Local Public Finance for Sustainable Communities

PROGRAM

9.30 - 9.45 Welcome address
Alessia Mariotti, President of the Rimini Campus Board
Andrea Guizzardi, Head of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Tourism - CAST
Emanuela Randon and Giangiacomo D’Angelo, University of Bologna
9.45-10.45 Asymmetries in Local Public Finance
Chair: Massimo Baldini, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia
Dealing with Local Asymmetric Shocks: Regional Rainy Funds for Stabilization and Risk Sharing
Adriano D’Onofrio, University of Bologna
Ownership or Procurement, Which Matters? Exploring Asymmetries in Local Public. Transportation in Italy through a Semi-Parametric Approach
Monica Auteri, Roma Tre University, with A. Cremaschini
10.45-11.15 Coffee break
11.15 -12.15 Local Public Expenditure
Chair: Leonzio Rizzo, University of Ferrara
Central government’s goals vs municipalities’ action: Evidence from the Italian municipalities’ choices on childcare provision
Alberto Zanardi, University of Bologna, with A. Cremaschini, M. Mastracci, F. Porcelli
Politician’s generation and public expenditure for the environment: Evidence from local governments.
Luigi Moretti, University of Bergamo, with P. Bello, D. Rossi
12.15 – 13.00 Keynote Speaker: Alejandro Esteller-Morè
University of Barcelona and Co-director of the IEB Research Program on Tax System Analysis
Discovering Tax Decentralization: Does it Impact Marginal Willingness to Pay Taxes?

13.00 -14.30 Lunch Time
14.30-15.30 Fiscal Autonomy and Accountability
Chair: Luigi Moretti, University of Bergamo
Does Local fiscal autonomy increase local income? Evidence from Italy
Leonzio Rizzo, University of Ferrara with M. Ferraresi, B. Hermann, L. Loiacono, R. Secomandi
Leveraging Microdata: Two Proposals for Building Representative Local Datasets
Andrea Barigazzi, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia with M. Baldini, G. Galli, M. Morciano
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
15.50-17.20 Insights in Local Taxes
Chair: Giangiacomo D’Angelo, University of Bologna
Public Residential Construction, Local Taxation, and Tax Incentives
Cosimo Franzoso, University of Salento
Tourist Tax Perception: Evidence from Changes in the Collection Mechanism
Elisabetta Mirto, University of Milan with E. Randon, M. Costa
The revision of local taxation in the ongoing reform of the tax system
Andrea Purpura, Catholic University of Milan