Dr Andres Bellofatto

Senior Lecturer

School of Economics

+61 7 336 56577

a.bellofatto@uq.edu.au

Room 523A, Level 5, Colin Clark Building (#39)

Featured Projects	Duration
Supporting Entry and Growth of Australian Businesses via Tax and Transfers	(2022–2024)
Unequal Incomes, Unequal Lifespans: Implications for Fiscal Policy Design	(2019)

Publications

Journal Articles (3)

Working Papers (4)

Journal Articles

Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés and Besfamille, Martín (2021). Tax decentralization notwithstanding regional disparities. Journal of Urban Economics, 123 103346, 103346. doi: 10.1016/j.jue.2021.103346

Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés and Besfamille, Martín (2018). Regional state capacity and the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization. Journal of Public Economics, 159, 225-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.12.010

Ales, Laurence, Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés and Wang, Jessie Jiaxu (2017). Taxing atlas: executive compensation, firm size, and their impact on optimal top income tax rates. Review of Economic Dynamics, 26, 62-90. doi: 10.1016/j.red.2017.02.007

Working Papers

Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés, Domínguez, Begoña and Dwyer, Elyse C. (2022). Uncovering the Urban Advantage of Australian Firms: New Evidence from BLADE Data. CAMA Working Paper. 47/2022. Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU .

Bellofatto, Antonio Andres (2018). Wealth taxation and life expectancy. School of Economics, University of Queensland.

Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés and Besfamille, Martin (2018). Tax decentralization notwithstanding regional disparities. School of Economics, University of Queensland, University of Queensland.

Bellofatto, Andres and Besfamille, Martin (2015). Regional State Capacity and the Optimal Degree of Fiscal Decentralization. School of Economics, University of Queensland.

Areas of research

Economic Growth, Development, and Inequality

Macroeconomic Theory

Macroeconomics

Public Finance