Date and place of birth: 28 July 1972, Alessandria (Italy)
Office: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino - School of Economics, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino (Italy)
2007 - Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Torino, School of Economics, Torino (Italy)
2001 - 07 Researcher at Ceris-CNR (Italian National Research Council, Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth), Moncalieri (TO, Italy); Research Associate since January 2008
2000 - Research Fellow at HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services), Moncalieri (TO, Italy)
1998 - 02 PhD in Economics, «La Sapienza» University, Roma (Italy)
1999 - 00 Master Degree in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse (France)
1991 - 97 Laurea (BA) in Economics, «Luigi Bocconi» University, Milano (Italy), summa cum laude
1986 - 91 High School Diploma, Liceo Scientifico «F. Vercelli», Asti (Italy)
2011 «IEB Research Grant on Fiscal Federalism», Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Universitat de Barcelona (Spain). Paper: "Fiscal Decentralisation, Private School Funding, and Students’ Achievements. A Tale From Two Roman Catholic Countries" (with G. Turati and D. Montolio)
2008 «Incentives for International Research 2008 Award», School of Economics, University of Torino
2002 «EARIE 2002 Young Economists' Essay Awards», 29th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). Paper: "Regulatory Contracts and Cost Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Evidence from the Italian Local Public Transport"
1997 «Rivista Il Fisco 1997 Fellowship» for degree theses on the topics of tax evasion and firm taxation in Italy. Thesis: "Analysis of Tax Evasion Behaviour: An Experimental Economics Approach"