Curriculum vitae Paolo LIBERATI Date of birth: 13 December 1964 Nationality: Italian Married Office address Università di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Facoltà di Economia Istituto di Scienze Economiche (ISE) Via Saffi, 42, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy Tel (switchboard): +39 0722 305510 Tel (direct): +39 0722 305557 Email: paolo.liberati@econ.uniurb.it Home address Via Ippolito Pindemonte 30 00152 Rome Italy Tel: +39 06 5880041
Education PhD (Cambridge, UK), MSc with distinction (York, UK), Laurea in Economia e Commercio (Rome La Sapienza), cum laude. Job positions (from November 2006, ordinario idoneo in attesa di chiamata) I. November 2000 to date: Università di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Associate Professor of Public Finance. II. July 1995 October 2000: Università di Roma «La Sapienza», Assistant Professor of Public Finance. III. March 1995 July 1995: Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) Senior Analyst, Economic Division. IV. September 1990 March 1995: Centro Europa Ricerche (CER), Researcher. Main teaching experience Public Finance, Università di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Faculty of Economics, academic years 2006-2007; 2005-2006; 2004- (on leave in 2003-2004); 2002-2003; 2001-2002; 2000-2001; 1999-2000. Public Economics, Università di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Faculty of Economics, academic years 2006-2007; 2005-2006 Public Finance, Università di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Faculty of Political Sciences, academic years 2002-2003; 2001-2002. Public Finance (advanced), Università di Roma «La Sapienza», Faculty of Economics and Commerce, academic year 1999-2000.
Publications in journals and books (translation of Italian titles in brackets) 1. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, CHIARA RAPALLINI, «A decomposition of the personal income tax changes in Italy: 1995-2000», forthcoming in FinanzArchiv, March 2008; 2. Paolo LIBERATI, «Trade openness, capital openness and government size», Journal of Public Policy, 27, 215-247, 2007; 3. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, «The personal income tax in Italy: why does it change?», Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 64, 159-188, 4. Paolo LIBERATI, «UK Privatization and Household Welfare», FinanzArchiv, 61, 220-255, 5. Paolo LIBERATI, Paolo POLIDORI, «Regole e aspetti critici della tassazione del commercio elettronico», in A. Pedone (ed.), Concorrenza fiscale e tassazione internazionale, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2005 (Rules and critical aspects of taxing electronic commerce); 6. Paolo LIBERATI, «Poverty reducing reforms and subgroup consumption dominance curves» Review of Income and Wealth, 49(4), 589-601, 2003. 7. Paolo LIBERATI, «Fiscal federalism and national health standards in Italy: implications for redistribution», in Daniele FRANCO e Alberto ZANARDI (eds.), I sistemi di welfare tra decentramento regionale e integrazione europea, 2003; 8. Paolo LIBERATI, Paolo POLIDORI, «La riforma dei servizi pubblici locali a rilevanza industriale: aspetti di regolazione ex ante ed ex post», in Luca PERFETTI e Paolo POLIDORI (eds.), Analisi economica e metodo giuridico I servizi pubblici locali, Cedam, Padova, 2003 (The reform of local industrial public services: ex ante and ex post regulation); 9. Paolo LIBERATI, Edoardo MARCUCCI, «Trasporto pubblico locale, efficienza e sussidi pubblici: una analisi esplorativa», Argomenti, 2003 (Local public transport, efficiency and public subsidies: a temptative analysis); 10. Paolo LIBERATI, «Unione Monetaria Europea e federalismo fiscale: compatibilità e vincoli», in Marcello DE CECCO e Giuseppe GAROFALO (eds.), Moneta Unica Europea Crescita e Finanza, Donzelli, Roma, 2002 (European Monetary Union and fiscal federalism: compatibility and constraints); 11. Paolo LIBERATI, «The distributional effects of indirect tax changes in Italy», International Tax and Public Finance, 8, 27-51, 2001. 12. Paolo LIBERATI, «Poverty and monetary transfers in Belarus: some options for gradual reforms», The Economics of Transition, 9, 175-203, 2001. 13. Paolo LIBERATI, «Sanità e federalismo fiscale in Italia», in George FRANCE (ed.), Federalismo e standard sanitari nazionali: quattro paesi quattro approcci, Giuffrè, Milano, 2001 (Health and fiscal feeralism in Italy); 14. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, «Imposte e redistribuzione in Italia», in Distribuzione, Redistribuzione e Crescita - Gli effetti delle diseguaglianze distributive, Giuseppe GAROFALO e Antonio PEDONE (eds.), Franco Angeli, Milano, 2000 (Taxes and redistribution in Italy); 15. Paolo LIBERATI, «Compartecipazione o trasferimento perequativo? Il ruolo dell Iva nel nuovo sistema di finanziamento regionale», Rivista di diritto finanziario e scienza delle finanze, LIX, 589-617, 2000 (Revenue-sharing or equalisation transfer? The role of VAT in the new regional financing system); 16. Paolo LIBERATI, «Diseguaglianza, povertà e riforme graduali nelle economie in transizione: il caso della Bielorussia», Politica Economica, 3, 381-412, 1999 (Inequality, poverty and gradual reforms in transition economies: the case of Belarus); 17. Paolo LIBERATI, Il federalismo fiscale: aspetti teorici e pratici, Hoepli, Milano, 1999 (Fiscal federalism: theory and practice); 18. Paolo LIBERATI, Autonomia tributaria e perequazione: un confronto internazionale, Quaderni per la Ricerca ISR-CNR, Giuffrè, Milano, 1999 (Tax autonomy and equalisation transfers: an international comparison);
19. Paolo LIBERATI, «Riforme fiscali al margine: lo stato della teoria e un applicazione empirica», Studi Economici, 64, 35-67, 1998 (Marginal tax reforms: the theory and an empirical application); 20. Paolo LIBERATI, «Autonomia tributaria e perequazione: l attuazione della proposta», in Enrico BUGLIONE e Vincenzo PATRIZII (eds.), Governo e Governi, Giuffrè, Milano, 1998 (Tax autonomy and equalisation transfers: a new proposal); 21. Paolo LIBERATI, «Una nota su alcuni principi applicativi dell imposta regionale sulle attività produttive», Studi e Note di Economia, 1, 129-151, 1997 (A note on the new regional tax on productive activities); 22. Paolo LIBERATI, «Composizione del nucleo familiare e scale di equivalenza», Studi Economici, 51, 95-124, 1993 (Household composition and equivalence scales); 23. Paolo LIBERATI, «La tassazione dei redditi familiari nei paesi industrializzati», Bollettino dell Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari, 1, 33-87, 1993 (The taxation of family incomes in the industrialised countries); 24. Antonio DI MAJO, Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, «La tassazione delle piccole imprese in Italia e in Francia», Studi e Informazioni, 2, 63-99, 1992 (The taxation of small enterprises in Italy and France). Working papers, conference papers, research papers 1. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, Tax credits for dependent children and child benefits: what do we learn from the Italian experience?, 1st Conference of the International Association of Microsimulation, Vienna, 20-22 August 2007. 2. Paolo LIBERATI, Antonio SCIALÀ, Openness, decentralisation and local vs. aggregate inequality, 2nd Meeting of ECINEQ, Berlin, July 2007. 3. Paolo LIBERATI, Trade openness, financial openness and government size, paper presented at the International Symposium on "Globalization, public policy and multi-jurisdictional governance - The need for a common approach" Paris-Dauphine University, September 21-22, 2006. 4. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, Chiara RAPALLINI, A decomposition of the personal income tax changes in Italy: 1995-2000, First Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Universitat de les Illes Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spagna, 20-22 July 5. Paolo LIBERATI, Efficienza e redistribuzione nella privatizzazione dei trasporti in Italia, Fondazione IRI, 6. Paolo LIBERATI, Trade openness, capital openness and welfare assignment, Working Paper SIEP n. 320, 2004, www.unipv.it/websiep/wp/320.pdf; 7. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, Tax credits for dependent children and child benefits in Italy, Working Paper SIEP n. 319, 2004, www.unipv.it/websiep/wp/319.pdf; 8. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, Dall Irpef all IRE: modifiche strutturali dell imposta personale negli ultimi dieci anni, Working Paper SIEP n. 314, 2004, www.unipv.it/websiep/wp/314.pdf; 9. Paolo LIBERATI, Trade openness, financial openness and fiscal federalism, mimeo, 2004; 10. Paolo LIBERATI, Edoardo MARCUCCI, Local public transport, public subsidies and the shortrun impact of regulation in Italy, mimeo, 2003. 11. Paolo LIBERATI, Imposte e struttura organizzativa dell attività professionale, Report for Centro Studi Ingegneri, 2003; 12. Marco CAMILLETTI, Paolo LIBERATI, Imposte e contributi sociali a carico dei professionisti nei principali paesi europei, Report for Centro Studi Ingegneri, 2001; 13. Paolo LIBERATI, Life cycle net tax rates and intergenerational redistribution: evidence from selected OECD countries, Luxembourg Income Study Working Papers, n. 245, 2000;
14. Paolo LIBERATI, Did VAT redistribute purchasing power in Italy?, Working Paper Dipartimento di Economia Pubblica, n. 40, Università di Roma «La Sapienza», 2000, www.papers.ssrn.com; 15. Francesca GASTALDI, Paolo LIBERATI, Towards a two-rate VAT in Italy: distributional and welfare effects, Microsimulation Unit Working Papers MU9802, University of Cambridge, 1998. 16. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, MUCH-EASY: Multi-market Chain Equilibrium Analysis System: a computable model, FAO, 1997. 17. Paolo LIBERATI, «Regional and local aspects of environmental taxation», in Environmental taxation and fiscal reform: implementation issues, Report on research conducted under EC environment programme, Centro Europa Ricerche (CER), Roma, e Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, 1996. Web material 1. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Charting income inequality: the Lorenz curve, 2. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Social welfare analysis of income distributions: ranking income distributions with Lorenz curves, 3. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Social welfare analysis of income distributions: ranking income distributions with generalised Lorenz curves, 4. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Social welfare analysis of income distributions: ranking income distributions with crossing generalised Lorenz curves, 5. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Inequality analysis: the Gini index, 6. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Equivalence scales: general aspects, 7. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Equivalence scales: objective methods, 8. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: the definition of poverty, 9. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: absolute poverty lines, 10. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: relative poverty lines, 11. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: axioms for poverty measurement, 12. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: basic poverty measures, 13. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: distributional poverty measures, 14. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: generalised poverty gap measures, 15. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Impacts of policies on poverty: poverty and dominance, 16. Lorenzo G. BELLÙ, Paolo LIBERATI, Inequality and poverty impacts of selected agricultural policies: the case of Paraguay (forthcoming).
Research projects Research Director, «Enti territoriali e servizi pubblici locali: liberalizzazione, investimenti e gestione», Dexia-Crediop, 2007 (Local governments and local public services: liberalisation, investments and management). Research Director, «I fattori esterni di influenza della dimensione e della struttura dei bilanci pubblici», COFIN, 2007-2008 (External factors affecting the size and the structure of public budgets). Research Director, «Efficienza e redistribuzione nella privatizzazione dei trasporti in Italia», Fondazione IRI, 2004 (Efficiency and redistribution in the privatisation of public transports in Italy). Research Member, «Architettura dei mercati e delle istituzioni: la riorganizzazione dei servizi pubblici locali», COFIN, 2001-2003 (Market and institutions: restructuring local public services). Research Member, «Coordinamento e concorrenza fiscale», COFIN, 1999-2001 (Tax coordination and tax competition). Referee activity Economia Politica, Economica, European Transport, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, International Economic Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Regional Science, Review of Income and Wealth. Visiting periods January 2004 May 2004: Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK; November 2003 May 2004: Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Economics, (DAE), University of Cambridge, UK; April 2003: Visiting Scholar, Luxembourg Income Study, Luxembourg. Grants, awards, associations, appointments and consultancy Member of the Ministerial Commission for the reform of Household Taxation, 2007; Lifetime Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 2004 to date; Member of the Italian Public Economics Society, 1992 to date; Member of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, 2002-2003; Consultant for FAO, 1994-1995; 2001-2002; 2004- Visiting Scholar Grant, Luxembourg Income Study, April 2003; Cambridge European Trust, 1998, 1997 and 1996;
Member of the Ministerial Commission on environmental taxation, Scuola Centrale Tributaria «E. Vanoni», Rome, 1998; Award for the best ten dissertations (undergraduate level) on topics related to economic programming, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, 1994; Member of the Ministerial Commission on the reform of family taxation, Ministry of Finance, Rome, 1992.