Director

Massimo Bordignon gained a first degree in Philosophy at the University of Florence; he then moved to the UK to attend post-graduate studies in Economics (MA, Essex; PhD, Warwick). His research interests are mainly concentrated on Public Economics and Political Economics. The author of several books, he has published extensively in many national and international scientific journals and served as associated editor for several international journals. He was President of the Italian Society of Public Economists, member of the Advisory Scientific Committee of IFO and of the Managing Committee of the International Institute of Public Finance. He taught at Birmingham University, Bergamo, Brescia, and Venezia, and as visiting professor in several foreign universities in the US, Germany, Sweden, China and at the College of Europe in Belgium, where he was also visiting fellow at Bruegel. Currently, he is full professor of Public Economics at the Catholic University of Milano, where he also chaired the Department of Economics and Finance and acted as vice-president of the Osservatorio dei Conti Pubblici of the same university. He is currently director of Cifrel, the Interuniversity Research Center on Local and Regional Finance. He worked as a consultant for several national and international institutions, including the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF and the European Commission, as a member of the European Fiscal Board. He also acted as a member of several technical commissions within the Italian Government, including as economic consultant for the Draghi government. He often writes on the Italian press, and he is a founder and board member of www.lavoce.info.

Director: Prof. Massimo Bordignon
Via Necchi, 5 – 20123 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39 02 7234 2694
Mail: massimo.bordignon@unicatt.it