DATE OF BIRTH: 12 July 1962
NATIONALITY: Italian
LANGUAGES: Italian, English
ADDRESS: University of Pisa, Department of Economics, Political Sciences Faculty Building, via
Serafini 3, 56126 Pisa (Italy);
phone: +390502212436 (dir.), +390502212449 (secr.), +390502212450 (fax);
e-mail: balestrino@sp.unipi.it.

AFFILIATIONS
Fellow of CESifo, Munich.
Member of the Scientific and Directive Committees of ChilD, Turin.

VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting Associate Professor, EPRU, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, September 2001.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Sienna, January-February 2002.
Visiting Professor, CESifo, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, August-September 2004.
Visiting Professor, EPRU, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, September 2005.

DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES
Diploma di maturità classica (High School Qualification in Classical Studies), Liceo Classico "N. Forteguerri" - Pistoia (Italy) – 1981.
Laurea (B.Sc.) in Politics and Economics, at the University of Florence (Italy) - 1988. Dissertation on "Growth vs. Development in the Third World" (110/110 with honours); supervisor prof. V. Zamagni.
Ph.D. in Economics, at the University of Siena - 1992. Dissertation on "Poverty in Extended Welfarism: Definition, Measurement and Public Intervention"; supervisor prof. A. Petretto.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1) Erasmus Scholarship (January - April 1990): Erasmus visiting student at the Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, U.K., for Hilary Term 1990.
2) "Francesco Ferrara" Scholarship (October 1990 - July 1991): visiting student at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, U.K., for the academic year 1990-91.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1) September 1992-September 1995: Junior Researcher, Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Pisa.
2) September 1995-January 2000: Senior Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
3) November 1996-January 2000: Assistant Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics, University of Pisa
4) January 2000-September 2002: Associate Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics, University of Pisa.

EDITORIAL BOARDS
Notizie di Politeia, The Open Economics Journal

REFEREEING
Journals: Economica, Journal of Public Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, International
Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Population Economics, Recherches
Economiques de Louvain, Bulletin of Economic Research, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Human Development, Journal of Public Economic Theory, FinanzArchiv, Southern Economic Journal, The Manchester School, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, German Economic Review.

Institutions: National Science Foundation (NSF), Comitato Interuniversitario per la Valutazione della Ricerca (CIVR).

RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. 1992-1993: “Social policies and local governments” (coordinated by Politeia, Milan; funded by the City Council of Bologna), member.
2. 1993: “The pricing and provision of healthcare services and of medicines” (coordinated by Politeia, Milan; funded by the Ministry of Health, Italy), member.
3. 1995: “Pension systems and reforms: Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden (coordinated by Maria Augustinovics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; funded by the EC, Phare Ace Program), member.
4. 1997-1998: “Poverty, inequality and social exclusion in the town of Pisa”, (funded by the City Council of Pisa), coordinator.
5. 1997-1998: “Private insurance and healthcare” (coordinated by Luigi Donato, S.S. Sant'Anna, Pisa and Alessandro Petretto, University of Florence; funded by ANIA - Insurance Firms National Association), member.
6. 1998: “The funding of regional environment protection agencies” (coordinated by Giovanni Maltinti, IRPET, Florence; funded by ANPA - National Environment Protection Agency), member.
7. 1999-2000: “Entrepeneurship in the mountainous areas of Southern Europe” (coordinated by Dimitris Skouras, University of Patras; funded by EC, Fair Program), jan.-oct. 1999 member and nov. 1999-dec. 2000 coordinator of the research unit at Pisa University.
8. 2005: “Représentation économique et évaluation éthique de la ségrégation urbaine à Paris” (coordinated by Aicha Oucharon, University of Paris 8; funded by CNRS), member.

RESEARCH AREAS
Optimal taxation
Public provision of private goods
Taxation of the family
Non-welfarist theories of poverty
Social norms

CONFERENCES
1993 – "Children's quality of life, fertility and redistribution: a piecemeal comparison of pricing rules for child care services", paper presented at the VII ESPE Annual Meeting, Budapest (Hungary), June.
1993 – "Redistributing within and between families under alternative assumptions on fertility: a simple case", paper presented at the VII SIEP Annual, Pavia (Italy), October.
1993 – (with L. Razzolini), "A simple model of public advertising campaigns", paper presented at the LXIII SEA Annual Conference, New Orleans (USA), November.
1995 – "Cash vs kind, self-selection and public support to child-rearing", paper presented at the IX ESPE Annual Meeting, Lisboa (Portugal), June.
1995 – "Poverty in an affluent society: theory, and some evidence from an Italian town", paper presented at the conference on "The economics of poverty and social exclusion", Leuven (Belgium), December.
1996 – "Education policy in a non-altruistic model of intergenerational transfers with endogenous fertility", paper presented at the X ESPE Annual Meeting, Uppsala (Sweden), June.
1998 – "Does horizontal equity call for subsidies to large families?", paper presented at the XII ESPE Annual Meeting, Amsterdam (Holland), June.
1998 – (with D. Anderberg and F. Andersson), "Time, self-selection and user charges for public goods", paper presented to the XI SIEP Annual Meeting, Pavia (Italy), October.
1998 – "Regional differences, education policy and the sustainability of the pension system", paper presented to the 1998 ASSET Meeting, Bologna (Italy), October.
1999-2000 – (with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Doing wonders with an egg”, paper presented to the 1999 IEFS-UK Conference, London (UK), 1999, at the XIII ESPE Annual Meeting, Turin (Italy), June 1999, at the 55th IIPF Congress, Moscow (Russia), August 1999, at the 1999 EEA Congress, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), September 1999 and at PET2000, Warwick (UK), July 2000.
1999 – (with Dan Anderberg), “Household production and the design of the tax structure”, paper presented at the XIII ESPE Annual Meeting, Turin (Italy), June, at the 55th IIPF Congress, Moscow (Russia), August, at the XII SIEP Annual Meeting, Pavia (Italy), October and at the Nordic Workshop on Tax Policy and Public Economics, Copenhagen (Denmark), November.
1999 – “Mixed tax systems and the public provision of private goods”, presented at the 55th IIPF Congress, Moscow (Russia), August.
1999 – (with U. Galmarini), “Public expenditure and tax avoidance”, presented at the 55th IIPF Congress, Moscow (Russia), August and at the XII SIEP Annual Meeting, Pavia (Italy), October.
2000 – (with D. Anderberg), “Competing institutions: the state and the family as providers of education”, presented at EPCS2000, Siena, April, at PET2000, Warwick (UK), July and at the 56th IIPF Congress, Sevilla (Spain), August.
2000-2001 – (with U. Galmarini), “Presumptive taxation, markets and redistribution”, presented at the 56° IIPF Congress, Sevilla (Spain), August 2000; at the Cornell-ISPE conference on “Public Finance and Development”, Ithaca, N.Y. (USA), September 2001.
2001 – “Gifts, lies, and bequests”, presented at the seminar on “Youth in the household and the labour market”, ChilD, Turin (Italy), May.
2001 – “On the optimal fiscal treatment of family size”, presented at the XV ESPE Annual Meeting, Athens (Greece), June.
2001 – (with L. Grazzini), “Quantity controls in imperfectly competitive economies”, presented at the 57° IIPF Congress, Linz (Austria), August and at the XIV SIEP Annual Meeting, Pavia (Italy), October.
2002 – (with D. Anderberg e U. Galmarini), "Search and taxation in a model of underground economic activities", presented at PET2002, Paris (France), July and at the XV SIEP Annual Meeting, Pavia (Italy), October.
2003 – (with D. Anderberg), “Public spending with non-cooperative families”, presented at the CESifo Venice Summer Institute Workshop on Taxation and the Family, Venice (Italy), 24-26 July.
2004 – (with D. Anderberg), “Non-cooperative households and the size and composition of public expenditure”, presented at the EPCS Conference, Berlin (Germany), April.
2005 – (with D. Anderberg), “The political economy of post-compulsory education with endogenous credit constraints”, presented at the EPCS Conference, Durham (UK), March, and the CESifo Public Economics Area Conference, Munich (Germany), April.
2006-2007 – “Tax avoidance, endogenous social norms, and the comparison income effect”, presented at the CESifo Public Economics Area Conference, April 2006, Munich (Germany), at the XX ESPE Annual Meeting, Verona (Italy), June 2006, and at the 63rd IIPF Congress, Warwick (UK), August.
2007 – (with C. Ciardi), “Social norms, cognitive dissonance, and the timing of marriage”, presented at the CESifo Employment and Social Protection Area Conference, May, Munich (Germany).
2008 - (with C. Ciardi and C. Mammini), “On the causes and consequences of divorce”, presented at the CESifo Employment and Social Protection Area Conference, May, Munich (Germany).
2008 – “Tax avoidance and the endogenous formation of social norms”, presented at the 17th Silvaplana Workshop on Political Economy, July, Silvaplana (Switzerland).
2010 – “All in all you’re just another brick in the wall: a note on the political economy of compulsory education”, presented at the CESifo Employment and Social Protection Area Conference, May, Munich (Germany).
2011 - “Kind of black: the musicians' labour market in Italy”, presented at the CESifo Employment and Social Protection Area Conference, May, Munich (Germany).

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH
JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS AND WORKING PAPERS
In progress
“All in all, you're just another brick in the wall: a note on the political economy of compulsory education”
“Fiscal compensations, horizontal equity, and family size”
2012
“Kind of black: the musicians’ labour market in Italy”, revised and resubmitted to Labour.
(with C. Ciardi and C. Mammini), “On the causes and consequences of divorce”, submitted to Journal of Socio-Economics.
“Taxes, status goods, and piracy”, CESifo Working Paper no. 3074, submitted to Journal of Public Economic Theory.
2011
“On economics, leisure and much more”, in S. Cameron (ed.), Economics of leisure, Edward Elgar, pp. 15-37.
(with D. Anderberg),“Public spending and taxation with non-cooperative families”, in A. Cigno, P. Pestieau, R. Rees, (eds.), Taxation and the family, CESifo Economic Studies, 57, 259-282.
(with C. Ciardi) “I wish someone help me write this song: or, the efficient allocation of resources in rock bands”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 23, pp. 53-80.
2010
“Tax avoidance and the endogenous formation of social norms”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 39, pp.601-609.
2009
(with C. Ciardi), “Love, bonding, value: discussing the economics of love”, Teoria, 29, 2, pp. 151-163.
“Tax avoidance, endogenous social norms, and the comparison income effect”, ChilD Working Paper no. 15/2009.
“Kind of black: the musicians’ labour market in Italy”, CESifo Working Paper no. 2769, Munich.
2008
“It is a theft but not a crime”, European Journal of Political Economy, 24, pp. 455-469.
(with C. Ciardi), “Social norms, cognitive dissonance, and the timing of marriage”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 37, pp. 2399-2410.
(with D. Anderberg), “The political economy of post-compulsory education policy with endogenous credit constraints", CESifo Working Paper no. 2134, Munich.
(with C. Ciardi and C. Mammini), “On the causes and consequences of divorce”, CESifo Working Paper no. 2347, Munich (Germany).
2007
(with D. Anderberg), “Non-cooperative households and the size and composition of public expenditure”, Economics of Governance, 8, pp. 61-81.
2005
(with U. Galmarini), “On the redistributive properties of presumptive taxation”, CESifo Working Paper no. 1381, Munich.
(with U. Galmarini), “Presumptive taxation, markets, and redistribution”, Politica Economica, 21, n. 1, pp. 163-184.
2004
“Revisiting the equity-efficiency trade-off: taxation with non-cooperative families”, Finanz Archiv, 60, pp. 515-531.
2003
(with D. Anderberg),“Public spending with non-cooperative families”, ChilD Working Paper no. 15/2003, Turin.
(with U. Galmarini), “Imperfect tax compliance and the optimal provision of public goods”, Bulletin of Economic Research, 55, pp. 37-52.
(with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Doing wonders with an egg: optimal redistribution when households differ in market and non-market abilities, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 5, pp. 479-498.
(with D. Anderberg e U. Galmarini), "Search and taxation in a model of underground economic activities", Economic Inquiry, 41, pp. 647-659.
(with D. Anderberg), “Self-enforcing intergenerational transfers and the provision of education”, Economica, 70, pp. 55-71.
2002
(with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Endogenous fertility and the design of family taxation”, International Tax and Public Finance, 9, pp. 175-193.
“On the optimal fiscal treatment of family size”, Finanz Archiv, 58, pp. 140-157.
(with L. Grazzini), “Market imperfections, indirect taxes and quantity constraints”, in D. Piacentino e G. Sobbrio, (eds.), Intervento pubblico e architettura dei mercati, Franco Angeli, Milan, pp. 126-137.
(with U. Galmarini), “Presumptive taxation, markets and redistribution”, ChilD Working Paper no. 08/2002, Turin.
“The tax treatment of household public goods: an example”, ChilD Working Paper no. 10/2002, Turin.
“Within-the-family redistribution and the correction of inefficient behaviour”, ChilD Working Paper no. 19/2002, Turin.
2001
(with N. Sciclone), "Should we use functionings instead of income to measure well-being? Theory, and some evidence from Italy", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 109, no. 1, pp. 1-20.
(with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Self-selection, redistribution, and endogenous fertility”, in M. Bordignon and D. Da Empoli, (eds.), Politica fiscale, flessibilità dei mercati e crescita, Franco Angeli, Milan, pp. 212-225.
(with L. Grazzini), “Quantity controls in imperfectly competitive economies”, Studi & Discussioni no. 125, Department of Economics, University of Florence.
2000
"Mixed tax systems and the public provision of private goods", International Tax and Public Finance, 7, pp. 483-478.
(with A. Petretto) "Externalities, human capital, and education policy", Studi Economici, no. 70, pp. 77-94.
(with D. Anderberg), "Household production and the design of the tax structure", International Tax and Public Finance, 7, pp. 565-586.
(with D. Anderberg and F. Andersson), "Time, self-selection and user charges for public goods", Finanz Archiv, 57, pp. 137-154.
“Regional differences, education policy and the sustainability of the pension system”, Studi & Discussioni no. 117, Department of Economics, University of Florence.
“Gifts, lies, and bequests”, ChilD Working Paper no. 12/2000, Turin.
“Does horizontal equity call for subsidies to large families?”, ChilD Working Paper no. 13/2000, Turin.
1999
"The desirability of in-kind transfers in the presence of distortionary taxes", Journal of Economic Surveys, 13, pp. 333-354.
"User charges as redistributive devices", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 1, pp. 511-524.
(with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Direct and indirect taxation when households differ in market and non-market abilities”, CES Working Paper no. 181, Munich.
(with U. Galmarini), “Public expenditure and tax avoidance”, Quaderni dell'Istituto di Economia e Finanza no. 26, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
1998
"Counting the poor in a fuzzy way: the head-count ratio and the monotonicity and transfer axioms, Notizie di Politeia, 14, no.52, pp. 77-86.
1997
"Education policy in a non-altruistic model of intergenerational transfers with endogenous fertility", European Journal of Political Economy, 13, pp. 157-169.
1996
"A note on functioning-poverty in affluent societies", Notizie di Politeia, 12, nos. 43-44, 97-105.
“Horizontal equity, optimal income taxes, and family size”, Studi & Discussioni no. 104, Department of Economics, University of Florence.
1995
"Public provision of private goods and user charges", Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 61, pp. 461-477.
"Cash vs. kind, self-selection and public support to child rearing", Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 54, pp. 171-189.
(with A. Petretto), “Welfare-improving in-kind transfers: the case of education”, Discussioni di Lavoro no. 29/95, ISPE, Rome (also: Working Paper no. 28, Econpubblica, Milan).
1994
"Poverty and functionings: issues in measurement and public action", Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 53, pp. 389-406.
"A note on workfare programs against functioning-poverty", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 102, pp. 125-141.
(with A. Petretto) "Optimal taxation rules for functioning-inputs", Economic Notes, 23, pp. 216-232.
"Publicly produced private goods, redistribution, and fertility", Public Finance, 49, pp. 331-349.
(with L. Razzolini), “On the socially optimal level of advertising”, Studi & Discussioni no. 90, Department of Economics, University of Florence.
1993
"Extended welfarism, functionings and the economic theory of well-being", Studi Economici, no. 51, pp. 39-56.
1992
(with A. Petretto), “Optimal Public Policy in Extended Welfarism”, Studi & Discussioni no. 75, Department of Economics, University of Florence, 1992.
1991
"Some suggestions for the identification of poverty in a non-welfarist framework", Economic Notes, 20, pp. 335-353.

BOOKS
1996
(with I. Carter), eds., Functionings and capabilities: normative and policy issues, Politeia, Milan (special issue of Notizie di Politeia, vol. 12, nos. 43-44).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2008
“Richard Musgrave and his band of merit goods”, History of Economic Ideas, 16, pp. 17-19 (obituary).
2003
Review of “David Stasavage, Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), 2003”, History of Economic Ideas, 11, pp. 158-161, 2004.
1997
(with A. Cigno and F.C. Rosati), "Pension impact on fertility and household saving: a comparative study of Britain, Hungary and Italy", in Pension systems and reforms: Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland,Sweden, European Commission' s Phare ACE Programme 1995 - Research Project P95-2139-R – Final Report, Budapest, pp. 211-230.
1996
Review of "P. Van Parijs, Real Freedom for All, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995", Economic Notes, 25, pp. 170-173.
1995
Review of "K. Basu, P. Pattanaik, K. Suzumura, eds., Choice, Welfare and Development, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995", Economic Notes, 24, pp. 429-431.
1994
Review of "P. Dasgupta, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993", Economic Notes, 23, pp. 358-360.
1992
Review of "R. Sah - J. Stiglitz, Peasants vs. City-Dwellers: Taxation and the Burden of Development, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992", Economic Notes, 21, pp. 618-621.
1991
"Review of "J. Dreze - A. Sen, Hunger and Public Action, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989", Economic Notes, 20, pp. 414-417.

UNPUBLISHED WORK
1997
(with L. Razzolini), "Is private advertising socially excessive? An open question".

PUBLICATIONS IN ITALIAN
JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS AND WORKING PAPERS
2000
(with A. Cigno and A. Pettini), “Abilità di mercato e abilità di produzione domestica: quali regole per l’ottima tassazione del reddito?”, Rivista di Diritto Finanziario e di Scienza delle Finanze”, 59, pp. 37-52, (Market ability and home-production ability: what rules for optimal income taxation?).
1999
"La discriminazione di prezzo dei servizi pubblici e il valore economico del tempo", Notizie di Politeia, 15, no. 55, pp. 67-75, (Price discrimination for public services and the economic value of time).
“Il finanziamento delle agenzie nel quadro del riassetto della finanza decentrata”, in G. Maltinti, (ed.), Le agenzie ambientali verso l’autonomia finanziaria, Franco Angeli, Milano, (The funding of environmental agencies and the change of local finance).
1998
(with A. Petretto) "Oltre la teoria pura della spesa pubblica: modelli teorici di second best", Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, 56, pp. 235-273, 1998 (Beyond the pure theory of public expenditure: second best theoretical models).
1997
"L'assistenza sanitaria in un modello di trasferimenti intergenerazionali: non-altruismo, efficienza ed intervento pubblico", in A. Petretto (ed.), Economia della sanità, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 73-88, (Healthcare in a model of intergenerational transfers: non-altruism, efficiency and public action).
(with A. Petretto) "La spesa pubblica di second best: verso una teoria 'impura'", in G. Muraro e D. da Empoli (eds.), Verso un nuovo stato sociale. Tendenze e criteri, Franco Angeli, Milano (Second best public expenditure: towards an 'impure' theory).
1996
"La fornitura pubblica uniforme di beni privati: una rassegna critica della letteratura", Rivista di Scienza delle Finanze e Diritto Finanziario, 55, pp. 216-235 (Uniform public provision of private goods: a critical review of the literature).
1994
"La tariffazione sanitaria in Italia: problemi e prospettive", Studi & Informazioni, 17, pp. 35-49, (Healthcare pricing in Italy: problems and perspectives).
(with E. Chiappero Martinetti) "Functionings e politiche sociali degli enti locali", Economia Pubblica, 24, pp. 351-360, (Functionings and social policies in local governments).
"Poverta' come non-funzionamento: problemi di identificazione, aggregazione, selezione", Note Economiche, 24, pp. 505-515, (Poverty as non-functioning: identification, aggregation and selection problems).
(with S. Razavi), "La libertà come dimensione del well-being: alcune osservazioni sull'approccio dei funzionamenti", Notizie di Politeia, 10, pp. 25-33 (Freedom as a dimension of well-being: some remarks on the functionings approach).
1993
"Determinazione del prezzo delle specialità medicinali", Economia Pubblica, 23, pp. 37-42, (On pricing prescription drugs).
1992
"Strategie per lo sviluppo economico: il caso di Taiwan", La Questione Agraria, 45, pp. 19-36, (Strategies for economic development: the case of Taiwan).
"Una nota sull'equilibrio di Lindahl e la tassazione correttiva nel welfarismo esteso", Rivista di Scienza delleFinanze e Diritto Finanziario, 51, pp. 429-443 (A note on Lindahl equilibrium and Pigouvian taxes in extended welfarism).
"Povertà come non funzionamento: un approccio alla definizione di indici sintetici", Economia Politica, 6, pp. 229-246 (Poverty as non-functioning: an approach to the definition of synthetic indices).
1991
"Sull'interazione fra i concetti di benessere e libertà nel pensiero di Amartya Sen", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 99, pp. 193-214 (On the interaction between the concepts of well-being and freedom in the thought of Amartya Sen).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
1993
Review of "A. Sen, Ethics and Economics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1987", L'Arco di Giano, no. 1, pp.175-179.

UNPUBLISHED WORK
1990
"La teoria del comportamento del consumatore in Alfred Marshall: una interpretazione marginalista" (The theory of consumer behaviour in Alfred Marshall: a marginalist interpretation).