{"id":17478,"date":"2025-04-22T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=17478"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:25:45","slug":"economics-research-seminar-dr-diego-zambiasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2025\/04\/22\/economics-research-seminar-dr-diego-zambiasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics Research Seminar\u00a0\u2013 Dr Diego Zambiasi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/b>: (Sub)National Identity and Tax Evasion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Date<\/b>: 30 April 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Time<\/b>: 13:30- 14:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Venue:\u00a0<\/b>NUBS.2.03<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you would like to attend, please register using the following link:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Sub)National Identity and Tax Evasion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker<\/b>:\u00a0 \u00a0Dr Diego Zambiaisi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Diego has been a lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University Business School since January 2022. \u00a0He is an applied microeconomist and my research focuses on the economics of crime and the economics of migration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prior to joining Newcastle University I obtained a Ph.D. from University College Dublin. During my Ph.D. I visited the CLEAN Unit for the Economic Analysis of Crime at Bocconi University. \u00a0I hold a MSc in Economics at the University of the Basque Country, a master\u2019s in Economics and Management of the Public Sector from the Free University of Bolzano, and a Bachelor in Philosophy from the State University of Milan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This paper examines how subnational identity and political ideology shape tax compliance, focusing on the role of the Northern League in Italy. As a federalist and anti-establishment party, it has historically promoted narratives against national taxation. We analyze its impact on tax compliance by studying evasion of the national TV tax (RAI license fee), leveraging a staggered difference-in-differences (DiD) approach with the doubly robust Callaway and Sant\u2019Anna estimator. Our findings show that the mere participation of the Northern League in local elections significantly increases tax evasion by 0.22%, even in the absence of an electoral victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To disentangle the underlying mechanisms, we first ask whether the effect is driven by populism or federalism, distinguishing between anti-establishment rhetoric and opposition to national taxation. Second, we examine media exposure, assessing how partisan TV and national newspaper exposure amplify tax resistance. Third, we consider grassroots mobilization, looking at how local anti-tax campaigns directly engage citizens. Finally, we analyze territorial identity and socioeconomic heterogeneity, exploring how regional ties and economic conditions shape responses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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