Francesca Sala
Curriculum Vitae
March, 2007
Office address
Personal
Istituto di Economia Politica
Università Bocconi
Via Gobbi, 5
20136 Milano, Italy
Born on November 3, 1974, in Milano, Italy
Married
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: www.econpubblica.unibocconi.it/sala
Academic experience
Sep 2004 – present
Università Bocconi (Italy), Department of Economics
Lecturer
• Courses in Public Economics and Regulation, undergraduate and graduate.
Research Fellow at Econpubblica, Centre for Research on the Public Sector
Jan 2007 – Jun 2007
London Business School (UK), Department of Economics
Visiting Research Fellow
Jan 2006 – Sep 2006
City University London (UK), Department of Economics
Visiting Research Fellow at CCRP – Centre for Competition and Regulatory
Policy
Jun 2001 – Oct 2001
European University Institute (Italy), Department of Economics
Research Assistant to Prof. Massimo Motta
• Collusion, cartels and leniency programs.
Nov 1999 – Jul 2000
Università Bocconi (Italy), Department of Economics
Teaching Assistant
• Courses in Public Economics, undergraduate.
Professional experience
Jan 2005 – Jun 2006
REF – Ricerche per l’economia e la finanza (Italy)
Consultant in the joint project by REF and IEFE Università Bocconi:
“Incentives to invest in electricity transmission capacity: assessment for the
Italian transmission grid”.
Nov 2001 – Jul 2004
REF – Ricerche per l’economia e la finanza (Italy)
Consultant
• Regulation of networks and infrastructures, and wholesale and retail
market design in both the electricity and gas sectors.
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• Co-ordination of REF’s 2002 and 2003 Annual Reports on developments
and prospects in the electricity and gas sectors.
Jul 2002 – Nov 2002
AEEG – Autorità per l’energia elettrica e il gas (Italy)
Consultant in the project: “The effects of liberalisation on electricity wholesale
prices and final tariffs in Norway, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and
Spain”.
Education
Oct 2002 – Feb 2007
Università di Pavia (Italy), Department of Public Economics
Ph.D. in Economics and Public Finance
• Dissertation title: Strategic behaviour, rules and welfare with merchant
transmission investments
• Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Scarpa
Jul 2002
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), Department of Economics
Summer School on Antitrust and Regulation
• Antitrust: Prof. Massimo Motta
• Regulation: Prof. Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.
Sep 2000 – Dec 2001
European University Institute (Italy), Department of Economics
M.A. in Economics
• GPA: A• Dissertation title: Incentives to innovate in network industries
• Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Motta
Sep 1994 – Oct 1999
Università Bocconi (Italy)
B.A. (Laurea) in Economics and Social Sciences (DES)
• Score: 110 out of 110 with honours
• Dissertation title: Wealth distribution: an application to Italy
• Supervisors: Prof. Roberto Artoni and Prof. Conchita D’Ambrosio
Research interests
• Industrial Organisation
• Competition Policy
• Regulation
• Energy sectors
Publications
2005
“Hungary”, in Bernardi L., M. Chandler and L. Gandullia (eds.), Tax Systems
and Tax Reforms in New EU Member States, Routledge, 2005.
2003
Energy 2003 – REF Report on the market and regulation (Italian original),
Ricerche per l’Economia e la Finanza, ed. 2003 (co-ordination and chapters 6,
7, 9; paragraphs 10.1-10.4).
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2002
2002 Energy Report – The energy market: state of liberalisation and
perspectives (Italian original), Ricerche per l’Economia e la Finanza, ed. 2002
(co-ordination and paragraphs 2.3, 2.4, 3.4).
2002
“Towards a revision of the role of the Energy Regulator: what are the
problems?” (Italian original), joint with Claudia Checchi, Economia e Politica
Industriale, n.114, 2002.
2001 – 2004
Newsletter Osservatorio Energia (Italian original), monthly, Ricerche per
l’Economia e la Finanza, 2001-2004 (editorial staff).
Working Papers
2007
“Policy issues and international regulations for merchant transmission
investments”, March 2007.
2007
“Strategic investments in merchant transmission capacity and must-offer
rule”, joint with Federico Boffa, January 2007.
2004
“Tax policy in New EU Members: Hungary”, WP Siep n.306, Pavia, February
2004.
2002
“Flexibility mechanisms in the gas market: trading on system and storage
services” (Italian original), joint with Giusi Squicciarini, Quaderni REF n.10,
Ricerche per l’Economia e la Finanza, 2002.
Seminars and conferences
Mar 2007
SP-SP Public-Private Sector Research Center, IESE Business School, Spain.
“Strategic investments in merchant transmission capacity and must-offer
rule” (joint with Federico Boffa).
Jul 2006
CCRP Workshop, City University London, UK.
“Strategic investments in merchant transmission capacity and must-offer
rule” (joint with Federico Boffa).
Nov 2003
MEP – Master in Public Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy.
“The regulation of electricity tariffs in Italy”.
Mar 2003
CEER – Council of European Energy Regulators, AEEG, Italy.
“The effects of liberalisation on electricity wholesale prices and final tariffs in
Norway, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain”.
Jan 2003
Confindustria Workshop, Italy.
“Critical issues in the upstream of the gas sector”.
Jun 2002
REF Conference, Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Italy.
“The role of wholesalers in the Italian electricity market”.
Language skills
• Italian: mother tongue.
• English: fluent, written and verbal.
• French: good, written and verbal.
• Spanish: good, written and verbal.
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References
Prof. Carlo Scarpa
Department of Economics
Università di Brescia
Via S. Faustino, 74b
25122 Brescia, Italy
Tel +39 030 2988833
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Pierpaolo Battigalli
Istituto di Economia Politica and IGIER
Università Bocconi
Via Salasco, 5
20136 Milano, Italy
Tel +39 02 58365402
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Massimo Motta
Department of Economics
European University Institute
Villa San Paolo, Via della Piazzuola, 43
50133 Firenze, Italy
Tel +39 055 4685919
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Chiara Fumagalli
Istituto di Economia Politica
Università Bocconi
Via Gobbi, 5
20136 Milano, Italy
Tel +39 02 58365311
E-mail: [email protected]
