Centro Interuniversitario di Finanze Regionale e Locale (CIFREL)

Cifrel was founded in 1988 by scholars belonging to several Italian universities to conduct applied researches on local and regional government. The centre produces both academic and policy oriented researches on key issues of public finance with a specific focus on multi-tiered level of government. The centre has an history of close collaboration with a variety of institutions, both private and public, and had produced several reports to inform and evaluate policymaking, specifically concerning regional and local public finance in Italy and in many other countries. Cifrel researchers are actively involved in the public debate on economic themes with their contribution disseminated through a variety of media (tv, newspapers, on-line).