Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s) SILVIA FEDELI
Address(es) Sapienza - University of Rome,
Faculty of Economics
Department of Economics and Law
Via del Castro Laurenziano, 9
00161 Roma, Italy
Telephone(s) +39-06-49766399
E-mail silvia.fedeli@uniroma1.it
Nationality ITALIAN
Languages Italian, mother tongue; English: advanced (European Framework: C2)
Research interests/areas of expertise
* Public finance;
* Ecomic crimes;
* Analysis of tax evasion;
* Theory of bureaucracy;
* Parliamentary lobbying regulation and interest groups;
* Regulation and procurement of monopoly firms;
* Labour market and monopoly union models;
* Game theory and constitutional choices;
* Analysis of electoral systems, with application to Italy and the European Union;
* Public co-financing of private investments and corruption;
* Analysis of the impact of ageing population on the EU pension systems;
* Local public finance.
Professional affiliation
Member, Public Choice Society
Member, European Public Choice Society
Member, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica
Member, International Institute of Public Finance
Work experience
Current position Full Professor of Public Finance.
Sapienza - University of Rome,
Faculty of Economics
Department of Economics and Law
Since 2020 Director of the M.Sc. in Public Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.
2020-2022 Member of the Commission for Scientific Reasearch (Commissione Ricerca di Ateneo). Sapienza University of Rome.
2015-2021 Senior research fellow of the Sapienza School for Advanced Studies (SSAS)
2013-2019 Head of the Department of Economics and Law.
Since 2018 Associate Editor of Southern Economic Journal – Wiley
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice – Bristol University Press
Since 2016 Member of the Board of studies for the M.Sc. in Economics of Money, Credit and Finance, Sapienza University of Rome
Since 2015 Member of the Steering Committee for the Doctoral Programme in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
2012-2016 President of the Undergraduate course of studies in Economics
Since 2006 Member of the Board of Studies of the M.Sc. in Public Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.
Since 2002 Full Professor of Public Finance, Sapienza University of Rome.
2000-2002 Associate Professor of Public Finance, Sapienza - University of Rome,
1995-2000 Researcher, Sapienza - University of Rome.
Main consultancy and advisory roles
2019 Principal investigator for the research project financed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on “Analisi dell'impatto economico delle Olimpiadi e Paralimpiadi Invernali Milano-Cortina 2026”
2017 Member of the working group of the research project on “Valutazione dell’impatto economico e sociale dello Stadio della Roma”.
Member of the working group of the research project on “L’indotto del Giubileo straordinario della misericordia. Analisi di impatto economico”.
2014 2017 Member of the working group on the evaluation of Economics Reviews and Books, appointed by ANVUR (National Authority for the evaluation of the University and Reasearch).
2013-2014 Lead scorer for the project TECO (Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes), appointed by ANVUR (National Authority for the evaluation of the University and Reasearch).
2012-2014 Member for the Evaluation Committee, National competition for promotions to Associate and Full Professorship in Public Economics and Public Finance (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale), appointed by the Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2011-2012: Institutional Coordinator for the Faculty of Economics of the OECD-AHELO (Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcome) Project.
2006-2009 Member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP).
2003-2006 Economic Advisor at ANCI-CNC (National Association of Italian Municipalities), Working Group on Local tax policies.
1999-2000 Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Treasury, Working Group on The Implications of Ageing Populations, Department of General Affairs .
Education and training
1998 D.Phil. In Economics, University of York, UK.
1994 Master of Science in Economics - University of York, UK
1990 Junior reseach fellow of the School for Parliamentary studies "Silvano Tosi”, sponsored by the Italian Parliament at the University of Florence, Italy.
1988 First degree in Economics - University of Florence, Italy.
Scholarships
1993-1994 a.y. Hellis Hunter Fellowship University of York, UK
1992-1993 a.y. Ente Luigi Einaudi scholarship - Roma
1990/91-1992/93 a.y. Fondazione Luigi Einaudi scholarship - Torino
1990 Silvano Tosi Scolarship, sponsored by the Italian Parliament
1988 Scholarship sponsored by St. Clare’s College - Oxford.
Main Awards
Principal Investigator/Coordinator of the following research projects:
2020 “Costruire la fiducia tra Amministrazioni e cittadini: chiarezza comunicativa, coerenza della policy e prevenzione dei crimini economici “,research project financed by the SNA (Scuola Nazionale dell’amministrazione – Presidenza del consiglio dei ministri)
2018 “Supporto per lo sviluppo di metodologie sistemiche di analisi dei costi per la determinazione di tariffe delle prestazioni specialistica ambulatoriale e protesica”, project awarded by the Ministry of Health
2014 “Preservation, conservation and valorization of archaeological sites”, awarded by Sapienza
2013 "Theoretical and empirical approaches to tax evasion and trade in counterfeit products", awarded by Sapienza
2010 "International Vat Frauds: Theoretical Models and Institutional Approaches", awarded by Sapienza
2007 "Evasione dell'iva negli scambi internazionali: modelli teorici e approcci istituzionali ", PRIN 2007
2003 "Leggi elettorali, potere di voto, istituzioni del bilancio pubblico, rendite fiscali e partiti. Il caso italiano nella seconda meta del XX secolo", project awarded by MIUR [Ministry of University and Scientific Research].