CURRICULUM VITAE OF GIORGIO BELLETTINI

PERSONAL DATA

Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, P.zza Scaravilli, 2, 40126 , E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

1995 Ph.D in Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Dissertation: "Three Essays on the Political Economy of Redistribution" Adviser: José-Victor Rios-Rull

1992 M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania

1988 Laurea in Economics, , magna cum laude

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

AFFILIATIONS

Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Political Economy, Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1996- University of Bologna, Courses: Political Economy in Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics

2001 Université Paris1, Course: Economics of European Integration

2001 School of Advanced International Studies, , Bologna, Course: Macroeconomic Theory

1999 University of Bologna, Master in International Affairs, Course: International Monetary Economics OTHER EXPERIENCES

2012 Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan

2011 Visiting Scholar, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin

2011 Visiting Professor, Université Cergy-Pontoise, Paris

2008 Academic Guest, Center for Fiscal Policies, EPFL, Université de Lausanne

2005 Visiting Scholar, CES, Munich

2002 Visiting Professor, Université d’Evry, Paris

2001 Visiting Scholar, EUREQUA, Paris

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1990 Paolo Baffi Fellowship, Istituto Mobiliare Italiano 1989 Ente Luigi Einaudi Fellowship, Rome, Italy

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in international journals

“Making unequal democracy work? The effect of income on voter turnout in Northern Italy” (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni, Enrico Cantoni, and Jerome Schafer), 2020, American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.

“Immigration, ethnic diversity and voting: the role of individual income” (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Chiara Monfardini), 2020, European Journal of Political Economy, 61.

“Politicians' coherence and public debt” (with Paolo Roberti), 2020, Public Choice, 182, 73-91.

“Income inequality and banking crises: Testing the level hypothesis directly”, (with Flavio Delbono, Peter Henning Kalstroem and Sergio Pastorello), 2019, Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 62.

“Intergenerational altruism and house prices: evidence from bequest tax reforms in Italy”, (with Filippo Taddei and Giulio Zanella), 2017, European Economic Review, 92, 1-12. “Neighborhood heterogeneity and electoral turnout”, (with Chiara Monfardini and Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2016, Electoral Studies, 42, 146-156.

“Knowing the right person in the right place: political connections and resistance to change”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2014, Journal of European Economic Association, 12(3), 641-671.

“Bequest taxes, donations and house prices”, (with Filippo Taddei and Giulio Zanella), 2013, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions), 13(1), 355-379.

“Political persistence and economic growth”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2013, European Journal of Political Economy, 31, 165-179.

“Why not in your backyard? On the location and size of a public facility”, (with Hubert Kempf), 2013, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 43, 22-30.

“Persistence of politicians and firms’ innovation”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2013, Economic Inquiry, 51(4), 2056-2070.

“Can unions hurt workers? A positive analysis of immigration policy”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2008, Economics and Politics, 20(1), 106-124.

“Immigration policy, self-selection, and the quality of immigrants”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2007, Review of International Economics, 15(5), 869-877.

“Income Distribution, Borrowing Constraints and Redistributive Policies”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2007, European Economic Review, 51(3), 625-645.

“Special Interests and Technological Change”, (with Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2005, Review of Economic Studies, 72, 43-56. Reprinted in “The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship”, volume II, M. Henrekson and R. Douhan eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2008.

“Child labor and resistance to change”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2005, Economica, 72, 397-411.

“Compulsory Schooling Laws and the Cure for Child Labour”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2004, Bulletin of Economic Research, 56(3), 227-239.

“Financial Liberalization, Property Rights and Growth in an Overlapping- Generations Model”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2000, Review of International Economics, 8(2), 348-359.

“Social Security Expenditure and Economic Growth: an Empirical Assessment”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2000, Research in Economics, 54(3), 249-275. “Is Social Security Really Bad for Growth?”, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 1999, Review of Economic Dynamics , 2, 796-819.

“Aggregate Uncertainty, Political Instability and Income Redistribution”, 1998, European Journal of Political Economy, 14(1), pp.19-33.

“Redistribution and Growth in a Two-Party System”, 1996, Economic Notes, 25(2), pp.207-224.

"Unificazione del doppio mercato dei cambi", Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 1989.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Refereeing:

Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Economy, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour, Oxford Economic Papers, Research in Economics, Review of International Economics.