Research
Selected papers
The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, , with Roberto Galbiati and Pietro Vertova (link to the paper)
Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117(2): 254-280.
Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behavior: Evidence from a the Italian Prison Experiment,, with Roberto Galbiati (link to the paper)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4(2): 199-218.
Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit, (link to the paper). with Tommaso Nannicini and Francesco Sobbrio. Online Appendix
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6(3), 159-188,
Earthquakes, Religion, and Transition to Self-government in Italian Cities, with Marianna Belloc and Roberto Galbiati (link to the paper)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131(4), 1875-1926
Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment, with Christian Traxler and Friederike Mengel (link to the paper).
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12(2), 96-133.
The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, with Roberto Galbiati and Francesco Sobbrio, (link to the paper),
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18(6).
Multigenerational Transmission of Wealth: Florence 1403-1480, with Marianna Belloc, Mattia Fochesato, and Roberto Galbiati, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. forthcoming.
Wealth Accumulation and Institutional Capture: the Rise of the Medici and the Fall of the Florentine Republic, with Marianna Belloc, Mattia Fochesato, and Roberto Galbiati (link to the paper), submitted
Science under Inquisition: The allocation of talent in early modern Europe, with Edgar De Witte, Roberto Galbiati, and Giulio Zanella (link to the paper) submitted.
Preferences and beliefs on job attributes behind bars, with Calogero Guccio and Massimo Finocchiaro Castro (work in progress)
Municipalities Under Siege: Organized Crime Infiltration and the Misuse of Public Resources, with Francesca Calamunci, Diego Ciccia, and Roberto Galbiati (work in progress)
Other publications & papers
Prison Conditions and Recidivism, with Roberto Galbiati and Pietro Vertova (pdf file)
American Law and Economics Review, 2011, 13(1): 103-130
Crime in Europe and the United States: Dissecting the "Reversal of Misfortunes", with Paolo Buonanno, Roberto Galbiati and Giulio Zanella (pdf file)
Economic Policy, 2011, 26(67): 347-385
Self-esteem and Earnings
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32(3): 480-48.
How much should we trust crime statistics? A comparison between EU and US, 343-357. with Paolo Buonanno, Roberto Galbiati and Pietro Vertova
European Journal of Law and Economics, 2018, 46(3)
Response of Crime to Unemployment Cycles: an International Comparison, with Paolo Buonanno and Roberto Galbiati.
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2014, 30(1), 29-40
The economic impact of organized crime infiltration in the legal economy: evidence from the judicial administration of organized crime firms, Italian Economic Journal, forthcoming (special issue on the Economics of Crime), link the to paper
The "Great Lockdown": Inactive Workers and Covid-19 Mortality, (with Nicola Borri, Francesco Sobbrio & Chiara Santantonio), Health Economics, forthcoming
Law, Human Capital and the Emergence of Free City-States in Medieval Italy, with Marianna Belloc and Roberto Galbiati,
European Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming
Turnout and Social Capital: Evidence from Rainy Election Days in Italy, with Stefano Gagliarducci, Samuel Nocito, and Daniela Vuri,
Permanent working papers
Rebate or Bait? A Model of Regret and Time Inconsistency in Consumer Behavior, with Dora Kadar, 2006, CEPR Discussion Paper 5757.
Career Consequences of Hyperbolic Time Preferences, 2006, IZA Discussion Paper 2113.
Discussions, book chapters and other papers
"Analisi Economica del Comportamento Illegale" in Decaleo Brucchi Luchino, Manuale di Economia del Lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino, Bologna, with Paolo Pinotti e Roberto Galbiati.
Equilibrio del Mercato del Lavoro in Concorrenza Perfetta, Manuale di Economia del Lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino, Bologna, with Giovanni Pica.
Discussion of “Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications” by Christos Genakos, Tommaso Valletti, Frank Verboven, 33(93), 45–100, Economic Policy.
Discussion of “Can power-sharing foster peace? Evidence from Northern Ireland" by Hannes Mueller, Dominic Rohner, 33(95), 447–484, Economic Policy.
Discussion of “Can Education compensate the effect of population aging on macroeconomic performance?" by Rainer Kotschy and Uwe SUnde, 33(96), 587–634, Economic Policy.
Redistributing Opportunities in a Job Search Model: the Role of Self-Confidence and Social Norms, 2005, in R. Balducci and N. Salvadori (eds.), Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution, Edward Elgar, Chelthenam, UK.
Deterrent effects of imprisonment in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Springer-Verlag, 1023-1033, 2014, with Roberto Galbiati.
Technology and the environment in the history of the economic thought, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2008, 8(4), pp. 311-334, with Marianna Belloc, Simone D'Alessandro, Michele Di Maio, and Pietro Vertova.
Natural Limits to Economic Development: Endogenous Growth or Panacea?, Studi Economici, 2003, 2, pp. 97-114, with Simone D'Alessandro.