Laura Castellucci

Laura Castellucci – curriculum vitae Nationality: italian Office: Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Department of Economics and  Finance (DEF) , Faculty of Economics, via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome, Italy. Tel.  ++39/ 06/72595901  – direct++39/  06/72595924  – fax ++39/ 06/2040219 E-mail: Laura.Castellucci@uniroma2.it

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PRESENT POSITION Full professor of Economic Policy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Faculty of Economics;

Teaching course: Natural Resource Economics; Fellow  of CEIS, Center for Economic and International Studies;  -  Past coordinator of the PhD program in Environmental Economics and Law; Past-director and founder  of the on-line Master program in Environment: Law and Economics;  (Honorary) Member of the teaching board of the PhD program in Economics, Institutions and Law.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS 1972- 1983 Assistant professor of Public Economics, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza; 1976- 1979 Lecturer of Public Economics, University of Bergamo; 1980- 1982 Lecturer of Public Economics, University of Florence; 1983- 1991 Associate professor of Public Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza; Since 1991, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Rome Tor Vergata. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1968, degree in Economics, University of Florence, dissertation in Public Finance (top mark) 1969/70, 70/ 71, 71/ 72: training in Research and Teaching, State University of Milan 1970 Summer School in Mathematics, CIME, 1972/73 Graduate student at MIT, Cambridge, USA (one year) 1975 Visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, U.K., (one semester) 1978 Visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, U.K,( one semester). GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Ministry of Education Fellowship for Research and Teaching (three years) Scholarship “Marco Fanno”, Mediocredito Centrale Grants by the Council of National Research, CNR TEACHING COURSES Economic Policy (undergraduate), Natural Resource Economics (graduate) PhD programmes: topics on: Natural Resources, Energy Policy, Water Use, Economics of Climate Change, Green Taxation, Green National Accounts, Sustainable Growth Master programmes (various; topics: regulation, water management, environmental policy, energy policy)

PREVIOUS TAUGHT COURSES: Public Finance, University of Bergamo (undergraduate) Public Finance, University of Florence (undergraduate) Public Finance, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (undergraduate). Theory of Taxation, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (undergraduate) Tax Theory and Policy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (PhD programme) Tax systems in OECD countries, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”(PhD programme) Professional courses: in Economics and management of Technological change; International Business Taxation; Archaeology and Spatial Location (CESTER); Management of Water Resources; Forgea International, Training and Cooperation Center in the field of geo-mining and environment; IRI Management, Formazione e Sviluppo; Environmental Management and Sustainable Growth; in Natural Resources Use and Environmental Policy in various Master Programs based with the University of Roma La Sapienza , with the University of Roma 3 and with the University of Rome Tor Vergata, such as Environmental Law, MIMAP, Markets’ Regulation; Master in Management and Corporate Social Responsability, Angelicum, Pontificia Università Tommaso D’Aquino,Master in Corporate Social Responsability; Master in Green Economy Management, GEM. MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH. Her main areas of research are the following: Macroeconomics of fiscal and incomes policies, Tax theory and policy, Capital taxation, Economics of social policy, Underground Economy, Public Administration, Environmental economics , The Economics of Sustainability, Water Resource Use, The Economics of Energy and of Climate Change, Emission Trading Systems, Technical progress and natural resources use, Food security and financial speculation. SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES.  She has been a speaker and a discussant at numerous international and national conferences, workshops, seminars. Among them: International Conference on the Cost of Capital, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1987 (speaker) / Annual conferences of the International Institute of Public Finance, Istanbul 1988 (discussant), Seoul 1992 (discussant) / "Villa Mondragone" International Economic Seminars (Rome), 1991 and 1993 on Privatization Processes in Eastern Europe: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Results and on The 1990's Slump: Causes and Cures, (discussant) / OECD-CEIS joint international seminar on Financial Markets and Capital Income Taxation in a Global Economy, Rome 1992 (speaker) / EEC-CEIS joint seminar on Restructuration fiscale, Rome 1994 (speaker)/ Annual Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) meeting, Sigtuna, Sweden June 1997 (discussant) / "Villa Mondragone" International Economic Seminar (Rome) on Unemployment in Europe Before and After EMU, 1998 (discussant)/ Second International Conference of EuroGOOS (European Global Ocean Observing System) on Operational Oceanography. Extending the Limits of Predictability, 1999 (speaker)/ Far Eastern Econometric Society Meeting, Singapore, 1999(speaker)/ Social Security in the Global Village, Helsinki, 2000 (discussant)/ Le Statistiche Ambientali dell'Istat tra integrazione e innovazione, Istat, Roma, 2001. / Accademia dei Lincei Conference on Technology and Society, Rome, April, 2001 (speaker)./ Southern Economic Association, 71th Annual Conference, Tampa, US, November, 2001 (speaker)./ DIECOFIS, Tax Indicators construction and development, Ministero delle attività produttive, Rome, october, 2002 (speaker)/ OECD-Istat-Censis-Ceis,The Non-observed Economy Measurement and Policy Issues, Rome, 20-21 January ,2003 (speaker)/Belgian-European Colloqium,Undeclared work: a Threat to the Welfare State, Bruxelles, 28-29 April, 2003, organized by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (speaker)/ Luiss GRIF, Regulation of water services in Italy, dic. 2003 (speaker)/Luiss GRIF, Transport Sustainability, jan. 2005 (speaker)/ International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance, Rethymno, Creta, july, 2005 (speaker)/ Circular Economy and the 3R Strategy, (conference organized by OECD, Env.Minister and China), Milano, ott. 2005 (speaker)/Partecipazione delle comunità locali alla realizzazione del protocollo di Kyoto,Rome, june 2006 (speaker)/ XVIII Villa Mondragone International Seminar, Europe: a new economic agenda?, organizer of session on Energy and environment: where do we go from here?, june 2006/ Ecoenergy Day, Latina, September 2006 (speaker)/ Conference on Undeclared Work, Tax Evasion and Avoidance: a momentum for change in Belgium and Europe, Bruxelles, giugno 2007 (speaker)/ XIX Villa Mondragone International Seminar, The Economic Future of Europe , organizer and speaker of session The political Economy of Environmental and Energy Policies in the EU, june 2007/ Climate Change: miti e falsi miti tra informazione e disinformazione, Laboratorio sui Servizi a Rete, Luiss, 16 ottobre 2007 (speaker)/ Le prospettive future per l’economia e per l’ambiente, Greenaccord, 7-10 novembre 2007 (speaker) /A Regulatory framework for economic and environmental efficiency in mining, CIRMA 1, International Conference and Exibition in Algeria on Mineral Reosurces, Algeri, 2-4 december 2007 (speaker)/ Per una gestione sostenibile delle risorse idriche, ISAE, Roma, 20 maggio 2009 (speaker)/ Energia e crescita economica, Strings 2009 Events, Auditorium, Rome, 27 june (speaker)/ Governance Aree Metropolitane Festival Internazionale dell’Ambiente, Campidoglio, Roma,25-28 settembre 2009(speaker) / Ambiente e Economia, Greenaccord, 6 febbraio 2010 (speaker)/ The Economics of Nuclear Energy: What is True and What is False in the Italian Debate, XVIII Amaldi Conference, International Security and the Role of Scientific Academies, Lincei, Rome, 13-15 november, 2010 (speaker)/ The problems of privatization of water use in Italy, Water Resources Management,Sassari 20-21 may 2011 (speaker)/ European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 29 June/ 2 July 2011 (co-chair with Till Requate of the Scientific Committee and chair of the Local organizing committee)./ Verso un nuovo umanesimo:economia e sostenibilità sociale, Greenaccord, 13 december 2011, (speaker) L’Italia del Green New Deal: Agenda per lo sviluppo/ Panelist at Environmentally related taxes and fiscal reform, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze in collaboration with European Environment Agency, 15 december 2011/ Tourism Taxation,Alghero, 18 may 2012(speaker)/ XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on Public Debt, Global Governance and Dynamism, 26 June 2012 (speaker)/ 19^ Annual Conference of EAERE,27-30 june 2012, Praga/ 6 october 2012, organizer and presenter: Il futuro delle economie del Mediterraneo e le promesse della Green Economy;Soverato/ 18-20 october 2012, presenter at the 53th conference of the association of the Italian Economists (SIE), Matera/ 6/11 october 2013, Second Festival dell’Acqua, l’Aquila (speaker)/ 24/26 september 2014, 15^ Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Copenhagen (presenter)/ IAEE, 28-31th october, 2014, Rome, European conference on Sustainable Energy Policy and strategy for Europe (paper)/Aquitaly, Il presente e il future dell’Acqua, una risorsa in pericolo, “Acqua bene commune e sostenibilità ambientale”, 19/20 febbraio, 2015, Tempio di Adriano/ Villa Vigoni, German-italian Centre for European Excellence sponsored by the German Research Foundation, Colloquium on the Quality of Political Institutions in Europe: Economic Perspectives in an Interdisciplinary Cross-Examination, “A new European social democratic identity for European Cohesion and Efficiency.” (coauthor Gorini),June 14-16, 2015/ ICABR, “Is biofuel a solution to global warming or a concern for land use change? Lessons from the EU energy policy and the international trade”, coauthors Pallante, Vignani, June 17/19, 2015/ 3^ Festival dell’Acqua, Expo Milano,5-9 ottobre, 2015/  IV Conferenza ENERGIAMEDIA: Acqua 2.0, “L’utilizzo delle risorse idriche in Italia (e nel mondo): stato dell’arte e prospettive”, 24 June 2016,Centro Studi Americano/ICABR, “A contribution to a better understanding of global land grabbing’s impact on more efficient technology adoption and environmental threats” coauthor Arbia, 26-29 June, 2016/ SEASS, Ministero dell’Ambiente, Spunti per una riflessione su “land grabbing”, 3 febbraio 2017

   RESEARCH SUPERVISION Supervisor of the following PhD students:

Alessio D'Amato        viva   2003 Riccardo Ercoli           viva  2003 Manuela Coromaldi    viva  2005 Carlo Orecchia            viva  2010 Amanda Spisto            viva  2011 Sandro Stoffel             viva  2012 Giacomo Pallante       viva   2014 Pietro Zoppoli             viva  2015 Donatella Vignani       viva  2014

Ushaw Hasanah           viva  2017

Stefania Schipani       begun 2010

Andrea Chiappetta       viva  2016

RESEARCH COORDINATION 1993-5: research coordinator of the "Fiscal Policy and Technology" unit, National Research Council (CNR) research project on Technological Change and Industrial Growth. 1993-5: Italian coordinator in the EC Human Capital and Mobility Programme on "Comparative Social Policy and Taxation Modelling" (based with the University of Cambridge, U.K., chief coordinator: prof. A.B.Atkinson) 1996-99: research coordinator of the "Efficiency and Efficacy in the Provision of Public Goods and Services" unit, National Research Council (CNR) research project on Measures and Indeces for Economic and Social Policy. since June 1999: scientific coordinator of the Laboratory on Environmental Economics, Faculty of Economics, Univ. of Rome . 2000-2001: extension of the above research activity on Efficiency and Efficacy 2001-2003: participant in the DIECOFIS (Development of a System of Indicators on Competitiveness and Fiscal Impact on Enterprise Performance) project funded by the European Commission (CEIS' research coordinator). 2004-2005: Extension of DIECOFIS project

2011-2012 (2014): PRIN Project: I cambiamenti climatici nell’area del Mediterraneo: scenari evolutivi, impatti economici, politiche di mitigazione e innovazione tecnologica, head of a UNIT REFEREE REPORTING: various reviews and institutions, such as Journal of Political Economy, Environment and Development Economics, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Rivista di Politica Economica, Belgian Federal Public Planning Service, Economia dei Servizi, Energy Policy, Apertacontrada.  Member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Economics. BOOK REVIEW “Bernard P.Herbert, 2007, Protecting the Antarctic Commons: Problems of Economic Efficiency”, University of Arizona. CONSULTING ACTIVITY ( selected). In Italy: Has been a member in several study commissions based with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Balance. Consultant to the Minister of Transportation (1996-97). Member of a Study Group appointed by ISTAT to built a microsimulation model for studying fiscal policies' effects on firms (7. 2. 2000); Consultant to APRIambiente s.r.l. Member of NARS (one among a 6 experts' committe to advise the government on Regulation of Public Utilities (2001-2003) Abroad: Has been a member of several missions mainly concerned with taxation and public administration: In 1993 mission in Egypt (Cairo) for the International Monetary Fund (member of the Panel of experts of the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF). In 1996 mission in Belarus (Minsk), TACIS P-J 01155. In 1997 mission at Viadrina University (ex-DDR) In 1998 in Armenia (Yerevan), TACIS FINAR 9601 In 1999 in Armenia (Yerevan); In 1999 for the Council of Europe-Secretariat General,(contract 22.2.99) has produced a report : "Répercussions sur l'autonomie financière des collectivités territoriales des limittes à l'endettement fixées dans un contexte européen" Has been Chairperson of the Socio-economic Working Group of ESF Marine Board to produce an Integrated Marine Science Plan for Europe, (Strasburg, 2003). Independent expert,OECD, 8february 2012.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS: Società Italiana degli Economisti  (SIE), Società italiana di economia pubblica (Italian Public Economics Association), Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE, since 2000), International Association for Energy Economics ( IAEE),  Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE; co-founder and past vicepresident). PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS and CONTRIBUTION IN BOOKS

- “Lezioni di Politica Economica Ambientale”, Esculapio, Bologna, 2017.

-“Does the Trade-off Between Energy Security and Climate Change Protection Matter?The Canadian Tar Sands Case” in Bardazzi-Pazienza-Tonini (eds), “European Energy and Climate Security. Public Policies, Energy Sources, and Eastern Partners”, Springer, 2016.

-  “Appunti di Politica Economica Ambientale”, Esculapio, Bologna, 2015, 3^ ediz.  -  “Government and the Environment. The Role of the Modern State in the Face of the Global Challenges”, Routledge,  2014

-  Castellucci L.-Markandya A.,(eds), 2012, “Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform”, Palgrave MacMillan

– "Economic Assessment of the Value of Marine Industries and Services and User Requirements", in Flemming N.C. (et al eds), Operational Oceanography. Implementation at the European and Regional Scales, 2002, Elsevier. - - in K. Messere (ed), The Tax System in Industrialized Countries, chapter on “Italy”,1999, Oxford University Press. - in D.W.Jorgenson & R.Landau (eds), Tax Reform and the Cost of Capital: an International Comparison, chapter on “Italy”, with J.S.Alworth, 1993, The Brookings Institution, Washington.

-   “Problemi di efficienza allocativa , tassazione ottima e sistema tributario italiano”, 1988, Giappichelli, Torino. -  in J.A. Pechman (ed), Comparative Tax Systems: Europe, Canada and Japan, chapter on “Italy”, 1987, Tax Analysts, Arlington. JOURNAL ARTICLES

- “A Contribution to a Better Understanding of Global Land Grabbing’s Impact on Employment and Environmental Threats”, (coauthor Arbia M.), Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A,  2017

- “L’acqua tra diritti (all’accesso) e doveri (di pagarne i costi): scomode verità dall’economia”, Economia dei Servizi, 2015, n.1

-“Riforma delle tariffe elettriche: miglioramenti di efficienza o un altro taglio allo stato sociale?”, ApertaContrada, 2015, Aprile

- “Food security e uso della terra nell’era della globalizzazione: prezzi e speculazione”, ApertaContrada,2012, december -“The Economics of nuclear energy: what is true and what is false in the Italian debate” ApertaContrada, 2011, February

-“Environmental Quality and Income Inequality: the Impact of Redistribution on Direct Household Emission in Italy”, with A.D’Amato, M.Zoli, Rivista di Politica Economica,Special Issue, printed nov.2010, ( 2009, July-September) -“A Note on Speculation, Emission trading and Environmental Protection”, with D’Amato, Rivista di Politica Economica, 2009, April-June, -“Promesse e pericoli del federalismo: il caso dell’Italia”, ApertaContrada, 2009, dec. -“I servizi idrici in Italia e i guasti della non-scelta”, ApertaContrada, 2009, april -“Verso una politica ambientale globale: prospettive ed ambiti di intervento”, Economia dei servizi, 2008, n.3 -“An Exercise on the Optimal Use of Groundwater Resources”, with D'Amato, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2006, n.4 -“I servizi idrici in Italia oggi: si fa presto a dire regolamentazione”, L'Industria, 2004, n.3 -“Le role de l'economique souterrain en Italie et les politiques actuelles visant a la combattre“, Revue Belge de Securitè Sociale, 2003, n. 3 -“Evoluzione del progresso tecnico e impatto sulla tutela ambientale”, 2005, Silvae, n.3. -“Cosa sappiamo dell'economia sommersa in Italia al di là dei luoghi comuni? Alcune proposizioni empiricamente fondate”,with M.Bovi, Economia Pubblica, 2001, n.6. -"Tax Policy Forum: The Tax System of Italy", Tax Notes International, 1995, February -“Integrazione finanziaria e tassazione dei capitali in Italia: questioni e evidenza empirica,1982-1992", with M.Bagella, Rivista di Politica Economica, 1994, marzo. -"La tassazione dei capital gains: confronti internazionali ed effetti sul valore e volume delle azioni scambiate", Sviluppo Economico. Rivista di Teoria e Politica Economica, 1993, n. 2. -“La tassazione del reddito da capitale in Italia (1980-1990), with J.Alworth,1992, Rivista di Politica Economica, June -"Un metodo di misurazione del carico tributario complessivo sul capitale societario. Sua applicazione all'Italia", with J.S.Alworth, 1988, Economia Pubblica, n. 7/8 . OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN  EDITED VOLUMES

-“Ambiente”, Enciclopedia Italiana, IX Appendice, 2015

-“Processi di industrializzazione e urbanizzazione e loro (in)compatibilità con l’equilibrio ambientale” in La persona nelle filosofie dell’ambiente, 2012, Limina Mentis, Villasanta

- “La privatizzazione dell’acqua, della gestione o del servizio? Profili economici” in “L’acqua e la sua gestione. Un approccio interdisciplinare”,  2012, Jovene, Napoli - "Ambiente", Enciclopedia Italiana, Appendice 2005, Roma - “Un'indagine sul turismo in termini di sostenibilità, le implicazioni di policy e la realtà del Lazio”, in Belvisi (ed), Sostenibilità ambientale e sviluppo del turismo nella regione Lazio, 2005, Istituto di Studi Politici S.Pio V –- “Il ruolo del progresso tecnico nell'uso dell'ambiente e delle risorse naturali”, in Tecnologia e Società, 2001, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. - "Efficienza ed efficacia nella fornitura dei beni e servizi attraverso il bilancio pubblico nelle economie avanzate", in Avagliano Lupò M.V., (ed), L'efficienza della Pubblica Amministrazione. Misure e Parametri, 2001, Franco Angeli. - "In favore di un'area di tassazione ottima: l'area dell'Unione Europea", in L. Paganetto (ed), Tassazione, performance dell'economia ed Europa, 2000, Il Mulino/Ceis. -  in Paolo Roberti (ed), Financial Markets and Capital Income Taxation in a Global Economy, chapter "Capital Movements, Real Interest Differentials and Taxation: Theoretical Issues and Recent Developments in Italy, 1982-94", with M.Bagella, 1998, North-Holland, Amsterdam. – in L.Paganetto (ed), Lo stato sociale in Italia: quadrare il cerchio, "Fatti e misfatti dello stato sociale, ovvero come riformarlo senza danneggiare il mercato del lavoro",1998, Il Mulino. WORKING PAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

- “Sfamare il Pianeta: scomode verità dall’economia”, in Scienze e Ricerche, 2015

- “Perché il prezzo del petrolio preoccupa anche quando si riduce?, in Scienze e Ricerche, n. 4, 2015

-“Efficiency in the Use of Natural Non-renewable Resources and Environmental federalism in Italy.Evidence from Regional Management of Mining and Quarrying”, with Auci S. and Vignani D., Ceis Research Paper, n. 277, 2013

-“Does  Cutting Back of the Public Sector Improve  Efficiency? Some Evidence from 15 European Countries”, with Auci S. and Coromaldi M., Ceis Research Paper, n. 274, 2013 – “First Generation Biofuels: the Next Technological Lock-in or a Contribution to Climate Mitigation?”, with A. Castelli and A. D’Amato, paper presented at the 14th International Conference of ICABR (International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomic Research) on the Economics of Biotechnology, 2010. – “Do Lock-in Considerations Affect Environmental Policy Instruments Choice?”, with A.Castelli and A. D’Amato, paper presented at World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2010, 28 june-2 july, Montreal. - “The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism: the Case of Italy”, with Gorini , paper prepared for the CIDEI Conference: “Ex Uno Plures, Welfare without Illusion”, 2009, Rome, Italy . (forthcoming in the Proceedings) - "Un'analisi 'spaziale' del sommerso e qualche timido suggerimento di policy",Ceis-Newsletter, 2002, n.5/6 - "Environmental Protection in Italy: is there a Best Instrument?", with A. D'Amato, paper presented at the Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, 2001, Tampa,US. -"What Do We Know About the Size of the Underground Economy in Italy Beyond the 'Common Wisdom'?Some Empirically Tested Propositions",with Bovi,WPCEIS, 1999, n 120 - "Crescita sostenibile: per molti è soltanto uno slogan", Ceis-Newsletter, 1999, n.2 - "C'era una volta l'economia sommersa, ora è informale", with M.Bovi, CEIS-Newsletter, 1998, n. 3-4. - "Il sommerso: nuove stime, vecchi risultati", with M.Bovi, CEIS- Newsletter, 1997, n 4/ . - "Luoghi comuni o fondati motivi portano al federalismo?", in L’economia mondiale e l’Italia. Federalismo, fisco e governo dell’economia, 1997, CEIS. - "Alla riscoperta della penisola sommersa", with M. Bovi, 1996, CEIS- Newsletter, n. 2-3. - Directorate General Customs and Indirect Taxation, Structure des prélevements obligatoires et emploi: liens et possibilité d'intervention, chapter , "Capital Taxation vs. Labour Taxation: Is This a Viable Way to Reduce Unemployment in Europe?", 1994, European Commission.

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