ISAE Reports

 

The Reports are the synthesis and the final goal of the research projects carried out by ISAE.

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The Report Introductions are available on the present website in Italian on the publication day and in English a month later (see List of English Introductions since 1999), whereas after three months from the publication the full ISAE Reports, in Italian, are available on the website (see Elenco Rapporti ISAE presentati dal 1999).

The Reports are sold directly from ISAE at the cost of 60 € for each issue; the subscription to the 6 Reports costs 360 €. All documents are send by mail. For further details see Diffusion and Sale.

 

"Forecast on the Italian Economy"

The ISAE Reports devoted to forecasts are issued twice a year and provide forecasts and macroeconomic analyses on Italy, Europe and the rest of the world. The forecasts for Italy are also broken down by geographical partitions and with reference to the Italian Administrative Regions. The ISAE macroeconomic forecasts are updated four times a year: twice when drafting the Reports, once for the drawing up of a specific Chapter in the Report “Public Finance and Redistribution”, and once in a Monthly Note.

What follows is a detailed list of the persons who took part in the presentation of those Report on the ISAE premises. 

Please note that all the indicated roles and affiliations refer to the year of Report publication.

July 22, 1999 

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Giuliano Amato, Minister of the Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning; Beniamino Andreatta, Senator of the Italian Republic; Innocenzo Cipolletta, Director-General of Confindustria; Ignazio Visco, OECD Chief Economist.

January 28, 2000

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, President of  OFCE; Franco Modigliani, Professor Emeritus at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology; Paolo Onofri, Economic Advisor of the Minister of Treasury; Cesare Romiti, President of R.C.S. Editori; Carlo Scognamiglio, Senator of the Italian Republic.

July 20, 2000

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Alberto Alesina, Professor of Economics at the Harvard University; Antonio Marzano, Economic Advisor of the Italian Party Forza Italia; Antonio Enrico Morando, Economic Advisor of the Italian Party Democratici di Sinistra; Angelo Tantazzi, President of Prometeia.

January 31, 2001

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Mario Baldassarri, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Salvatore Biasco, President of the Parliamentary Commission on Tax Reform; Daniel Gros, Research Director of CEPS; Antonio Pedone, President of Crediop.

July 18, 2001

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Onorato Castellino, Professor of Economics at the University of Turin; Paolo Onofri, Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna; Lucio Pench, Head of the Unit on Spain, Ireland and Italy at the DG Economic and Financial Affaires of the European Commission; Vito Tanzi, Undersecretary, Ministry of  Economics and Finance.

January 31, 2002

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Pierluigi Bersani, Economic Advisor of the Italian Party Democratici di Sinistra; Pia Saraceno, Senior Economist at REF IRS; Giuseppe Vegas, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economics and Finance.

July 18, 2002

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Pierluigi Ciocca, Deputy Director-General of the Bank of Italy; Giorgio La Malfa, President of the Parliamentary Commission on Financial Affairs; Andrea Monorchio, Professor Emeritus at the University of Siena.

January 30, 2003

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Giampaolo Galli, Chief Economist, Confindustria; Salvatore Rossi, Head of  Research Department, Bank of Italy; Ivo Tarolli, Vice-President of the Italian Party UDC and Senator of the Italian Republic; Giacomo Vaciago, Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Milan.

July 24, 2003

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Mario Baldassarri, Vice Minister of Economics and Finance; Jacques Le Cacheux, Director of the Research Department of OFCE; Paolo Onofri, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Bologna; Lucio Pench, Head of the Unit on Spain, Ireland and Italy at the DG Economic and Financial Affaires of the European Commission.

February 5, 2004

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Innocenzo Cipolletta, President of  UBS Corporate Finance Italia Spa; Lorenzo Codogno, Co-Director of the Economic Analysis Department for Europe, Bank of America; Carlo Dell'Aringa, Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Milan  and Extraordinary Commissioner at ISFOL; Beniamino Quintieri, President of ICE.

July 22, 2004

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Luigi Buttiglione, Chief Economist, Rubicon Fund Management; Paolo Garonna, Director of the Research Department, Confindustria; Gustavo Piga, Professor of Economics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"; Pia Saraceno, Managing Director of Ricerche per l'Economia e la Finanza.

February 2, 2005

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Aris Accornero, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Sociology, University of Rome “la Sapienza”; Mario Baldassarri, Vice Minister of Economics and Finance; Innocenzo Cipolletta, President of UBS Corporate Finance Italia S.p.A. – President of  Il Sole 24 Ore; Vincenzo Guzzo, Senior European Economist, Morgan Stanley; Paolo Onofri, Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna.

July 28, 2005

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Lorenzo Codogno, Co-Head of European Economics at Bank of America; Paolo Garonna, Director of the Confindustria Research Department; Giorgio La Malfa, Minjster for European Affairs.

February 16, 2006

Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Sergio de Nardis, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Italian and International Macroeconomics and Economic Policy”. Discussants: Andrea Gavosto, Telecom Italia; Vincenzo Guzzo, Morgan Stanley & Co. Limited; Stefano Manzocchi, University of Perugia.

 

"Setting National Priorities"

The Report draws inspiration from Setting National Priorities published by the Brookings Institution of Washington, D.C. Each Report tackles specific topics of public regulation: from the effectiveness of civil justice to the liberalistaion process of public utilities, from the constraints to the growth of small firms to the productivity of the General Government.

What follows is a detailed list of the persons who took part in the presentation of those Report on the ISAE premises. 

April 19, 2000

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Fabio Gobbo, Professor of Industrial Economics at the University of Rome “Luiss - Guido Carli”; Michele Salvati, Professor of Economics at the University of Milan; Giulio Tremonti, Professor of Tax Law at the University of Pavia; Giacomo Vaciago, Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Milan.

April 12, 2001

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Francesco Giavazzi, Pro-rector at the University of Milan “Luigi Bocconi”; Pietro Ichino, Professor of Labour Law at the University of Milan; Enrico Letta, Minister of Industry; Alessandro Petretto, President of the Parliamentary Commission on Public Expenditure.

April 11, 2002

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Marco Causi, Responsabile for the Economic, Financial and Busget Policies of the Municipalità of Rome; Maurizio Sacconi, Undersecretary, Minister of Labour and Social Policies; Tiziano Treu, Senator of the Italian Republic; Giuseppe Vegas, Undersecretary, Minister of Economics and Finance.

June 19, 2003

Opening and final adresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and Economics in the General Government”. Discussants: Giovanni Ferri, Professor of Economics at the University of Bari; Pietro Garibaldi, Professor of Economics a the University of Milan “Luigi Bocconi”; Franco Osculati, Professor of Finance at the University of Pavia; Lorenzo Stanghellini, Professor of Industrial Law at the University of Florence.

April 22, 2004

Opening and final adresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and Economics in the General Government”. Discussants: Adriano De Maio, Rector, University of Rome “Luiss – Guido Carli”; Renato Giannetti, Professor of Economic History at the University of Florence; Gian Maria Gros Pietro, Director of the Department of Economics and Managing at the University of Rome “Luiss – Guido carli”; Gianfranco Viesti, Professor of Economics at the University of Bari.

December 6, 2005

Opening and final adresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Presented by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and Economics in the General Government”. Discussants: Aris Accornero, University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Giorgia Giovannetti, University of Florence and ICE; Francesco Vella, University of Bologna.

 

"Public Finance and Redistribution"

The Report “Public Finance and Redistribution” is devoted to the structural analysis of topics related to income distribution and to the public intervention in the social area and to the study of the redistributive impact of public finance provisions. The economic policy provisions are investigated with the help of intra-generational micro-simulation models on households and firms and inter-generational accounts for individuals and households.

What follows is a detailed list of the persons who took part in the presentation of those Report on the ISAE premises. 

October 28, 1999

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Pierre Carniti, former President of the Parliamentary Commission on Poverty; Massimo Livi Bacci, Professor of  Demography at the University of Florence; Vito Tanzi, Director of the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department; Vincenzo Visco, Minister of Finance.

October 26, 2000

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Paolo Bosi, Professor of Finance at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Renato Brunetta, Member of the European Parliament; Maurizio Ferrera, Professor of Public Administration at the University of Pavia.

October 25, 2001

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Guglielmo Epifani, Deputy Secretary-General of CGIL; Stefano Parisi, Director-General of Confindustria; Nicola Rossi, Professor of Economic Analysis at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; Maurizio Sacconi, Undersecretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.

October 24, 2002

Presented by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President. Discussants: Innocenzo Cipolletta, President of Gruppo Marzotto, Giancarlo Pagliarini, Member of the Italian Parliament; Laura Pennacchi, Member of the Italian Parliament; Giuseppe Vialetti, Professor of Finance at the University of Macerata. 

October 30, 2003

Presented by Stefania Gabriele, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Microeconomics and Public Finance”. Duscussants: Marcello De Cecco, Professor of Monetary Economics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Antonio Di Majo, Professor of Finance at the University of Rome “Roma Tre”; Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician of OECD; Ernesto Longobardi, Professor of Finance, University of Bari.

October 28, 2004

Presented by Stefania Gabriele, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Microeconomics and Public Finance”. Duscussants: Enrica Chiappero Martinetti, Professor of Economics at the University of Pavia; Vincenzo Patrizii, NARS Coordinator of the Ministry of Economics and Finance; Luigi Spaventa, Professor of Economics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; Giuseppe Vegas, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economics and Finance.

October 27, 2005

Presented by Stefania Gabriele, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Microeconomics and Public Finance”. Duscussants: Antonio Pedone, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”; Nicola Sartor, Università degli Studi di Verona and Leonello Tronti, Dirigente di Ricerca, ISTAT.

 

Annual Report on the State of the European Union

The Annual Report on the State of the European Union examines the process of political and economic integration of the European Union, by analysing its evolution in terms of rules and regulations, institutions, markets, economic and social policies, from an European, and not an Italian point of view.

The main subjects of first Annual Report on the State of the European Union (2001) by ISAE were: Europe after Nice, the principle of mutual recognition and the labour market in the European Union, the euro in its first years of life, tax competition vs. harmonisation in the European Union, social and cohesion policies in the European Union. The Report was diffused both in its Italian and in its English version.

The Report was presented in Rome (June 5, 2001) on the ISAE premises by the ISAE President, Prof. Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa and was discussed by Giuliano Amato, Prime Minister;  Wolfgang Hager, Senior Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies; Yves Mény, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the University Institute of Florence; Angelo Maria Petroni, Professor of Epistemology of Human Sciences at the University of Bologna. The debate was co-ordinated by James Blitz, Financial Times Correspondent in Rome.

The Report was also presented in Brussels (June 27, 2001) on the CEPS premises by the ISAE President, Prof. Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa and was discussed by Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for Community Policies; Charles Grant, Director of the CER; Daniel Gros, Director of CEPS; Jean Pisani-Ferry, President of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique delegated by Prime Minister Jospin; Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission. 

The main topics of the second Annual Report on the State of the European Union (2002) were: the citizens’ representation in Community institutions, competition policies, health care and population ageing, the co-ordination of budget policies, intervention in favour of social inclusion, the effects of the EU enlargement to Central-Eastern European countries.

The Report was presented in Rome (June 6, 2002) on the ISAE premises by the ISAE President, Prof. Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa and was discussed by Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for Community Policies; Benedetto Della Vedova, Member of the European Parliament; Andrea Manzella, Senator of the Italian Republic; Vincenzo Visco, Member of the Italian Parliament.

The first two Reports (years 2001 and 2002) were published by Il Mulino  and are sold in book-shops at 21 euros. Requests may also be sent to ISAE (see also Diffusion and Sale).

On December 19, 2002, the second Report on the State of the European Union – in its modified and abridged version published by Il Mulino -  was also presented at the Sala del Cenacolo in Rome by the editor Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, ISAE President, together with Giuliano Amato, Vice President of the European Commission; Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for Community Policies; Vittorio Grilli, General State Accountant and Enrico Letta, Member of the Italian Parliament.

The main topics of the third Annual Report on the State of the European Union (2003) were: a first evaluation of the European Convention, the European Union and religious confessions, Europe in the euro appreciation phase, fiscal policy rules in the European Union (their effectiveness,  shortcomings and draft reforms), the quality of public expenditure in the European Union, the European Union and environmental policies.

The Report was presented in Rome (July 10, 2003) on the ISAE premises by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and economics in the General Government”. The opening and final addresses were held by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Discussants: Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for Community Policies; Monica Frassoni, Member of the European Parliament; Giorgio Ruffolo, Member of the European Parliament and Giacomo Vaciago, Full Professor of Economic Policy at the Catholic University of Milan.

The main topics of the fourth Annual Report on the State of the European Union (2004) were: the approval of the European Constitution, the European Union budget and its multi-annual financial prospects, public finances in the enlarged Union, security and common defence policies, the eight new entrants of the Central-Eastern Europe, the spreading  of currency disturbances through trade, pension systems and the European Union.

The Report was presented in Rome (June 24, 2004) on the ISAE premises by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and economics in the General Government”. The opening and final addresses were held by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Discussants: Luciano Bardi, Professor of International Relations and Comparative Policies at the University of Pisa; Virgilio Dastoli, Director of the Italian Representative of the European Commission; Mario Greco, President of the 14th Commission on the EU Policies of the Senate of the Italian Republic; Stefano Silvestri, President of IAI.

The topics dealt with in the fifth Report on the State of the European Union (2005) were: EU budget governance; public procurement  in the European Union; economic cycle, competitiveness and international finance during the euro appreciation phase; public finances in the European Union and reform of the Stability and Growth Pact; Union enlargement to the Balkans; reform of the local public service network in the European Union.

The presentation took place in Rome on July 14, 2005 on the ISAE premises.

The proceedings were opened and closed by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President.

The Report was presented by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit "Law and Economics in the General Government".

Discussants: Giancarlo Corsetti, Pierre Werner Chair, European University Institute of Florence and Professor of Economics, University of Rome "Roma Tre"; Gustavo Piga, Professor of Economics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"; Fabio Sdogati, Professor of International Economics, Polytechnic of Milan; Valeria Termini, Professor of Economics, Advanced School of Public Administration of Rome and University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

 

Annual Report on Federalism

Since 2002, ISAE has been devoting an Annual Report to the federalism-linked topics. The Annual Report on Federalism (usually published in February) provides evaluations and unprecedented data on the new Constitutional scheme drawing inspiration from federalism.

The first Annual Report on Federalism (2003) was presented in Rome (February 6, 2003) on the ISAE premises by the ISAE President, Prof. Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa and was discussed by Vincenzo Cerulli Irelli, Professor of Administratrive Law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Domenico Fisichella, Vice President of the Senate of the Italian Republic; Dino Piero Giarda, Professor of Finance at the Catholic University of Milan; Giuseppe Vegas, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economics and Finance.

The second Annual Report on Federalism (2004) was presented in Rome (February 19, 2004) on the ISAE premises by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and Economics in the General Government”. Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Discussants: Massimo Bordignon, Professor of Finance at the Catholic University of Milan; Romano Colozzi, Co-ordinator for  Financial Affairs at the Conference of the Presidents of Italian Administrative Regions and Autonomous Provinces; Daniele Franco, Director of the Public Finance Department, Bank of Italy.

The third Annual Report on Federalism (2005) was presented in Rome (February 24, 2005) on the ISAE premises by Efisio Espa, Director of the ISAE Operational Unit “Law and economics in the General Government”. Opening and final addresses by Alberto Majocchi, ISAE President. Discussants: Carlo Buratti, Professor of Finance at the Univesity of Padua; Mauro Maré, Professor of Finance at the University of  of Tuscia, Viterbo; Antonio Pedone, professor of Finance at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Giusepe Vitaletti, President of the High Study Commission for the Definition of Structural Mechanisms of Tax Federalism.

 

Excerpts from the ISAE Reports

Owing to the interest raised by the topics dealt with in the ISAE Reports, the Excerpt Series from the ISAE Reports was inaugurated in October 2001 with the idea of gathering in small volumes some of the Chapters of  the ISAE Reports “Setting National Priorities”, “Public Finance and Redistribution”, and from the Reports on the State of the European Union and on federalism.

The excerpts are fully available on the ISAE website three months after the Report publication,  but they can also be requested in hardcopy  (see marketing).

 

Excerpts from the ISAE Reports

 

 

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