- Milano
- Department of Economics and Finance
Department of Economics and Finance
Director: Prof. Luca Vittorio Angelo Colombo
The Department
The Department of Economics and Finance (DEF) was established in 2013 with the goal of fostering high quality research with a relevant policy impact, promoting participation to the international academic community and providing a rich intellectual environment for both scholars and students. Members of DEF publish on leading economic journals and are active in a number of research fields including: microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, labour and education economics, public finance, monetary economics, development economics, industrial economics.
Department members include columnists of major financial newspapers and advisors for the Italian government both at the national and regional level. They also have experience as members of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Fiscal Board.
Economic capsules: NEET
NEET: “Not in Education, Employment or Training” is a term used to describe young people who are not employed, do not study and are not following training courses. Italy holds a sad record in Europe for the number of young NEETs…
Featured research
Parodi, F. “Taxation of Consumption and Labor Income: a Quantitative Approach”, forthcoming at AEJ: Macroeconomics.
The uniform commodity taxation theorem by Atkinson and Stiglitz (1976), one of the most influential results in Public Economics, implies that dfferentiated consumption tax rates are not needed if an optimal non linear income tax is in place...
ERC Starting grant
Professor Lucia Corno received a prestigious ERC Starting grant to develop a project on Harmful Traditions, Women Empowerment and Development.
Hear more on the project from Lucia’s voice.
Contacts
Via Necchi, 5
20123 MILANO
Tel.: 0039.02.7234.2976
Fax: 0039.02.7234.2781
Email: dip.economiaefinanza@unicatt.it
Department Administrative Office:
Via Necchi, 5 (II floor - room. 209)