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Biographies
XAVIER DEBRUN
Xavier Debrun holds a PhD in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of
International Studies in Geneva. He joined the IMF in 2000, working mainly in the
Fiscal Affairs and Research Departments. In 2006-07, he was a Visiting Fellow at
Bruegel—Brussels’ leading think tank on European economic issues—and a Visiting
Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. His research interests include
monetary integration, political economics and macro-fiscal issues. He published
widely on these issues in professional journals and books.
ROBERT D. EBEL
Robert Ebel (Ph.D. in economics, Purdue University) is a senior fellow at the Urban
Institute and an economist specializing in intergovernmental relations and public
finance. He is also a member of the secretariat of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development's Network on Federalism and Statistical Capacity
Building. In his position as a lead economist for the World Bank, Dr. Ebel managed
numerous fiscal programs, including those for Hungary, Pakistan, Jordan, Palestine,
and Yemen. Dr. Ebel has also served in a variety of positions at the U.S. Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, including director of public finance
research and scholar-in-residence. He has also served as executive director (197678) and chair (1998-99) of the District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission;
deputy director of the Division of Public Finance and Economic Development at the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1980-83); and executive
director of the Minnesota Tax Study Commission (1983-84). In 2012, he has
published the Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Finance (Oxford
University Press).
ETIENNE FARVAQUE
Etienne Farvaque is Professor of Economics at the Université du Havre, where he
manages the Economics Research Center (EDEHN – Equipe d'Economie – Le Havre
Normandie). He received his PhD in Economics from Lille 1 University and has held
visiting positions at Kwansei Gakuin University, Center for Research on European
Integration (ZEI) in Bonn and the CIRANO. His research and teaching interests
include European economics, political economy, fiscal rules and central banking.
MARTIAL FOUCAULT
Martial Foucault is associate professor of political science at the University of
Montreal and research fellow at CIRANO, Montreal. He is currently director of the
European Union Centre of Excellence (University of Montreal/McGill University). In
2013, he will join Sciences-Po Paris as full professor in political economy.
He received in 2004 his PhD degree in economics at the University of Paris
Pantheon-Sorbonne and was post-doc fellow in 2005/06 at the Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies within the European University Institute (Italy). His
research agenda covers economics and politics of fiscal policy, agenda-setting,
theory of public goods, defense policy and methods. He has recently published pieces
in American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, NBER
Working Papers series, Public Choice, Electoral Studies, Political Studies, West
European Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of European Public Policy…. In
2009, he has received the IIPF (International Institute of Public Finance) Young
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Economist Award for a research granted by the NBER on fiscal decentralization in
Benin.
SERGIO GALLETTA
Sergio Galletta is a PhD student in economics at the University of Lugano (USI),
Switzerland, since 2010. He is also affiliated with the Swiss Public Administration
Network. During his doctoral studies he attended the Swiss Program for Beginning
Doctoral Students in Economics at the Study Center Gerzensee. Previously, he
obtained a MS in economics at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, in 2009. His
doctoral research focuses on public finance with a particular interest on of fiscal
federalism issues.
RAPHAEL GODEFROY
Dr Raphael Godefroy obtained his PhD (2009) from Stanford University. After a postdoc position at Paris School of Economics, he joined the department of Economics at
the University of Montreal in 2012. His research covers Political Economy, Health
Economics, and Public Economics.
YILIN HOU
Dr Yilin Hou obtained his BA (1985) and first MA (1988) in China. He moved to the
US in 1977, got his second MA (1998) and PhD (2002) in public administration
(specialization: state and local public financial management) at the Maxwell School
of Syracuse University. He is currently the Stanley W. Shelton Professor of Public
Finance at the Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and
International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA. His research is inspired by the core
question of how the government sector can well play its due and necessary roles as
related to issues of governance and development. His work focuses on how
government can better weather revenue fluctuations due from economic cycles in
order to smooth public service provision. His pursuit of scholarship is based in the
public administration and policy tradition, with an interdisciplinary approach
towards economics, law and politics.
MARCELIN JOANIS
Titulaire d’un doctorat (Ph. D.) en sciences économiques de l’Université de Toronto,
M. Marcelin Joanis est professeur au département d’économique de l’Université de
Sherbrooke. Il est également chercheur au Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en
analyse des organisations (CIRANO) et au Groupe de recherche en économie et
développement international (GREDI), où il est l’auteur de plusieurs documents de
recherche. M. Joanis est spécialiste de l’économie publique, et ses recherches
récentes portent sur le fédéralisme fiscal, l’impact de la politique partisane sur les
politiques budgétaires, la démocratie locale et la dette publique.
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MARIO JAMETTI
Dr Mario Jametti joined the University of Lugano as an Assistant Professor of
Economics in 2008. Since 2012 he is an Associate Professor there. He obtained his
PhD at the University of Lausanne in 2004, subsequent to which he spent time as a
postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University and as an assistant professor at York
University, Canada. His main research interests are in public finance, applied
microeconomics and applied econometrics, currently focusing on tax competition,
political economy, natural disaster insurance and private pensions. Mr Jametti’s
work has been published, among others, in the Economic Journal, Journal of Public
Economics, Geneva Papers, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics and
Review of Economics and Statistics.
SHARON N. KIOKO
Dr. Sharon N. Kioko (PhD, Indiana University) is an Assistant Professor of Public
Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School at Syracuse
University. Dr. Kioko’s interests include examining the impact of fiscal institutions
on the size and structure of state and local government revenues, expenditures, and
long-term debt. Her other interests focus on the fiscal health of state and local
governments and the role of financial information in the municipal bond market. Her
recent work has been published in Journal of Budgeting, Accounting and Financial
Management, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Budgeting
& Finance, Municipal Finance Journal and International Public Management Journal.
NICOLAS MARCEAU
Dr. Nicolas Marceau (PhD, Université de Montréal) is currently Quebec Minister of
Finance and the Economy. Prior to his career in politics, Mr. Marceau was a
professor and researcher in the Department of Economics at the Université du
Québec à Montréal. He served in several influential roles in his field: member of the
Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal’s committee on public finance and taxation;
member of the Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et
l'emploi, where he managed a team of 40 researchers; member of the Institut du
Nouveau Monde’s steering committee for the Strategic meeting on the Economy,
which seeks to encourage citizen involvement and new ideas in Québec. He also
participated actively in the work of the Commission on Fiscal Imbalance. His
experience includes several executive positions with the Société canadienne de
science économique, an association that promotes the advancement and
dissemination of economic research in French.
PIERRE MARTIN
Pierre Martin is Professor of Political Science at the Université de Montréal, where
he holds the Chair in American Political and Economic Studies. He received his PhD
in political science from Northwestern University and has held visiting positions at
Harvard University and the Wilson Center in Washington. His research and teaching
interests include American politics, political economy, public opinion, and statistical
methods
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NICOLAS-GUILLAUME MARTINEAU
Nicolas-Guillaume Martineau is presently an Assistant Professor at the Département
d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke, in Sherbrooke (Québec). Originating from
the Toronto region, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Specialized Honours) reading
economics at York University's Glendon College in 2005, followed by a Master of Arts
in economics at Queen's University (2006). His Ph.D. thesis, entitled Essays on
Political Parties, their Organization, and Policy Choice, written under the supervision
of Professor Robin W. Boadway at Queen's University, was successfully defended in
November 2011. His current research areas, within the fields of public economics
and political economy, include optimal redistribution in the presence of social
norms, and the relationship between expressive political participation and electoral
laws.
HAIZHEN MOU
Haizhen Mou (PhD Carleton University) is an assistant professor in the JohnsonShoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada. Her major research interests include public finance, health
policy, and population aging. She is also interested in public-private mix of drug
insurance and policy implication of the new measurements on happiness and wellbeing.
NIKLAS POTRAFKE
Niklas Potrafke holds a PhD in economics from the University of Humboldt University
in Berlin (2008). Since 2012, he is professor of Economics at the University of
Munich and Head of Department of Public Finance at the Ifo Institute (Germany). His
research covers political economy, applied econometrics and public finance. Mr
Potrafke’s work has been published, among others, in the European Journal of
Political Economy, Public Choice, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of
International Money and Finance, Review of International Economics, Journal of
Health Economics, CESifo Economic Studies. Dr Potrafke is currently responsible of
the research project titled « Public debt in Germany: Descriptive statistics,
sustainability analysis, and projections ».
GREGOIRE ROTA-GRAZIOSI
Dr Gregoire Rota-Graziosi is currently Senior Economist at the International
Monetary Fund. He leads Technical Assistance missions in Tax Policy essentially in
African countries. Before joining the Fund, he was professor of economics at the
University of Clermont-Ferrand and member of the CERDI (Centre d‘Etudes et de
Recherches en Developpement International). He has published articles in academic
journals (e.g. American Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of
Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics…).
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DANIEL SMITH
Dan Smith's research focuses on the implications of state fiscal institutions,
especially balanced budget requirements, and the accumulation and implications of
balances in state rainy day funds, unemployment trusts, and pension funds. His
research appears or is forthcoming in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review,
Public Budgeting & Finance, and Public Choice, among others. In addition, he is coauthor of Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations
(Pearson Prentice Hall, 4th edition). Professor Smith sits on four editorial boards,
and for four years he served on the Board of Directors of the New York University
Federal Credit Union–an independent, federally regulated financial institution–
where he was also Treasurer and Chair of the Assets and Liabilities Management
Committee. He holds a Ph.D. in public administration from the School of Public and
International Affairs at The University of Georgia.
MARIANNE VIGNEAULT
Professor Vigneault is member of the Department of Economics at the Bishop’s
University since 1991. Professor Vigneault earned an M.A. (Economics) and Ph.D.
(Economics) from Queen's University. She has also taught at Queen's University as a
visiting professor. Her research has been in the area of public economics, with
particular emphasis on fiscal federalism and tax policies towards entrepreneurs,
venture capitalists, and multinational corporations. Professor Vigneault has
published in the Journal of Public Economics, International Tax and Public Finance,
Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, and Topics in Economic Analysis
and Policy. She has also acted as a research consultant for the Department of
Finance, the Bank of Canada, the World Bank, the Russian Institute for the Economy
in Transition, and the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.
FRANCOIS VAILLANCOURT
François Vaillancourt holds a PhD (1978) from Queen's University at Kingston. He is
a member of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow CIRANO and an emeritus
professor of economics at the Université de Montréal. He has published extensively
in the area of public policy, particularly on fiscal federalism, compliance costs of
taxation and language policy. He has acted as a consultant for various bodies, both
Canadian and international ones such as the OECD; UNDP, and the World Bank. He
has worked on local finance issues (taxation, transfers) in 24 countries.