Curriculum Vitae
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Email: massimo.florio@unimi.it
Web: http://www.economia.unimi.it
Office: +39 0250321510
Education and Postgraduate Studies
1989 London School of Economics, Department of Economics – Research Scholar, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Fellowship (Research Advisor, Professor Nicholas Stern)
1988 London School of Economics, Department of Economics – Research Scholar, CNR and British Council Fellowship (Research Advisor, Professors Saul Estrin and Nicholas Stern)
1978 Institut Universitaire, Luxembourg – International Course on European Economic and Social Affairs, Foreign Affairs Ministry Scholarship
1978 University of Rome – Laurea in Economia e Commercio (dissertation in Economic Policy), 110/110 cum laude. Supervisor Professor Federico Caffè
1977 Istao post-graduate school, Ancona – Master in Applied Economics, internal scholarship, Director Professor Giorgio Fuà
1975 University of Rome – Laurea in Giurisprudenza (dissertation on Optimal Taxation Theory), 110/110 cum laude. Ministry of Treasury Award for best dissertations on Economic Policy. CIRIEC Award for best dissertations on Public Economics. Supervisor, Professor Cesare Cosciani, Co-Supervisor Professor Sergio Steve.
Current Positions:
2012 – on Honorary President, and Chairman Scientific Committee, CSIL
2012 – on Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Policy Reform
2011 – on “Ad personam” Jean Monnet Chair of EU Industrial Policy
2011 – on Editorial Board, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
2011 – on Board Member, Fondazione Giorgio Fuà, Rome
2010 – on President, Nucleo di Valutazione, University of Milan
2010 – on Scientific Committee, Economia Pubblica (Franco Angeli)
2009 – on CIRIEC International, Brussels, Commission on Public Services/Public Enterprises
2009 – on Editorial Board, The Open Economics Journal (Bentham)
2008 – on Board Member, Fondazione Luoghi Comuni, Rome
2006 – on Scientific Board, Transition Studies Review (Springer)
2006 – on Fellow, Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano
1993 – on Università degli Studi di Milano – Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative methods. Formerly Assistant Professor and Associate Professor
Past Positions:
2005-2010 Università degli Studi di Milano – Head of the Department of Economics, Business and Statistics
2003-2009 Jean Monnet Chair of Economics of European Integration
2007- 2009 Board Member, UNIMITT, Centre for Technology Transfer
1980-2012 President, Scientific Committee, CSIL – Centre for Industrial Studies, Milan
University of Milan, Member of the Political Sciences Faculty coordination board
University of Milan, Faculty Board of the Master in Development Projects Analysis and Management
Visiting Positions and other Academic appointments abroad
2008 Oxford Brookes University, Promotion Committee, External advisor
2003 London School of Economics, Promotion Committee, External advisor
1999 OECD, Paris – Academic Visitor
1995 IMF, Washington – Academic Visitor
1991 University of Exeter, Department of Economics – Academic Visitor
1990 London School of Economics, STICERD – Academic Visitor
1987 University of Reading, Department of Economics – Erasmus Fellowship
1986 IIASA, Laxenburg – Visiting scholar
Current Teaching Activities
Undergraduate level: Public Finance, Cost-benefit analysis
Post graduate level: Welfare economics, EU Industrial Policy
PhD level: Theory of Public Economics
Past teaching activities
Università di Ancona – (undergraduate) Industrial Economics
Università di Urbino – (undergraduate) Economics, Public Finance
University of Pavia, Ph.D courses in Economics and in Public Finance- Theory of Public Economics
Supervision of PhD Students and of post-docs (2011 Position)
Completed PhD in Economics (current position): Elisa Borghi (University Carlo Cattaneo-LIUC), Rinaldo Brau (University of Cagliari), F. Lovecchio, Chiara Del Bo (University of Milan), Simona Grassi (University of Lausanne), Rossella Verzulli (University of York), Giovanni Perrucca (Polytechnic Milan).
Co-supervisions: Paolo Belli (University of Pavia), Alessandro Ferrara (European Commission).
Supervision of post-doc research fellows: Elisa Borghi (University of Milan), Sara Colautti (CSIL –Centre for Industrial Studies), Orietta Dessy (Bocconi University), Chiara Del Bo (University of Milan), Raffaele Doronzo (Bank of Italy), Stefania Lionetti (University of Lugano), Riccardo Puglisi (University of Pavia), Laura Delponte, Stefano Clo, Matteo Ferraris.
Selected Research and Evaluation activities in the Field of European Economic Studies (EU Institutions)
2011-2014 EIB-Universities Research Programme “The History of European infrastructure finance”
2010-2011 European Commission, DG Regional Policy “Ex post evaluation of investment projects co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or the Cohesion Fund (CF) in the period 1994-1999″
2010 European Commission, DG Regional Policy “Impact of Additionality on the Real economy”
2010 European Commission, DG Regional Policy “Ex post evaluation of cohesion policy interventions 2000-2006 financed by the Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) – Work Package C – Cost benefit analysis of environment projects
2009-2010 European Parliament, “The Inter-relationship between the Structural Funds and the Provision of Services of General Interest and Services of General Economic Interest, and the Potential for Cross-Border Service Delivery”
2008-2010 EIB-Universities Research Programme “Public Investment under Budgetary Constraints in New Member States”
2008 European Commission “Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Major Projects in the Context of EU Regional policies” (four editions) also in 1994, 1997 and 2002.
2007-2008 European Commission, DG for Energy and Transport “EVATREN (Improved decision-aid methods and tools to support evaluation of investment for transport and energy networks in Europe)”
2007-2008 European Commission EuropAid “Technical Assistance for the Development of a National Clustering Policy in Turkey”
2007 European Commission DG Ecfin “The Evaluation of the economic evaluation activities of the DC for Economic and Financial Affairs”
2006-2008 European Commission 6th Framework Programme – “Understanding Privatization Policy”
2005 Appointed expert by the EU Commission in view of the drawing of “The Community Strategic Guidelines on cohesion” (Regional development)
2005 Scientific Advisor, “Policy guidelines for regions falling under the new regional competitiveness and employment objective for the 2007 – 2013 period in the fields of the knowledge economy and the environment, in line with the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives” (2005), European Commission, DG Regional policy
2005 Member of the Steering Committee for the ex-post evaluation of the EU Cohesion Fund
2004-2006 European Commission, DG Sanco “Evaluation of 2000-2003 financial contribution to European Consumers organizations”
2004 European Commission, DG Enterprise “Ex-post evaluation of the Observatory of European SMEs”
2001-2002 Independent expert, appointed by the EC, of the technical group for the monitoring of attribution criteria of the performance reserve 4% (Italy, CSF Ob.1)
1999 Preparation of a background document for the European Parliament concerning four hundred major infrastructure projects co-financed by the EC Structural Funds;
1999 Review of Article 10 of the ERDF Regulations, European Commission
1997-98 Member of the Scientific Committee, Centre for European Evaluation Expertise, Lyon (F), MEANS Project
1994 Co-ordinating group for the three countries concerned (France, Greece, Italy) by the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes (I.M.P.), European Commission
1986-1987 Scientific coordinator of a network of 30 European experts concerning the FAST Programme “Forestry and Forest Policy”, European Commission, D.G. XII Science and Technology
Research and Advisory Activities for International Organizations (Selected Projects)
2010 World Bank, Advice on Cost-Benefit Analysis, Washington D.C.
2009 OECD- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Scientific Advisor and contributor for the book “Governing Regional Development Policies. The use of performance indicators”, Paris)
2008 World Bank, Seminars on CBA methodology, Vienna Joint Research Centre
2007 OECD- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – Scientific Advisor and Contribution to the Policy Report for the OECD on the cost effectiveness of performance indicators systems in multi level governance context
1990 OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – Environment Directorate, Advisor and contributor for the elaboration of the Italian case study on Market and Intervention Failures in Forestry Management.
1983 OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – Preparation of a report on Industrial Policy in rural areas for an OECD Intergovernmental Conference, dealing particularly with schemes for the promotion of innovation in small businesses.
Research Activities Funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (selected projects in the last ten years)
2010-2011 PRIN 2008 – The new public enterprise
2009 PUR – Governance e performance delle aziende di servizi pubblici locali
2008 PUR – La sostenibilità degli investimenti pubblici in un’ottica di integrazione europea
2007 FIRST – Analisi degli effetti delle politiche di liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico nell’Unione Europea sui prezzi al consumo
2006-2008 COFIN 2005 – Fiscal and Regulatory Challenges of the European Integration: an Agenda 2007-2013
2004-2006 COFIN 2004 – Processi di integrazione economica e nuove modalità di finanziamento delle infrastrutture e dei servizi pubblici
2006 FIRST – Analisi di benessere sociale della riorganizzazione dei servizi di interesse generale in Europa.
2005 FIRST – Analisi degli effetti della riorganizzazione dei servizi pubblici sul benessere dei consumatori in Europa
2005 FIRB – La frammentazione internazionale della produzione delle imprese italiane. Nuovi modelli organizzativi e ruolo delle tecnologie dell’informazione
2004 FIRST – Effetti distributivi dei processi di privatizzazione in prospettiva internazionale
2002 FIRST – La valutazione degli investimenti pubblici e le procedure dei Fondi Strutturali
2002 Grant by University of Milan, Azione esplorativa – Analisi costi-benefici e investimenti pubblici nell’Unione Europea
Other Research Projects (Selected)
2001 FORMEZ – Italian Ministry of Economy – Feasibility study for the national network of public investment evaluation units
1990-1994 Umbria, Italian Region – Leader of the Independent Evaluation team for the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes
1987-1990 Progetto Finalizzato IPRA (Incremento Produttività Risorse Agricole )- CNR (Italian National Research Council)
1987-1990 Italian Ministry of Budget, Italian Regional Governments; British Dept. of Transport, British Dept. of Health, Home Office; U.S. Federal Government, General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Special Federal Agencies; World Bank – Comparative research on the practical experience with Cost-Benefit Analysis in different countries and international organizations
1985-1987 Economic impact of green-field large firms on local development, particularly in the Mezzogiorno (ISTAO)
1981-1987 Ministry of Agriculture, the CNR (Italian National Research Council) and IIASA (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) – Research on the econometric modelling of specific industries
Presentations in conferences and seminars (selected)
APPAM Conference (Boston), Charles University (Prague), Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (Istanbul), EARIE (Lausanne), EC Evaluation Conferences (Budapest, Edinburgh, Madrid, Warsaw), EC delegation (Croatia), EC delegation (Romania), European Commission (Brussels), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London), European Economic Association, European Investment Bank, Ecole Normale Superieur (Paris), FEMB (Helsinki), FAO (Rome), FORBA (Vienna), Georgetown University (Washington DC), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna), International Institute of Public Finance (Moscow), International Monetary Fund (Washington DC), IUFRO (Lubjana), LMU Munich, London School of Economics, OECD (Paris), Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Politecnico of Milan, Scuola Superiore “Enrico Mattei” (Milan), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (Pavia), University of Ancona, University of Bilbao, University Bocconi – Milan, University of Cambridge, University of Cantabria, Cornell University (Rome), University of Florence, University of Lancaster, University of Modena, University of Milan, New York University, University of Padova, University of Parma, University of Pavia, University of Reading, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, University S.Pio X (Rome), University “Tor Vergata”(Rome), University of Turin, University of Urbino, World Bank (Washington DC, Vienna), IADB (Washington DC).
Training and conferences on CBA and Public Investments Evaluation (selected)
- CBA School – EC Experts, Bucharest, October 2012, PDC (Projects, Development Consultants srl), Csil
- Milan Summer School, September 2012, Csil, University of Milan with the support of the European Union (Jean Monnet Chair)
- Milan Summer School, September 2011, Csil and University of Milan
- Ministry of Finance: Vilnius – July 1/2 2010
- The World Bank, Vienna, JVI, April 10-13, 2007: Course on Economic Analysis: Cost-benefit analysis for project and policy evaluation
- DG REGIO: Brussels, 16 November 2009
- Ministry of Finance: Prague, 26 October 2004
- The Italian Ministry of the Environment and Territory: Rome, 14-15 October 2004, OECD Workshop on recent developments in cost-benefit analysis
- DG REGIO: Brussels, 19 May 2004
- DG REGIO: Brussels, 4-5 December 2002 – Seminar on Cost-benefit analysis
- DG REGIO: Brussels, 6-7 November 2001 – Seminar on Cost-benefit analysis
- DG REGIO: Brussels, 13 July 2001- Seminar on Cost-Benefit Analysis
Conferences on CBA and Regional Policy (Selected)
- Sixth European Conference on Evaluation of Cohesion Policy, Warsaw, 30 November-1 December 2009: Getting incentives right: do we need ex post CBA?
- Open Days: Brussels, 7 October 2008, “Growth poles for territorial cohesion”
- Open Days 2006: Brussels, 9-12 October 2006, “Financing and evaluating PPP programmes”
- EIB Seminar on “Cost-benefit analysis in the 2007-2013 programming cycle. Rules and incentives in a multi-government setting”, Luxembourg, 18 September 2006
- Ministry of Transport: Warsaw, 18 July 2006, Twinning Project PL/2003/IB/OT/04 on “Improvement of the Managing Structures Implementing the Cohesion Fund and ERDF in the Transport Sector”, Seminar on CBA
- Open Days 2005: Brussels, 10-13 October 2005, “Working together for regional growth and jobs. Preparing the next generation of Structural Funds programmes”
- Open Days 2004: “Managing Regional Development“
- Fifth European Conference on Evaluation of The Structural Funds – Budapest, 26-27 June 2003: Cost-benefit analysis of infrastructure projects in an enlarged European Union: expected returns and incentives
- ‘Evaluation and EU Regional Policy: New Questions and New Challenges’, Aix en Provence, France 31st May and 1st June 2002: Cost Benefit analysis and project appraisal under EU Structural Funds co-financing
Current affiliations
- European Economic Association
- London School of Economics Alumni Association (life member)
- Royal Economic Society
- Società Italiana degli Economisti
- Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica
- Society for Benefit – Cost Analysis
Reviewer for the following journals (selected):
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Applied Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Comparative Economic Studies, Economia delle Fonti di Energia, Economia e Politica Industriale, Economics, Economia Pubblica, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, FinanzArchiv, Fiscal Studies, Industry and corporate change, International Journal of Public Policy, International Review of Applied Economics, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Review of Economics, L’Industria, Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Open Economics Journal, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Choice, Politica Economica, Regional Studies, Rivista di Diritto Finanziario e di Scienza delle Finanze, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi Doria, Small Business Economics, Waste Management and Research.