Laura Marsiliani Durham University Business School   Durham, DH1 3LB United Kingdom   laura.marsiliani@durham.ac.uk   www.dur.ac.uk/laura.marsiliani   Biographical Sketch: Laura Marsiliani was educated at Siena University (Laurea cum Laude), University College London (M.Sc.) and London Business School (Ph.D.). She was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tilburg University and CentER, The Netherlands, from 1998 to 2000, and she is currently a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Durham, United Kingdom.   Primary Research Focus: Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Dynamic Macroeconomics   JEL Areas: H : Public Economics Q5 : Environmental Economics: General