Massimo Florio is Professor Emeritus of Public Economics at the University of Milan and former Head of the Economics Department. His expertise includes privatization, cost-benefit analysis of public investments, EU regional and industrial policy, and the economics of science. For over 20 years, he coordinated the European Commission’s Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects. He is the author of Investing in Science (MIT Press, 2019) and Privatisation of Knowledge (Routledge, 2023). He has led studies for institutions such as the EC, EIB, OECD, CERN, and the Italian Space Agency. He is also the founder and Honorary President of CSIL.

Publications

December 16, 2021 | Publications, Working papers | By MG

Study for Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), European Parliament

European pharmaceutical research and development: Could public infrastructure overcome market failures?

June 1, 2021 | Publications, Articles | By MG

Earth Observation and Economic Studies

A Cross-fertilization Perspective. Florio, Morretta Space Policy, Volume 57, August 2021, 101429.

August 1, 2020 | Publications, Working papers | By MG

Biomed Europa:after the coronavirus,a public infrastructure to overcomethe pharmaceutical oligopoly

Working paper CIRIEC

April 21, 2020 | Publications, Articles | By MG

Firm ownership, quality of government and innovation...

...Evidence from patenting in the telecommunication industry. Clò, Florio, Rentocchini, Research Policy 49(5), 2020.

March 11, 2020 | Publications, Articles | By MG

A contingent valuation experiment about future particle accelerators at CERN

Article by Massimo Florio and Francesco Giffoni released by PLOS ONE

October 4, 2019 | Publications, Articles | By MG

Science, innovation, and public services: editorial introduction

Stefano Clò & Massimo Florio (2020), Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 23:1, 1-15

July 16, 2019 | Publications, Articles | By MG

HE-LHC: The High-Energy Large Hadron Collider

Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 4, by the FCC Collaboration

June 18, 2019 | Publications, Books | By MG

Investing in Science

A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects

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Highlights

IN Publications, Articles

Recent advances in policy and project evaluation: Cost–benefit analysis and beyond

Chiara F. Del Bo, Massimo Florio. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics – Editorial Introduction

IN Publications, Books

State-Owned Enterprises in Developed Market Economies

Cambridge University Press - Authors: C.F. Del Bo, M. Florio, M. Frigerio, D. Vandone - Forthcoming 10 February 2025

IN Publications, Books

Which Europe. To know, discuss, choose

"The European Union has a central role to play on the road to social and environmental justice for all of us [...]"