Martin Zagler is full professor of economic policy at UPO University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy) and associate professor of economics at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (part time). He has held positions at the European University Institute, University College London, Harvard, Sassari and La Sapienza in Rome. He publishes frequently in learned journals and is the author of two books and a textbook on public finance (with Ewald Nowotny).