Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS   

1. 1. Domestic Violence and Gender Stereotypes: Perceptions, Justifications, and Reactions (with E. Barili and A. Rosso)  Forthcoming the Journal of Population Economics.

2. COVID Angels Fighting Daily Demons? Mental Health of Healthcare Workers and Religion (with P. Bertoli, E. Barili, and V. Rattini) Conditionally accepted at the European Economic Review.

3. In Medio Stat Virtus: Effective Communication and Preferences for Redistribution in Hard Times (with P. Bertoli, M. Morelli, and A. C. Rosso) 2023. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 124, pp. 105-147.

4. Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Workers in the Aftermath of the  COVID-19 Pandemic (with E. Barili, P. Bertoli, and V. Rattini), 2022. PLOS One, forthcoming.

5.  Women in Distress: Mental Health and  the COVID-19 Pandemic (with E. Barili and A. Rosso) 2022. Health Policy 128, pp. 42-48.

6. Neighborhoods, Networks, and Delivery Methods (with P. Bertoli and E. Barili), 2021. Journal of Health Economics, vol. 80(C).

7. “Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018” with Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Paola Bertoli, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Libertad Gonzalez, Kristiina Huttunen, René Karadakic, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Stefano Lombardi, Peter Redler, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Ana Rodríguez-González, Kjell Salvanes, Paula Santana,  Hannes Schwandt, Josselin Thuilliez, Eddy van Doorslaer, Tom Van Ourti, Joachim Winter, Bram Wouterse, and Amelie Wuppermann, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), forthcoming

8. “The Political Cycle of Road Traffic Accidents” (with P. Bertoli). 2021. Journal of Health Economics, vol. 76(C).

9. "Territorial Differences in Access to Prenatal Care and Health at Birth" (with P. Bertoli), 2021. Health Policy, vol. 125(8), pp 1092-1099.

10. "Mortality Inequality in the Czech Republic" (with P. Bertoli). 2021. Fiscal Studies, vol. 42(1), pages 171-191.

11. “Fees Equalization and Appropriate Health Care” (with P. Bertoli and E. Barili). 2021.  Economics and Human Biology, vol.41.

12. “Birth in Hard Times When You Belong to Minorities” (with P. Bertoli and T. L. B. Nguyen). 2021.  Journal of Population Economics.

13. "The Effect of Budget Cuts on C-Section Rates and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Spain" (with P. Bertoli, C. Llaneza, and J.  Vall-Castello), 2020. Social Science and Medicine, vol. 265(C). 

14. "Malpractice Risk and Medical Treatment Selection" (with P. Bertoli). 2019. Journal of Public Economics, pp.22-35. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272719300428?dgcid=author 

15. Not All Silver Lining? The Great Recession and Road Traffic Accidents (with P. Bertoli and J. Vall Castello), 2018. Regional Science and Urban Economics

16. "Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions" (with A. C. Eggers, R. Freier, and T. Nannicini), 2018 American Journal of Political Science.

17. "The Political Economy of the Diagnosis-Related Groups" (with P. Bertoli), Social Science and Medicine, 190C: pp.38-47, 2017.

18. "The Life Saving Effect of Hospital Proximity" (with P. Bertoli), Health Economics, 26: pp. 78-91, 2017.

19. "Courts, Scheduled Damages, and Medical Malpractice Insurance" (with P. Bertoli),2018  Empirical Economics.

20. "Who do you blame in local finance? An analysis of municipal financing in Italy" (with M. Bordignon and S. Piazza), European Journal of Political Economy, 49: pp.146-163, 2017.

21. "'No win, no fee' cost shifting and the costs of civil litigation: A Natural Experiment" (with P. Fenn and N. Rickman),  Economic Journal, pp.142-163, 2017.

22. "Do Fiscal Rules Matter?" (with T. Nannicini and U. Troiano), previously circulated as "Policy Responses to Fiscal Restraints: a Difference-in-Discontinuities Design", (WP updated February 2014). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016.

23. "Does Experience Rating Improve Obstetric Practices? Evidence From Geographical Discontinuities" (with S. Amaral-Garcia and P. Bertoli). Health Economics, 24(9): 1050-1064, 2015. Working paper version.

24. "Judicial review and Political Partisanship: Moving from Consensual to Majoritarian Democracy" (with N. Garoupa), International Review of Law and Economics, 43: 32-45, 2015.

25. “Curb Your Premium: The Impact of Monitoring Malpractice Claims” (with S. Amaral-Garcia), Health Policy, 114(2): 139-146, 2014.

26. "Judging Under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court" (with N. Garoupa and F. Gómez-Pomar), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 29(3): 513-534, 2013.

27. "Delays in Medical Malpractice Litigation in Civil Law Jurisdictions: Some Evidence from the Italian Court of Cassation" (with N. Garoupa), Health Economics, Policy, and Law 8: 423-452, 2013.

28. “A Microeconomic Model of the Demand for Civil Justice: Is One Institutional Context Better Than Another?” (with M.A. Antonelli), European Journal of Law and Economics, 36(2), 295-318, 2013.

29. “Explaining Constitutional Dissent in New Democracies: The Case of Taiwan” (with N. Garoupa and S. Ching-Ping Lin), Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 20: 1-40, 2011.

30. “Fiscal Rules and Window Dressing in Italian Municipalities”, (with P. Balduzzi), Giornale degli Economisti 70: 97-122, 2011.

31. “Judicial Independence and Party Politics in Constitutional Courts: The Case of Portugal” (with S. A. Garcia and N.  Garoupa) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 6: 381-404, 2009.

32. “The Imperialistic Aim of Economics: At the Origin of the Economic Analysis of Law”, History of Economic Ideas 25: 139-164, 2007.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. “Medical Malpractice: How Legal Liability Affects Medical Decisions” (with P. Bertoli), Chapter in Health Econometrics (edited by B.H. Baltagi and F. Moscone) in the series Contributions to Economic Analysis, Emerald Publishing

2. “Hospital-Level Policy Can Affect Physician Behavior and Reduce C-Section Rates” (with S. Amaral-Garcia, P. Bertoli, and J. Friedrichsen), in: DIW Economic Bulletin, 6(43), 495-501, DIW Berlin, 2016

3. "Medical Malpractice", in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. ed. Jürgen Backhaus. New York : Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2014, pp.1-8.

4. "Different Veils for Different Governments: The Veil of Ignorance in Shaping the Italian Decentralization" (with E. Galli), in L. M. Imbeau and S. Jacob (eds.), The Veil of Ignorance Project, forthcoming.

5. “Assessing Types of Fiscal Rules” (with E. Galli), in European Commission (ed.), Fiscal relations across government levels in times of crisis – making compatible fiscal decentralization and budgetary discipline, Economic Papers 501, ISBN 978-92-79-28583-7,

6. “Fiscal Rules for Sub-National Governments? Evidence from Latin America” (with A. Manoel), in G. Brosio and J. P. Jimenez (eds.), Decentralization and Reforms in Latin America: Improving Intergovernmental Relations, Chapter 12, Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2012.

7. “Would You Trust an Italian Politician? Evidence From Italian Regional Politics” (with E. Galli and F. Padovano), in L. M. Imbeau (ed.), Do They Walk Like They Talk? Dissonance in Policy Processes, Chapter 7, New York: Springer, 2009.

OTHER (Reviews, Edition, etc.)  

1. Maskus, K. E. – Reichman,J. H., International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology. Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 2007 (review).   

PUBLICATIONS IN ITALIAN

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS    

1. “Malpractice Medica: Costi e benefici secondo l’analisi economica”, in Consumatori, Diritti e Mercato 19: 89-96, 2012. 

2. “Asili Nido e Livelli di Governo: evidenze da una prima ricognizione dei comuni italiani” (with M.A. Antonelli), Economia Pubblica 5/6: 45-74, 2009.

3. “Il contributo di Guido Calabresi all’analisi economica del diritto”, Rivista Critica di Diritto Privato 24: 449-480, 2006.

4. “Una riflessione tra economia e diritto sulla malpractice medica: i casi di Stati Uniti e Italia” Mercato, Concorrenza e Regole 7: 455-481, 2005.