Curriculum Vitae

Alessia Russo · Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua · Via del Santo 33, 35123 Padua · [email protected]

Research fields: Macroeconomics, Political Economy, and Public Finance

Career break: Maternity leave from June 2016 to January 2017

Current positions

  • 2025–Full ProfessorDepartment of Economics and Management (DSEA), University of Padua
  • 2022–Research FellowInterdepartmental Research Center on Public Economics (CRIEP), Padua
  • 2019–Research AffiliateCentre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London

Previous positions

  • 2023–2025Associate ProfessorDepartment of Economics and Management (DSEA), University of Padua
  • 2021–2023Assistant Professor (RTDb)Department of Economics and Management (DSEA), University of Padua
  • 2017–2021Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo
  • 2012–2016Post-DocDepartment of Economics, University of Oslo

Education

  • 2011Ph.D. in EconomicsUniversity of Bologna
  • 2008M.Sc. in Economic Theory and EconometricsToulouse School of Economics, France
  • 2006M.A. in EconomicsUniversity of Florence

Publications in refereed journals

  1. “Intergenerational Insurance”, with Francesco Lancia and Tim Worrall. Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132(10): 3500–3544.
  2. “Prices vs. Quantities for Self-Enforcing Agreements”, with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, 111: 1–22.
  3. “Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Investments: Evidence from the US”, with Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12(3): 76–106.
  4. “Compliance Technology and Self-Enforcing Agreements”, with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(1): 1–29. Lead article.
  5. “Sustaining Cooperation through Strategic Self-Interested Actions”, with Francesco Lancia. B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2): 1–11. Lead article.
  6. “Public Education and Pensions in Democracy: A Political Economy Theory”, with Francesco Lancia. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14(5): 1038–1073.

Working papers and work in progress

  1. “Households’ Macroeconomic Beliefs: The Role of Education”, with Eleonora Granziera, Jessica Piccolo, and Efrem Castelnuovo. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 21641, CEPR Press, Paris & London, 2026.
  2. “Sustainable Social Security”, with Sergio Cappellini, Francesco Lancia, and Tim Worrall.
  3. “Optimal Public Debt under Political Enforcement Limits”, with Francesco Lancia and Tim Worrall.
  4. “The Dynamics of Growth and Debt: A Politico-Economic Perspective”, with Sergio Cappellini and Francesco Lancia.
  5. “Beyond the Average MPC: Who Changes, What and Why”, with Francesco Lancia, Jessica Piccolo, and Riccardo Rasoni.
  6. “Strategic Complementarities in International Environmental Agreements”, with Fabio Miessi Sanches and Jonas Werth.
  7. “Measuring Depth in International Environmental Agreements”, with Sara Dal Monaco, Shahram Dehghan Jabarabadi, Francesco Lancia, and Jonas Werth.
  8. “On the Effectiveness of Gendering Politics”, with Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics Research Paper Series No. 34-2023.

Research grants

  • 2026–2031ERC 2025 Consolidator Grant“RESTATE – REthinking the Welfare STATE under Political Constraints in a Changing World” (Project 101232064), 1,277,000 EUR, Principal Investigator
  • 2024–2026Venice Initiative on Vulnerability Analysis (VIVA) Grant“Dissecting Individual Expectations on the Macroeconomy”, 58,000 EUR, Co-Principal Investigator
  • 2023–2025Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) Grant“Challenges in the National Governance of the Environment” (PRIN/PNRR No. P2022L7T42), 299,194 EUR, Head of Local (Padua) Unit
  • 2023–2025Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) Grant“Sustainable Legacy Debt” (PRIN No. 2022KCEYML), 233,930 EUR, Principal Investigator
  • 2023–2024SID Grant, Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua“MicroMeetsMacro”, 20,000 EUR, Principal Investigator
  • 2021–2024Supporting Talent in Research@University of Padua (STARS) Consolidator Grant“Generationally Sustainable Institutions” (STARS No. 482125), 79,000 EUR, Principal Investigator
  • 2016Robert og Ella Wenzins Grant Legat“Youth, Politics and Representativeness”, 5,000 EUR, Principal Investigator, Norway
  • 2015Norges Bank Fund for Economic Research“Politicians, Redistribution and Intergenerational Conflicts”, 1,000 EUR, Principal Investigator, Norway
  • 2011–2013Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) Grant“Self-Commitment Institutions and Cooperation in Research Teams”, 10,000 EUR, Principal Investigator, Italy
  • 2012–2013Robert Solow Research FellowshipFrance (declined)

Research awards

  • 2022Marco Fanno PrizeFor the best publication by a young researcher, Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua
  • 2020BI Norwegian Business School PrizeFor the best publication by a young researcher, Department of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School
  • 2006Villa Favard Association AwardFor the best thesis in economics, University of Florence

Temporary and visiting appointments

  • Spring 2023Visiting Scholar (Academic Staff Mobility Program)Department of Economics, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 2021–2023Adjunct ProfessorDepartment of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
  • Spring 2010Visiting ScholarDepartment of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.

Research collaboration

  • 2024–Advisory Board Member“Representing the Future in an Aging Europe: The Politics of Demographic Change”, Trond Mohn Foundation Starting Grant, Principal Investigator: Jana Birke Belschner, University of Bergen, Norway
  • 2019–CEPR Research AffiliateMacroeconomics & Growth and Political Economy research groups

Supervision

  • 2025–2026Alice CarraroPre-Doc, University of Padua, Main Supervisor
  • 2025–Riccardo RasoniPh.D., University of Padua, Co-supervisor
  • 2024–Francesco PintusPh.D., University of Padua, Co-supervisor · First placement: University of Verona, Italy
  • 2024–Valentina CatapanoPh.D., University of Padua, Co-supervisor
  • 2024–Andrea CappellettiPh.D., University of Padua, Main Supervisor
  • 2022–Jonas WerthPh.D., BI Norwegian Business School, Main Supervisor
  • 2023–2026Jessica PiccoloPh.D., University of Padua, Main Supervisor · First placement: University of Bonn, Germany
  • 2022–2024Sergio CappelliniPost-Doc, University of Padua, Main Supervisor · First placement: Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • 2017–Bachelor and Master thesesBachelor theses: 30 students at the University of Padua, 12 at BI Norwegian Business School. Master theses at the University of Padua: Alice Carraro, Babak Kazemi Gharahcheh, Martina Gonzo

Invited seminars

  • 2026University of Milan Bicocca, Universidad Pública de Navarra
  • 2025Carlos III University of Madrid, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, University of Augsburg
  • 2024Luiss Business School, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • 2023CEPR WE_ARE seminar series, University of Würzburg, University of Manchester
  • 2022University of Konstanz, EIEF, University of Surrey, University of Copenhagen
  • 2021Uppsala University, NYU Abu Dhabi
  • 2020University of Warwick, London School of Economics, University of Essex
  • 2019University of Regensburg, Norges Bank, University of Amsterdam
  • 2017University of Kent
  • 2016NHH Bergen, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo Business School
  • 2015University of Edinburgh, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Cologne
  • 2014University of Innsbruck, University of Amsterdam, BI Norwegian Business School
  • 2013University of Trondheim, University of Bergen, EIEF
  • 2012University of Vienna, University of Johannesburg, University of Oslo, Université catholique de Louvain
  • 2011University of Florence, Parthenope University of Naples, University of Bologna

Conference presentations (last 10 years)

  • 2026CEPR Conference “Frontier Research on Fiscal Policy”, European University Institute, Florence; ZEW Public Finance Conference (Keynote), Mannheim; CEPR Political Economy Symposium, Lisbon; CEF Computational Economics and Finance, Venice; Sapienza Macro Days, Rome; Leuven Summer Event, Leuven
  • 2025Workshop on Macroeconomic Beliefs (Keynote), Padua; NBER Summer Institute, Macro Public Finance, Cambridge; ETH-CEPR Workshop on Democracy, Zurich; XXIV Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Ischia; Second CEPR Workshop on Fiscal Policy Modelling, Venice
  • 2024SITE: Fiscal Sustainability Session, Stanford; Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop; PRIN Workshop on “The Economics of Culture”, Modena
  • 2023Catalan Economic Society Conference, Barcelona
  • 2021Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, Macroeconomics and (Social) Insurance, Barcelona; 20th Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Marseille; European Economic Association Meeting, Copenhagen
  • 2020Workshop on Empirical Public and Political Economics, Leuven
  • 2019CEPR-ESSIM, Tarragona; Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, Rotterdam; Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop; Workshop on Microeconomic Approach to Development Economics, Canterbury
  • 2018Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, Naples; Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research Conference, Nottingham; CSEF-IGIER Symposium on Economics and Institutions, Anacapri
  • 2017NBER Summer Institute, Macro Public Finance, Cambridge; European Economic Association Meeting, Lisbon; XVII Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Faro; Samfunnsøkonomenes Forskermøte, Oslo
  • 2016FSR Climate Annual Conference, Fiesole

Teaching experience

  • 2025EAERE Summer School, Graz, AustriaGuest lecturer: “The Design of International Environmental Agreements: Drivers and Obstacles for Success” (4 hr.)
  • 2024Galilean School of Higher Studies, University of PaduaSolutions Lab: Climate from an Economic Perspective: Climate Policy Design, Paradoxes and Possible Solutions (1/2 hr.)
  • 2022–University of PaduaInstitutions of Political Economy (Department of Political Science, B.A., 25 hr., 2025–ongoing)
    Microeconomics (DSEA, B.A., 50 hr., 2022–ongoing)
    Economics of Information and Uncertainty (DSEA, B.A., 48 hr., 2022–2024)
    Macro & Fiscal Policies (DSEA, Ph.D., 10 hr., 2024)
  • 2017–2023BI Norwegian Business SchoolDecisions, Strategy and Information (Master, 42 hr., 2017–2022; Visiting Lecturer, 42 hr., 2023)
  • 2012–2015University of OsloTopics in Microeconomics (Ph.D., 30 hr., 2012–2015)
    Corporate Governance (Master, 20 hr., 2012–2014)
    Political Economy (Master, 20 hr., 2014)
    General Equilibrium and Information (Master, 20 hr., 2014–2015)
    Development Economics (Master, 10 hr., 2015)
  • 2009–2011University of BolognaAdvanced Microeconometrics (Teaching Assistant of Chiara Monfardini, Master, 2009–2010); Advanced Microeconomics (Teaching Assistant of Francesca Barigozzi, Master, 2010–2011)

Organisation of scientific meetings

  • 2026EEA-ESEM, Scientific Committee member
    RESTATE ERC Kick-off Workshop “Limited Enforcement and Risk Sharing: Theory and Applications” (Padua)
    Second Workshop on “Macro Beliefs” (Padua)
  • 2025ReStud Tour (Padua)
    Second Workshop on “Modelling Fiscal Policy” (Venice)
  • 2024First Workshop on “Modelling Fiscal Policy” (Padua)
  • 2023Workshop on “Gender and Institutions” (Venice)
  • 2022Workshop on “The Political Economy of Municipal Fiscal Policy” (Bozen)

Institutional responsibilities

  • 2025–Member of the Board of Directors, Galilean School of Higher Studies, University of Padua
  • 2025–Head of the Departmental ERS Committee, DSEA, University of Padua
  • 2024–Co-organizer, Macro Brown Bag Seminar PRIN 2022 Series, Padua
  • 2023–Member of the PhD Director Committee, DSEA, University of Padua
  • 2023–2025Head of the Departmental Seminars Committee, DSEA, University of Padua
  • 2021–Member of the EQUIS Accreditation Committee, DSEA, University of Padua
  • 2013–2023Member of the job-market hiring committee at: DSEA, University of Padua (2023); Department of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School (2019, 2020); Department of Economics, University of Oslo (2013, 2014)
  • 2018–2019Member of the Departmental Seminars Committee, BI Norwegian Business School
  • 2010–2011Member of the Departmental Seminars Committee, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Third mission and public engagement

  • 2026Organizer, “Upskill and Reskill: AI in Research”
  • 2026Panelist, round table “Donne e diritti oggi”, public event “80 anni di diritto di voto alle donne”, Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua (25 May 2026).
  • 2025Organizer, First Italian Replication Game Days with the Institute for Replication, Padua
  • 2023Public seminar on “Sustainable Debt” and moderator of the debate with Daniele Franco, Segnavie – Lo Stato e Noi, Padua
  • 2022Online public seminar on “Economic Consequences of the War” with Fabrizio Marrella, Ignazio Angeloni, and Loriana Pelizzon, Economics Tuesday Talks

Other professional activities

  • Reviewer for Econometrica, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the European Economic Association, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics
  • Evaluation committee member for the Ph.D. thesis of Iacopo Orlandi, RED Rome
  • Internal examiner for the Ph.D. defence of Even Comfort Hvinden (2020, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo)
  • External examiner for tenure-track evaluation in foreign institutions (2024)

Editorial board

  • 2026Guest Editor, Journal of Macroeconomics, special issue on “Fiscal policy, monetary policy and public debt sustainability” (with Efrem Castelnuovo and Giovanni Pellegrino)

Last updated: October 2026