Contact details

Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche
Università di Torino
Corso Unione Sovietica 218bis
10134 TORINO (Italy)
Phone: +39 011 670 6074

Fax: +39 011 670 6062

Hermes Research Centre (Higher Education and Research on Mobility Regulation and the Economics of Local Services)

Collegio Carlo Alberto
Via Real Collegio, 30
10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy

http://www.hermesricerche.it

Research Interests

Applied Economics, Industrial Economics, Venture Capital and the Financing of Innovative Firms, Regulation.

Publications

• "Are “flexible” taxation mechanisms effective in stabilizing fuel prices? An evaluation considering wholesale fuel markets," Energy Economics, 34(4), 2012, p. 1176-1186 (with M. Piacenza and G. Turati). wp version

• "Diversification strategies and scope economies: Evidence from a sample of Italian regional bus transportation providers," Applied Economics, 44 (22), 2012, p. 2867-2880 (with E. Ottoz). wp version

• "Entrepreneurship, firm entry, and the taxation of corporate income: Evidence from Europe," Journal of Public Economics, 95 (9-10), 2011, p. 1048-1066 (with M. Da Rin and A. Sembenelli). wp version

• "Do governments effectively stabilize fuel prices by reducing specific taxes? Evidence from Italy," in Ingrassia, S., R. Rocci and M. Vichi (Eds.), New Perspectives in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis, 2011, Springer (with M. Piacenza and G. Turati).

• "White Certificates in the Italian Energy Oligopoly Market," Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 7 (1), 2011, p. 104-111 (with V. Oikonomou, D. Russolillo and F. Becchis)

• "Corporate Taxation and the Size of New Firms: Evidence from Europe," Journal of the European Economic Association, 8 (2-3), 2010, p. 606-616 (with M. Da Rin and A. Sembenelli). wp version

• "The relevance of scale and scope economies in the provision of urban and intercity bus transport," Journal of Transport, Economics and Policy, 44(2), 2010, p. 161-187 (with E. Ottoz). wp version

• "The Impact of Ownership on the Cost of Bus Service Provision: An example from Piedmont," Applied Economics, 41(3), 2009, p. 337-349 (with E. Ottoz and G. Fornengo).

• "GMM Estimation of a Structural Demand Model for Yogurt and the Effects of the Introduction of New Brands," Empirical Economics, 34(3), 2008, p. 537-565.

• "Empirical Analysis of Markets with Differentiated Products: The Characteristics Approach," Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 63(2), 2004, p. 243-288.

• "Public Support to Entrepreneurial Firms: An Assessment of the Role of Venture Capital in the European Experience," Journal of Private Equity, 8(1), winter 2004, p. 22-38.

• "Occupazione e innovazione. Verifica empirica su un campione di imprese manifatturiere italiane," in G. Zanetti (ed.), Produttività ed occupazione: risultati di ricerche empiriche, Quaderni di economia del lavoro n. 69, 2000, Franco Angeli, Milano.

• "Peso della regolamentazione in Italia ed efficacia degli strumenti di intervento," l’Industria, 21(4), 2000, p. 675-706, (with G. Fraquelli).

Research in Progress

• The opening of the energy markets: effects on the cost efficiency of the European electricity and gas companies (with C. Bruno and G. Fraquelli)

Teaching

Lecturer in Microeconomia (Microeconomics): course homepage

Lecturer in Econometrics: course homepage

Last update 6/11/2012