His research interests are related to the subjects of Public Finance, Local Services Financing, Intergovernmental Transfers and Equalization Systems, Social Services at local level, Public Management and Local Financial Vulnerability.
His research project focuses on the development of corrective and innovative financial instruments in the local governments funding design, in a context of asymmetric shocks and hetereogeneity of local needs. The project aims to explore the possibility of introducing quality indicators in the Italian local standard expenditure needs model and of identifying the most effective stabilization funds design in terms of financial stability and risk sharing.
