDO | Hospital Financing and Development and Adoption of New Tecnologies | ||
| 2002 ex aequo |
J. Ignacio CONDE RUIZ, Paola PROFETA e Daniela SONEDDA |
What Social Security: Beveridgean or Bismarckian? Paper pubblicato: J.I. Conde-Ruiz and P. Profeta (2007), The Redistributive Design of Social Security Systems, The Economic Journal, 117 (April), pp. 686-712. Wealth Inequality, Income Redistribution and Growth In 15 OECD Countries Paper pubblicato: D. Sonedda (2009), The Output Effects of Labor Income Taxes in OECD Countries, Public Finance Review, 37, pp. 686-709. |
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