A. Working Papers (selected)

DI CARO, P. (2022). Size, heterogeneity and distributional effects of self-employment income tax evasion in Italy (with Bazzoli, M., Figari, F., Fiorio, C. V., & Manzo, M.), working paper No. 2020-02, Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP), Bruno Kessler Foundation, submitted.

DI CARO, P. (2022) “One step forward and three steps back: pros and cons of a flat tax reform” (con F. Figari, C. Fiorio, M. Manzo & A. Riganti), submitted.

DI CARO, P. (2022) “Assessing the effects of VAT policies with an integrated CGE-microsimulation approach: evidence on Italy” (with A. Bayar, B. Bratta, S. Carta, M. Manzo & C. Orecchia), DiFin Working Paper n. DF/WP 14/2021, submitted.

DI CARO, P. (2022) “A new approach to measure regional trade flows with administrative micro firm-level data” (with A. Baldassarre, D. Carullo, E. Fusco, P. Giacobbe & C. Orecchia), submitted.

DI CARO, P. (2022) “An evaluation of the effects of tax credits for housing efficiency with administrative micro data” (with M. Manzo, D. Tellone), submitted.

B. Papers (international)

DI CARO, P. (2022) "Making the EU cohesion policy work to support exports at time of Covid-19: Evidence on the Italian regions." (with R. Boffardi, R. Arbolino), International Economics, in press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2022.09.008

DI CARO, P. (2022) “The role of the cohesion policy for sustaining the resilience of European regional labour markets during different crises” (with U. Fratesi), Regional Studies, in press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2118252.

DI CARO, P. (2021) “One policy, different effects: estimating the region-specific impacts of cohesion policy” (with U. Fratesi), Journal of Regional Science, in press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12566.

DI CARO, P. (2021) “How the EU funds can sustain regional resilience at time of Covid-19: insights from the Great Recession” (with R. Arbolino), Journal of Policy Modeling, Volume 43, Issue 1, January–February, Pages 109-126, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2020.10.001.

DI CARO, P. (2020) "Does neighbour’s grass matter? Testing spatial dependent heterogeneity in technical efficiency of Italian hospitals” (with M. Cavalieri, C. Guccio & D. Lisi), Social Science and Medicine, Volume 265, November 2020, 113506, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113506.

DI CARO, P. (2020) "The heterogenous effects of labor informality on VAT revenues: Evidence on a developed country” (with A. Sacchi), Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 63, March 2020, 103190, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103190

DI CARO, P. (2020) "Decomposing personal income tax redistribution with application to Italy”, The Journal of Economic Inequality, 18, pages113–129, DOI: 10.1007/s10888-019-09425-7.

DI CARO, P. (2020). "An analysis of self-employed income tax evasion in Italy with a consumption-based methodology" with (Bazzoli, M., Manzo, M., Figari, F., & Fiorio, C.), The IRS Research Bulletin, US Department of Treasury IRS, n.63.

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Did the governance of EU funds help the Italian regional labour markets during the Great Recession?” (with Arbolino, R., Marani, U.), Journal of Common Market Studies, DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12900.

Di CARO, P. (2018). “A note on the effects of human capital policies in Italy during the Great Recession” (with R. Arbolino & U. Marani), Economics Bulletin, 38(3), 1302-1312.

DI CARO, P. (2018) “The contribution of tax statistics for analysing regional disparities in Italy”, Journal of Income Distribution, ISSN: 1874-6322, online first.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “Regional determinants of economic resilience: Special Issue Editorial” (with U. Fratesi), The Annals of Regional Science, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0858-x.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “To be (or not to be) resilient over time: facts and causes”, The Annals of Regional Science, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0816-7.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “Testing and explaining economic resilience with an application to Italian regions”, Papers in Regional Science, 96(1), 93-113.

DI CARO, P. (2016) “Short, long and spatial dynamics of informal employment” (with G. Nicotra), Regional Studies, 50(11), 1804-1818.

DI CARO, P. (2015) “Risk, Ambiguity and Sovereign Rating”, International Economics and Economic Policy, 12(1), 41-57.

DI CARO, P. (2014) “Recessions, Recoveries and Regional Resilience: Evidence on Italy”, 2014, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 8(2), 273-291.

C. Papers (national)

DI CARO, P. (2020) “La resilienza della regioni italiane durante il Covid-19: prime valutazioni”, EyesReg – Giornale di Scienze Regionali, 10(6), Novembre.

DI CARO, P. (2020) “Conoscere l’evasione fiscale può contribuire a ridurla” (with M. Manzo). Argomenti, (17), 114-135.

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Investigating the spatial patterns of regional fiscal residua in Italy” (with U. Fratesi), Politica Economica, n.3/2019.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “Analisi distributiva dell’IRPEF utilizzando i microdati di fonte fiscale”, Economia Pubblica, 1/2017.

DI CARO, P. (2014) “Shocking aspects of Mezzogiorno: resilience, vulnerability and regional growth”, Rassegna Economica, LXXVII (2).

DI CARO, P., (2014) “Aspetti regionali dell’evasione fiscale in Italia” (con G. Nicotra), EyesReg – Giornale di Scienze Regionali, 4(5), Settembre.

D. Book chapters & review

DI CARO, P. (2022) “"Introduction to urban science: evidence and theory of cities as complex systems ed. Luís M. A. Bettencourt" (with P.L. Ferrara) Journal of Regional Science – Book Review. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12599.

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Quo vadis resilience? Methodological and policy challenges for the Italian case”, in Regional Economic Resilience (ed. G. Bristow & A. Healy), Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781785360855

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Intermediaries” (with Di Gaetano, L., Mazza., I.) in Handbook of Cultural Economics, Third Edition (eds. T.N. Hernandez, R. Towse), Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 978178897 579 7.

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Analysing the redistributive effects of Italian PIT with tax files” in Yearning for inclusive growth and development, good jobs and sustainability (ed. L. Paganetto), Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-23052-4.

DI CARO, P. (2019) “Art galleries as market makers” (with Mazza., I.) in Teaching Cultural Economics (eds. T. Bille, A. Mignosa, R. Towse), Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 9781 788970730.

DI CARO, P. (2018) “La finanza locale come strumento per sostenere efficienza ed equità” (with M.T. Monteduro & M. Manzo) in La Finanza Pubblica in Italia (ed. G. Arachi & M. Baldini), il Mulino.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “La finanza locale in tempo di crisi: verso un modello di decentramento più equo e sostenibile? (with M.T. Monteduro) in La Finanza Pubblica in Italia (ed. G. Arachi & M. Baldini), il Mulino.

DI CARO, P. (2017) “Local resilience in Italy”, in Creating economic resilience; entrepreneurship, growth and development in uncertain times (ed. T. Vorley & N. Williams), Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 81785367632.

DI CARO, P. (2016) “Regional Resilience in Italy: do employment and income tell the same story?” (with R. Cellini & G. Torrisi), in Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness (ed. R. Huggins & P. Thompson), Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 9781783475001.