Massimo Bordignon

Ph.D., London School of Economics

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Economia e Finanza Via Necchi 5, 20123 Milano

E-mail: massimo.bordignon@unicatt.it

Education

1976 Diploma Maturità Scientifica, final mark 60/60;

1983 First Degree in Philosophy, Florence University, Final mark: 110 cum laude/110 1983 Diploma post-lauream in Comparative European Economic Studies, Summer School,

The European University Institute of Florence;

1985 Master in Economics, University of Essex (U.K.); Ma. Thesis supervisors Tony

Shorrocks and Ravi Kambur

1990 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Warwick (U.K.); supervisors Paul Weller and

Kevin Roberts

Teaching and academic positions

2000-present Director, Master in Public Economics, Catholic University of Milan

2001-present Chair Professor in Public Economics, Catholic University of Milan (Current position)

2003-present Director, Graduate School in Economics and Finance of Public Administration, (a joint Doctorate programme Catholic University, State University of Milan, Bicocca University)

2004-present Director, Center for the analysis of local finance, Cifrel, Catholic University of Milan

Work in Progress

2003 “The Role of Bail Out Expectations as Determinants of Health Expenditure”, (with Gilberto Turati), WP Cesifo, 2003  

2003 “Fiscal federalism and lobbying” (with Luca Colombo and Umberto Galmarini)

2004 “On Enhanced Cooperation” (with Sandro Brusco), WP Cesifo

2004 “Una via italiana al bicameralismo federale?” (con Giorgio Brosio), articolo preparato per la conferenza del Mulino, Bologna 29/4/2004

2004 “Fiscal Decentralization: how to harden the budget constraint”

2005 “Institutional aspects of EU organization: an economic analysis”, Paper prepared for the CESifo-Delphi 2004

2005 “Bailing Out Expectations and Health Expenditure in Italy: an empirical approach”, (with Gilberto Turati), February 2005

2005 “Horizontal equity in a regional context” (with A. Fontana, V. Peragine), May 31, 2005

2005 “Normative versus Positive Theories of Revenue Assignments in Federations” (with M.F. Ambrosanio, Catholic University of Milan)

Books

1994  Beni pubblici e scelte private: un'analisi senza l'homo economicus Il Mulino, collana ricerche, Bologna

1997  Lezioni di Teoria delle Imposte (con M.F. Ambrosanio, U. Galmarini, P.Panteghini), “Parte I: La teoria dell’ottima imposta” Etas, Milano

1999  Concorrenza fiscale in un'economia integrata (a cura di Massimo Bordignon e Domenico da Empoli), Atti della X Conferenza SIEP, Franco Angeli, Milano.

2000  Il Trasferimento Unico Regionale: Una proposta per il finanziamento dei Comuni italiani (with M.F. Ambrosanio e U. Galmarini), in preparation

2003  “Un dibattito sul federalismo fiscale – dibattito fra Massimo Bordignon (Università Cattolica di Milano) e Domenicantonio Fausto (Università di Napoli)”, (a cura di) Carlo Clericetti, Grasso, Roma.