CURRICULUM VITAE OF GIORGIO BELLETTINI PERSONAL DATA Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, P.zza Scaravilli, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy E-mail: giorgio.bellettini@unibo.it EDUCATION 1995 Ph.D in Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Dissertation: "Three Essays on the Political Economy of Redistribution" Adviser: José-Victor Rios-Rull 1992 M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania 1988 Laurea in Economics, University of Bologna, magna cum laude CURRENT POSITION Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. 2015 Head of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna. AFFILIATIONS Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Political Economy, Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1996- University of Bologna, Courses: Political Economy in Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics 2001 Université Paris1, Course: Economics of European Integration 2001 School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Course: Macroeconomic Theory 1999 University of Bologna, Master in International Affairs, Course: International Monetary Economics
OTHER EXPERIENCES 2012 Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan 2011 Visiting Scholar, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin 2011 Visiting Professor, Université Cergy-Pontoise, Paris 2008 Academic Guest, Center for Fiscal Policies, EPFL, Université de Lausanne 2005 Visiting Scholar, CES, Munich 2002 Visiting Professor, Université d Evry, Paris 2001 Visiting Scholar, EUREQUA, Paris HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS 1990 Paolo Baffi Fellowship, Istituto Mobiliare Italiano 1989 Ente Luigi Einaudi Fellowship, Rome, Italy PUBLICATIONS Articles in international journals Intergenerational altruism and house prices: evidence from bequest tax reforms in Italy, (with Filippo Taddei and Giulio Zanella), 2017, European Economic Review, 92, 1-12. Neighborhood heterogeneity and electoral turnout, (with Chiara Monfardini and Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2016, Electoral Studies, 42, 146-156. Knowing the right person in the right place: political connections and resistance to change, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2014, Journal of European Economic Association, 12(3), 641-671. Bequest taxes, donations and house prices, (with Filippo Taddei and Giulio Zanella), 2013, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions), 13(1), 355-379. Political persistence and economic growth, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2013, European Journal of Political Economy, 31, 165-179. Why not in your backyard? On the location and size of a public facility, (with Hubert Kempf), 2013, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 43, 22-30.
Persistence of politicians and firms innovation, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), 2013, Economic Inquiry, 51(4), 2056-2070. Can unions hurt workers? A positive analysis of immigration policy, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2008, Economics and Politics, 20(1), 106-124. Immigration policy, self-selection, and the quality of immigrants, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2007, Review of International Economics, 15(5), 869-877. Income Distribution, Borrowing Constraints and Redistributive Policies, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2007, European Economic Review, 51(3), 625-645. Special Interests and Technological Change, (with Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2005, Review of Economic Studies, 72, 43-56. Reprinted in The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship, volume II, M. Henrekson and R. Douhan eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2008. Child labor and resistance to change, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2005, Economica, 72, 397-411. Compulsory Schooling Laws and the Cure for Child Labour, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2004, Bulletin of Economic Research, 56(3), 227-239. Financial Liberalization, Property Rights and Growth in an Overlapping- Generations Model, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2000, Review of International Economics, 8(2), 348-359. Social Security Expenditure and Economic Growth: an Empirical Assessment, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2000, Research in Economics, 54(3), 249-275. Is Social Security Really Bad for Growth?, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 1999, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2, 796-819. Aggregate Uncertainty, Political Instability and Income Redistribution, 1998, European Journal of Political Economy, 14(1), pp.19-33. Redistribution and Growth in a Two-Party System, 1996, Economic Notes, 25(2), pp.207-224. "Unificazione del doppio mercato dei cambi", Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 1989. Working papers Politicians' Coherence and Government Debt, 2016, (with Paolo Roberti). Working Paper DSE N 1087. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2881436
Socio-Economic Heterogeneity and Electoral Turnout: An Aggregate Analysis with Precinct-Level Data, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Chiara Monfardini), CESifo Working Paper No. 4999, September 2014. Persistence of High Income Inequality and Banking Crises: 1980-2010, (with Flavio Delbono), CESifo Working Paper no. 4293, June 2013. Persistence of Politicians and Firms' Innovation, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), Working Paper no. 721, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Real estate prices and the importance of bequest taxation, (with Filippo Taddei), CESifo Working Paper no. 2577, March 2009. Political persistence, connections and economic growth, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Giovanni Prarolo), CESifo Working Paper no. 2553, February 2009. If not in your backyard, where then? On the location and size of a public facility, (with Hubert Kempf), CESifo Working Paper no. 2248, March 2008. When the Union Hurts the Workers: A Positive Analysis of Immigration Policy, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2005, CESifo Working Paper n. 1421. Opening the Borders: Immigration Policy, Migrants Selection and Human Capital Accumulation, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2003, Working Paper n. 473, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Bologna. Child labor and resistance to change, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni and Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2003, Nota di Lavoro 79. 2003, Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei. Special Interests and Technological Change, (with Gianmarco Ottaviano), 2003, Nota di Lavoro 59. 2003, Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei. Compulsory Schooling Laws and the Cure Against Child Labor, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 2000, Working Paper no. 394, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Income Distribution, Borrowing Constraints and Redistributive Policies, (with Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 1999, Working Paper no. 359, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Schooling Time Decisions in Closed and Open Economies, (with Giorgio Basevi and Carlotta Berti Ceroni), 1998, Working Paper no. 341, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
OTHER ACTIVITIES Refereeing: Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Economy, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour, Oxford Economic Papers, Research in Economics, Review of International Economics.