Isidoro Mazza

Employment

1992-1995        Research Assistant of Public Finance, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam

1996                 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Catania, Italy

2001                 Associate Professor of Public Finance, Faculty of Economics, University of Catania, Italy

                          2005                 Full Professor of Public Finance, Faculty of Economics.

Teaching at the University of Catania

BA level

Environmental economics, International economics, Public finance 

MA level

Environmental economics, Economics of public administrations, International economics, public economics, regional policy, public choice.

He taught also public economics and international economics at: National Institute for International Trade, Honor programme (School of excellence) at the U. of Catania; High school of public administration He also taught cultural economics at I.C.A.R.E. (Venice), and at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication.

Awards and Fellowships

1988                 University of Catania fellowship “Gaetano Zingali”

1988                 Banco di Sicilia “Francesco Ferrara” Fellowship for one year of research abroad, University of Maryland

1989                 Banco di Sicilia “Francesco Ferrara” Fellowship for one year of research abroad, University of Maryland

• 2023. Martorana, M. F., & Mazza, I. (2023). The effect of social interaction and cultural consumption on voting turnout. In Power and Responsibility: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for the 21st Century in Honor of Manfred J. Holler (pp. 331-343). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

• 2021. Mazza, I. "Christiane Hellmanzik: Cultural Economics. Agenda Publishing, 2020", Journl of Cultural Economics 45, 515–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-021-09411-w

• 2021. Ginsburgh, V. & Mazza, I. Investimento e arte, in: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, Enciclopedia dell’arte contemporanea E-L, Roma, 500-502 (ISBN 978-88-12-00924-4)

• 2021 Finocchiaro Castro, M., Mazza, I., & Romeo, D. The Role of Cultural Capital on the Voluntary Contributions to Cultural Goods: A Differential Game Approach. Games ,12(1), 27.
• 2020 Mazza, I. Political economy, in A handbook of cultural economics, third edition, ch. 48. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2020. Di Caro, P., & Mazza, I. Art galleries as market makers, in Teaching Cultural Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2020. Di Caro, P., Di Gaetano & Mazza, I. Intermediaries, in A handbook of cultural economics, third edition, ch. 34. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2020. Guccio, C., Martorana, M., Mazza, I., Pignataro, G., & Rizzo, I., An analysis of the managerial performance of Italian museums using a generalised conditional efficiency model, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 72, 100891
• 2020. Guccio, C., Martorana, M., Mazza, I., Pignataro, G., & Rizzo, I., An assessment of the performance of Italian public historical archives: Preservation vs utilisation, Journal of Policy Modeling, 42(6), 1270-1286
• 2020. Guccio, C., Martorana, M., Mazza, I., & Rizzo, I., Back to the Future: Does the use of information and communication technology enhance the performance of public historical archives? Journal of Cultural Economics, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-020-09385-1
• 2019. Di Gaetano L., Mazza I., Mignosa A., On the allocation of talents in the contemporary art market”,  Journal of Cultural Economics, 43(1), 121-143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-018-9331-7
• 2019. Shinozaki T., Mazza I., Kunizaki M., “Public Debt, Lobbying and Endogenous Redistribution in an Overlapping-generations Model", in: Hosoe, M., Ju, B.-G., Yakita, A., Hong, K. (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics Ten Years of International Academic Exchanges Between JAAE and KAAE, Springer Verlag, Singapore, ISBN: 9789811370359
• 2019. Cavalieri M., Giardina E., Guccio C., Mazza I., “Federalism, party competition and public expenditure: empirical findings on regional health expenditure in Italy”, in: Kunizaki, M., Nakamura, K., Yanagihara, M. (Eds.), Advances in Local Public Economics, Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-3107-7.
• 2019. Martorana M., Mazza I., Mignosa A., Rizzo I., The economics of heritage: some implications of devolution, in: : Kunizaki, M., Nakamura, K., Yanagihara, M. (Eds.), Advances in Local Public Economics, Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-3107-7.
• 2018. Guccio C., Mazza I., Mignosa I., Rizzo I., “A round trip on decentralization in the tourism sector”, Annals of Tourism Research, 72, 140-155, ISSN 0160-7383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.07.007.
• 2017. Guccio C., Martorana M., Mazza, I., The efficiency change of Italian public universities in the new millennium: a non-parametric analysis, Tertiary Education and Management. Published online: 19 May 2017. DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2017.1329451
• 2017. Ateca-Amestoy V., Ginsburgh V., Mazza I., O’Hagan J., Prieto Rodriguez J.(eds.), Enhancing participation in the arts in the EU. Challenges and methods, Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-09095-5
• 2017. Martorana M. Mazza I., Monaco L., “Cultural Participation and Social Inclusion in Poor Neighbourhoods”, in: Ateca-Amestoy V. et al. (eds.), Enhancing participation in the arts in the EU. Challenges and methods, Springer, 79-95.
• 2017. Giardina E., Mazza I., “Public choice, economics of institutions and the Italian school of public finance”, in: I. Rizzo and R. Towse, The Artful Economist,  Springer , 51-66.
• 2016. Di Gaetano L., Mazza I. (2017). “Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow” on the implications of deaccess policies for donations to museums. Journal of Cultural Economics, 41(3), 237-258.
• 2016. Guccio C., Martorana M., Mazza I., “Efficiency assessment and convergence in teaching and research in Italian public universities”, Scientometrics, 107 (3), 1063-1094.
• 2016. Giardina E., Mazza I. Pignataro G., Rizzo I., “Voluntary provision of public goods and technology”, International Advances in Economic Research, 22 (3), 321-332.
• 2016. Shinozaki M., Mazza I., Kunizaki M., “Political economic analysis of privatization”, in: Yanagihara M., Kunizaki M., Eds., The Theory of Mixed Oligopoly. Privatization, Transboundary Activities, and Their Applications, Springer, 121-133. ISBN 978-4-431-55633-6.
• 2016. Guccio C., Martorana M., Mazza I., Rizzo I.,  “Technology and Public Access to Cultural Heritage: The Italian Experience on ICT for Public Historical Archives”, in: K. J. Borowiecki, N. Forbes, A. Fresa (Eds.), Cultural Heritage in a Changing World, Springer Open, 2016, 55-75. ISBN 978-3-319-29544-2.
• 2014. Guccio C., Mazza I., “On the political determinants of the allocation of funds to heritage authorities”, European Journal of Political Economy, 34, 18-38. 
• 2013. Holler M., Mazza I., “Cultural heritage: public decision-making and implementation”, in: I. Rizzo e A. Mignosa (eds.), Handbook on the economics of cultural heritage, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (UK), 2013, 17-36.
• 2011. Mazza I., “Public choice”, in: R. Towse (ed.),  A handbook of cultural economics. Second edition, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (UK), 2011, 362-369.
• 2010. Mazza I. “Political decentralization and the size of the public sector” (“Chiho bunkenka to kokyo bumon no kibo: Seijigakuteki sekkin”). Relazione invitata in: Chiho zaisei no rironteki shinten to chiho syohi zei. (Proceedings of the Meeting of the Japanese Association of Urban Economics), Tokyo, Giugno 2010, sez. 4, 12-17, Keiso Shobo.
• 2008. Mazza I., van Winden F., “An endogenous policy model of hierarchical government”, European Economic Review, 52, 133-149.
• 2002. Mazza I., van Winden F.,  “Does centralization increase the size of government? The effects of separation of powers and lobbying”, International Tax and Public Finance, 9, 379-389.
• 2002. Mazza I., “Organisation and decision-making in the heritage sector in Sicily”, in: I. Rizzo e R. Towse (Eds.), Economics of heritage: A study in the political economy of culture in Sicily, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 48-62.
• 2001. Mazza I., Rizzo I., “Scelte collettive e beni culturali”, in: P.A. Valentino e G. Mossetto (a cura di), Museo contro Museo. Le strategie, gli strumenti, i risultati. Giunti, Firenze, 2001, 41-54.
• 2001. Mazza I., “On the role of lobbies in policy-making”, in: M. Marrelli e G. Pignataro (Eds.), Public decision-making process and asymmetry of information, Kluwer, Boston, 37-66.
• 1996. Mazza I., van Winden F., “A political economic analysis of labor migration and income distribution”, Public Choice, 88, 333-363.
• 1994. Mazza I., "A microeconomic analysis of patronage and sponsorship", in: Alan Peacock e Ilde Rizzo (editori), Cultural Economics and Cultural Policies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 35-53.

Research Interests

Welfare economics, political economy, art market, cultural heritage, fiscal federalism, international policy coordination, efficiency of public supply, tourism economics, culture participation and social development, philanthropy.

Visiting positions

2003                                            Visiting Professor, Aichi University, Japan

Awards and Fellowships

1988                University of Catania fellowship “Gaetano Zingali”

1988                Banco di Sicilia “Francesco Ferrara” Fellowship for one year of research abroad, University of Maryland

1989                Banco di Sicilia “Francesco Ferrara” Fellowship for one year of research abroad, University of Maryland

1991-1995       Fellowship of the Tinbergen Insitute.