Amedeo Piolatto - IEB - Universitat de Barcelona

Amedeo Piolatto
Curriculum Vitae
Barcelona Economics Institute
C/ J. M. Keynes, 1-11
08034 Barcelona, Spain
B piolatto@ub.edu
sites.google.com/site/piolatto/
4th February 2015
T +34 934 020 572
Fields of interest
Research:
Teaching:
Political Economy, Public Economics, I.O., Applied Micro Theory
Microeconomics, Public Economics, Political Economy
Current Employment
2010 - present
Barcelona Economics Institute (IEB), Research Aliate
2010 - present
University of Barcelona, Assistant Professor
2011 - present
University Pompeu Fabra, Adjunct Professor
Past Employment and Short Visiting Appointments
2015
Collegio Carlo Alberto (3 months)
2010
Tilburg University (3 months)
2008 - 2010
Universidad de Alicante, Junior Faculty
2008
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (6 months)
Education
2008
Toulouse School of Economics, Ph.D., Essays
Degree(s) from:
Bicocca (2009, Milan), Bocconi (2003, Milan), Lyon III (2000, Lyon),
Torino (2002, Torino), Toulouse I (2004, Toulouse)
in Public Economics
Publications (Peer-Reviewed)
, with G. Trotin, Journal of Public Eco-
Optimal income tax enforcement under prospect theory
nomic Theory, forthcoming
Itemised deductions: a device to reduce tax evasion
, German Economic Review, forthcoming
Music Piracy: A Case of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer"
Information Economics and Policy, 24 (1), 2012, 30-39
Plurality vs proportional electoral rule: which is most representative of voters?
of Political Economy, 27 (2), 2011, 311-327
, with F. Schuett,
, European Journal
, Economics of Education Review, 29 (6), 2010, 993-1004
Education and selective vouchers
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Other Publications
Road pricing and city tolls
, with Federico Boa, in IEB's World Report on Fiscal Federalism, 2010
, with David Bardey, in ENI Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons, Treccani, vol. IV, Chapter 6.2, 2007, 351-366
The regulation theory and its perspective
Submitted Working Papers
, with F. Boa &
Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act
G. Ponzetto (WP: IEB 2012/014)
Educate the young to receive more pension
Media competition and electoral politics
, with D. Montolio (WP: IEB 2011/030)
, with F. Schuett (WP: IEB 2014/014)
, with M. Rablen (WP:
Prospect Theory & Tax Evasion: A Reconsideration of the Yitzhaki Puzzle
IEB 2014/003)
Work in Progress
Information and Bookings: how aggregators aect competition and welfare
Optimal Auditing with Imperfect Audit Eectiveness
, with M. Gould and M. Rablen
Quality discrimination in the educational market
Other activities
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counting and Taxation, Journal of Econ. Behavior and Organization, Journal of Institutional and
Theo. Econ., Journal of Public Econ., Journal of Public Econ. Theory, Journal of Urban Econ.,
Public Choice, Public Finance and Management, Review of Public Econ. (Hacienda Pública),
Southern Econ. Journal, Telecommunications policy.
PhD co-supervision: F. Lima Cavalcanti
PhD and Research board, member (2014- ), Dep. Public Economics, U. Barcelona
Seminars and visitings (2011-2014), Organiser, IEB.
Ph.D. defence of Lari A. Viianto (2009), member of the internal comité, U. Alicante.
Grants and Projects: ECO2012-37131 (2012- ), ECO2009-12680 (2010-2012) and SEJ200762656 (2008-2010), Spanish Ministry of Education; and 2009SGR102 (2010-2013), Generalitat de
Catalunya.
B.E. Journal of Econ. Analysis and Policy Econ. Bulletin Econ. of Education Review
German Econ. Review Information Econ. and Policy Investigaciones Regionales Journal of Ac-
Conferences and Workshops
2014: Taxation Social Norms and Compliance (Nuremberg); Royal Economic Society (Manchester);
PET (Seattle)
2013: ASSET (Bilbao); LAGV (Aix-Marseille); PET (Lisbon)
2012: 10th Workshop on Media Economics (Bogotá); Barcelona I.O. Workshop; PET (Taipei)
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2011: ASSET (Evora); Law & Econ. of Media & Telecom. (Tilburg); Spanish Econ. Ass.
(Malaga)
2010: ASSA Meeting (Atlanta); ASSET (Alicante); Royal Economic Society (London)
Previous: European Public Choice Society (Athens, 2009); IEB Summer School in Public Economics (Barcelona, 2009); LAGV (Aix-Marseille, 2009); PET (Galway, 2009); Spring Meeting of
Young Economists (Istanbul, 2009); Spanish Econ. Ass. (Granada, 2009); ID Workshop (Turin,
2008); Scottish Econ. Society (Perth, 2007); LAGV (Aix-Marseille, 2006).
Seminars
2013: U. de Barcelona;
2012: ICESI (Cali), U. de Barcelona; U. de Girona, U. Pompeu Fabra;
2011: U. de Alicante; Toulouse S.E.
2010: U. de Barcelona; Max Planck Institute (Munich); Tilburg University; Toulouse S.E.
2009: U. de Alicante; U. Bicocca di Milano.
Previous: U. Antwerpen; U. Autònoma de Barcelona; U. Bicocca di Milano; Toulouse School of
Economics.
Languages and computer skills
Fluent in English, French, Spanish. Native in Italian.
Computer programmes/languages: Latex, Mathematica, Stata
Teaching experience
Graduate
Public Finance
Undergraduate
Microeconomics
Public Economics
Public Finance
Mathematics
2010 -
Universitat de Barcelona
(English)
2011 2009 - 2010
2004 - 2008
2011 2010 - 2011
2008 - 2010
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universidad de Alicante
Toulouse School of Economics - T.A.
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Universidad de Alicante
(Spanish)
(English)
(French)
(Spanish)
(Spanish)
(Spanish)
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