Marco Alberto De Benedetto
Biographic Data
| ID | 2566230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Alberto De Benedetto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | De Benedetto |
| SIGNATURE | DE BENEDETTO M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calabria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6836-9769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bridging the gap
Female political representation and budget forecast errors
This paper examines how female representation in municipal executive boards — the primary budgetary decision-making bodies in Italian local governments — affects both the accuracy and bias of budget forecasts. We exploit Law 56/2014, which mandated gender quotas in municipalities with more than 3000 residents, to identify causal effects. Using an instrumental variable approach, we find that a one–percentage-point increase in the share of female a…
Electoral rule and public sector efficiency
We study the effect of Law 81/1993, which introduced a different rule for the election of mayors, on the technical efficiency of Italian cities over the period 1998–2006. Since 1993, municipalities below 15,000 inhabitants vote with a single‐ballot system, whereas cities above 15,000 inhabitants are subject to a double ballot. We first estimate the output‐oriented technical efficiency of municipalities through data envelopment analysis, and then …
Manipulating municipal budgets
Does the economic freedom hinder the underground economy? Evidence from a cross-country analysis
Tax evasion and government size
We analyze the impact of government size, measured by total spending per capita, on tax evasion at the provincial level in Italy over the period 2001-2015. In order to solve endogeneity issues we rely on a system GMM and find that public expenditure negatively affects tax evasion, as taxpayers perceive the government is efficiently spending resources coming from the tax levy. Results are confirmed when we (1) consider expenditures related to long…
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Manipulating municipal budgets
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Tax evasion and government size
We analyze the impact of government size, measured by total spending per capita, on tax evasion at the provincial level in Italy over the period 2001-2015. In order to solve endogeneity issues we rely on a system GMM and find that public expenditure negatively affects tax evasion, as taxpayers perceive the government is efficiently spending resources coming from the tax levy. Results are confirmed when we (1) consider expenditures related to long…
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Tax evasion and government size
We analyze the impact of government size, measured by total spending per capita, on tax evasion at the provincial level in Italy over the period 2001-2015. In order to solve endogeneity issues we rely on a system GMM and find that public expenditure negatively affects tax evasion, as taxpayers perceive the government is efficiently spending resources coming from the tax levy. Results are confirmed when we (1) consider expenditures related to long…
Does the economic freedom hinder the underground economy? Evidence from a cross-country analysis
Electoral rule and public sector efficiency
We study the effect of Law 81/1993, which introduced a different rule for the election of mayors, on the technical efficiency of Italian cities over the period 1998–2006. Since 1993, municipalities below 15,000 inhabitants vote with a single‐ballot system, whereas cities above 15,000 inhabitants are subject to a double ballot. We first estimate the output‐oriented technical efficiency of municipalities through data envelopment analysis, and then …
Manipulating municipal budgets
Female political representation and budget forecast errors
This paper examines how female representation in municipal executive boards — the primary budgetary decision-making bodies in Italian local governments — affects both the accuracy and bias of budget forecasts. We exploit Law 56/2014, which mandated gender quotas in municipalities with more than 3000 residents, to identify causal effects. Using an instrumental variable approach, we find that a one–percentage-point increase in the share of female a…
Bridging the gap
Economics (5 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (2 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works)