Die Frau auf der Treppe

Lorenzo Carbonari
DEF - Department of Economics and Finance
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome, Italy
II floor, building B
Room 45A
& CEIS Tor Vergata
Phone: +39 06 7259 5743
Fax: +39 06 3222 661
Mail: lorenzo{dot}carbonari{at}uniroma2{dot}it
Personal web page
Current position
From October 2012: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Economics and Finance
From March 2013: Research Fellow at CEIS - The Centre for Economic and International Studies,
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Previous positions
2010 - 2012: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of
Economics and Law
2008 - 2010: Researcher at CEIS - The Centre for Economic and International Studies, University
of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2007 - 2009: Adjunct Professor of International Macroeconomics, LUMSA of Rome, School of Law
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Supervisor: Prof. V. Atella
M.Sc in Development Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Supervisor: Prof. V. Atella
Laurea in Economics, LUISS Guido Carli of Rome. Supervisor: Prof. A. Petrucci
Research fields
Primary fields: Macroeconomics, Health Economics
Secondary fileds: Development Economics, Empirical I-O
Published papers
- with E. Felli, M. Gerli and G. Tria, “Public Sector’s productivity and Macroeconomic Performance:
the case of the Italian Public Administration Reform”, International Journal of Public Policy,
9(4/5/6), Inderscience Publishers
- with V. Atella and J. Bhattacharya, “Pharmaceutical Price Controls and Minimum Efficacy Regulation: Evidence from the United States and Italy”, Health Services Research - Theme Issue: Global
Health Systems, 47(1), HSR and Yale University, December 2011, pp. 293-308. (WP version: NBER
Working Paper n.14567)
Lorenzo Carbonari
- with E. Felli, M. Gerli and G. Tria, “Public sector productivity and growth: the case of Italy”,
in Giovannini, E. and G. Tria (eds.), Government Output and Productivity Measurement. Lessons
from the International Experience, Brookings Institution Press, Washington DC, forthcoming
- “Quasi-fixed inputs in the Italian manufacturing: the case of the pharmaceutical industry”, Applied
Econometrics, 25(1), Sinergia Press, February 2012, pp. 51-69 (WP version: CEIS Research Paper
Series n.244)
Working papers and mimeos
- with V. Atella, “When elders rules: is gerontocracy harmful for growth?”, CEIS Research Paper
Series n.263
- “Information and regulation in drug market. Can discouraging me-too drugs increase innovation?”,
mimeo
- with E. Felli, M. Gerli, X. Long and G. Tria., “The macroeconomic effects of a shift from direct to
indirect taxation: evidence from Italy”, mimeo
- with F. Mattesini and R.J. Waldmann, “On the optimal rate of inflation in an economy with price
posting and random matching”, mimeo
Current projects
- with G. Marini “The effects of the DRG-based prospective payment system on the quality of care
for hospitalized in Italy”
- with P. Sam`
a “Hours worked and Population Ageing: evidence from seven European Countries”
Articles on Italian edited books and technical reports
- with V. Atella, La Sanit`
a e i farmaci in Italia: le anomalia, i problemi, le possibili soluzioni, IAPG
and CEIS Tor Vergata, 2010
- with V. Atella and F. Cincotti, “Spesa sanitaria e deficit: un’analisi a livello regionale”, in La
Sanit`
a in Italia, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2008
- with V. Atella and C. Pollastri, “Deficit sanitari e politiche di rientro: un’analisi econometrica, in
Le prospettive della finanza pubblica”, DEXIA-CREDIOP and CEIS Tor Vergata, 2006
Other publications
- Co-editor with M. Messori, Macroeconomia, un’analisi europea by M. Burda and C. Wyplosz, Egea,
2014.
- “The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy”, Bankpedia Review, 1, Assoneb, 2014, pp.
25-28
- “The Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)”, Bankpedia Review, 1, Assoneb, 2011, pp. 93-100
- with A. Isopi, “La transizione cinese tra dirigismo ed innovazione”, Economia, Impresa e Mercati
Finanziari, 1, Cacucci, 2006, pp. 7-42
- “La terziarizzazione dell’economia: problemi e prospettive in riferimento al contesto italiano”,
Economia, Impresa e Mercati Finanziari, 1, Cacucci, 2006, pp. 71-88
Lorenzo Carbonari
- with L. Carpinelli and A. Piano Mortari, “Explaining International Migration: Stylized Facts,
Theories and Social Policies”, Economia, Impresa e Mercati Finanziari, 2, Cacucci, 2005, pp. 95118
- “On the Determinants of Sustainable Development”, Economia, Impresa e Mercati Finanziari, 1,
Cacucci, 2005, pp. 133-152
Research Grants
2010: PRIN program 2010-2011 from the Italian Ministry of University for a project on “Asymmetric
information, adjustment costs and allocative efficiency: microeconomie foundations and macroeconomic implications”, coordinator Prof. Francesco Lippi.
2010: Research Grant from Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione for a research on “Public
Sector’s productivity and Growth”
2007: PRIN program 2007-2009 from the Italian Ministry of University for project a on “Child cost
in collective choice models: cost of rearing, fertility choices and child poverty estimates”, coordinator
Prof. Gustavo De Santis.
2004: Unrestricted Grant from Squibb-Bristol Myers for a research on “The demand of inputs in
the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry”
Teaching
2011 - present: Macroeconomics (undergraduate), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2010: Development Economics (graduate), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2009 - 2011: Preliminary course of Economics (graduate), LUISS of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2007 - 2009: International Macroeconomics (graduate), LUMSA of Rome
Seminars and Conferences presentations
2013: XXV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”;
Structural Change Dynamics and Economic Growth Conference, University of Pisa
2012: BMRC-QASS Conference, Brunel University of London
2011: IEA XVI World Congress, Tsinghua University of Beijing; 52nd Italian Economic Association
(SIE) Annual Meeting, University of Rome III
2010: WIEM 2010, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
2009: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”(PhD seminar); XIV Spring Meeting Young Economists,
Marmara University of Istanbul; 50th Italian Economic Association (SIE) Annual Meeting, LUISS
of Rome
2008: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”(PhD seminar)
Lorenzo Carbonari
My papers have been also accepted at the following conferences: AEA 2010 Annual Meeting; 2nd
Conference of the European Asian Economics Finance & Accounting and Econometric AEEFA
at Beijing September 2010; ICABE 2010, Pedro Barrie de la Maza Foundation in Coru˜
na; 11th
Journ´ees Louis-Andr G´erard-Varet at Marseille June 2011; 44th annual Money, Macro and Finance
Conference at Trinity College June 2012; European Public Choice Society 2013 Annual Meeting
Summer Schools
2013: Summer School on Applied Economic Theory, CEIS Tor Vergata
2006: Summer School on Inequality, Poverty, and Development: The Role of Markets and Institutions, University of Verona, Department of Economics
Other information
Refereeing: Health Policy, Research in Economics, CEIS Research Paper Series
Computing: Maple, Stata, TSP, MS Office, LATEX
Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (basic)
Last update: July 2014