Role
Full Professor of Public Finance at the University of Brescia, former President of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP).
Bio
Rosella Levaggi earned a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Genoa, followed by a Master's in Social Sciences and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of York. Before becoming a professor in Italy, she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Research in Social Sciences at the University of York and at the University of Salford, returning to Italy in 1992 as a researcher in Genoa. Since 2000, she has taught Public Finance at the University of Brescia, where she is a Full Professor. From 2021 to 2024, she served as President of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP).
His research focuses on health and public economics, particularly examining the mechanisms of hospital competition, the effects of fiscal federalism in healthcare, and the dynamics of the pharmaceutical market. He also studies drug price regulation, the determinants of tax evasion and its links to corruption, and tax competition, and has published extensively in international journals.