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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Tenured full professors | Industrial economics, political economy

Federico Boffa

FBoffa@unibz.it

+39 0474 013647

BK B1 3.12
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universitätsplatz 1 - Piazzetta dell'Università, 1
39031
Bruneck-Brunico

Short bio

I obtained my Ph.D. from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. My main research interests are in political economics, energy economics and industrial organization.

Courses

Advanced Economic Models

29115 · PhD Programme in Economics and Finance · EN

Economics of Digital Markets

76403 · SECS-P/06 · Bachelor in Informatics and Management of Digital Business · EN

Industrial Economics

25444B · SECS-P/06 · Master in Accounting and Finance · EN

Innovation Economics

25558B · SECS-P/06 · Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation · EN

M-2 Digital Economics

31004B · SECS-P/06 · Master in Tourism Management · EN

Managerial Economics for TSE

30170 · SECS-P/06 · Bachelor in Tourism, Sport and Event Management · IT

Main Research Areas

My three current main research projects involve the economic analysis of the transition to driverless cars; the analysis of populism; the impact of pollution permits on electricity generators' strategies.

Info

Recent Publications:

Drought-Relief and Partisanship. 2023. Oxford Bulletin of Economic Research, with Francisco Cavalcanti, Christian Fons-Rosen and Amedeo Piolatto

Congestion and Incentives in the Age of Autonomous Fleets. 2023. Journal of Urban Economics, with Alessandro Fedele and Alberto Iozzi

Political Centralization and Government Accountability. 2016. Quarterly Journal of Economics, with Amedeo Piolatto and Giacomo Ponzetto

Selected publications