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 1 Amedeo Piolatto Curriculum Vitae 4th February 2015 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 Referee: , , , , , , 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) 2 Amedeo Piolatto Curriculum Vitae 4th February 2015 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) 3