Martin Zagler is a full professor of economic policy at the University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy) and an associate professor of economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (both part-time). He has held positions at Bocconi University, Harvard University, and the University of Essex, as well as at Sapienza University of Rome, University College London, and the European University Institute in Florence, among others. His research and publications focus on public finance—particularly international taxation and public debt—and on macroeconomics, specifically long-term economic growth and education. Together with Ewald Nowotny, he is the author of the Springer textbook "Der öffentliche Sektor (The public sector)".