Research
Publications
The role of majority status in close election studies (with M. Crispino), Political Analysis, 2023.
Costs and benefits of the green transition envisaged in the Italian NRRP. An evaluation using the Social Cost of Carbon (with L. Citino and F. Zeni) - Energy Policy, 2023. - Coverage: La Repubblica; Il Sole 24 Ore; parliamentary hearing on tax credit for housing renovation
Austerity and distributional policy (with Z. Asatryan, S. Blesse and N. Wehrhöfer), Journal of Monetary Economics, 2022.
Can dialogue meetings reduce sickness absence - Evidence from a field experiment (with K. Hauge, A. Kotsadam e S. Markussen), Journal of Health Economics, 2022.
Two notions of Social Capital (with H. Mehlum), Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2021.
The role of historical Christian missions in the location of World Bank aid in Africa (with E. Hammersmark), World Bank Economic Review, 2021. [Working paper version] - Coverage: brief mention in Marginal Revolution
Working papers
Labor market spillovers of a large plant opening - Evidence from the oil industry (with I. Di Marzio, M. Lozzi and V. Mariani) - Working paper series, Banca d'Italia, 2022. Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Economic Geography.
The effects of the 2021 energy crisis on medium-sized and large industrial firms: evidence from Italy (with L. Citino and A. Frigo) - Occasional paper series, Banca d'Italia, 2023. - Policy summary: SUERF brief.
Climate change and Italian agriculture: Evidence from weather shocks (with A. Accetturo) - Occasional paper series, Banca d'Italia, 2023.
Edited volumes
Gli effetti del cambiamento climatico sull'economia italiana. Un progetto di ricerca della Banca d'Italia (with G. de Blasio, L. Citino and F. Zeni) - Occasional papers, Banca d'Italia, 2022.
Resting papers
On the electoral effectiveness of pre-election policy promises, Wicksell Prize for best paper by a young author at the European Public Choice Society Meeting.
Mitigating the tradeoff between proportionality andaccountability in electoral systems: Evidence from the Italian Senate 1994-2006, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-002.