Research


De la Croix, D., F. Mariani and M. Mercier (2023): "Driven by institutions, shaped by culture: human capital and the secularization of marriage in Italy", International Economic Review forthcoming.

Mariani, F., M. Mercier and L. Pensieroso (2023): "Left-handedness and economic development", Journal of Economic Growth 28 (1), 79-123.

Giordani, P.E. and F. Mariani (2022): "Unintended consequences: can the rise of the educated class explain the revival of protectionsim?", Journal of Economic Theory 105385.

Mariani, F. and M. Mercier (2021): "Immigration and crime: the role of self-selection and institutions", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 185, 538-564.

Mariani, F., M. Mercier and Th. Verdier (2018): "Diasporas and conflict", Journal of Economic Geography 18 (4), 761-793.

Camacho, C., F. Mariani and L. Pensieroso (2017): "Illegal immigration and the shadow economy", International Tax & Public Finance 24 (6), 1050-1080.

De la Croix, D. and F. Mariani (2015): "From polygyny to serial monogamy: a unified theory of marriage institutions", Review of Economic Studies 82 (2), 565-607.

Mariani, F. (2013): "The political economy of naturalization", Canadian Journal of Economics 46 (2), 656-688.

Mariani, F. (2012): "The economic value of virtue", Journal of Economic Growth 17 (4), 323-356.

Mariani, F., A. Perez-Barahona and N. Raffin (2010): "Life expectancy and the environment", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 34 (4), 798-815.

Mariani, F. (2008): "Brain drain, R&D-cost differentials and the innovation gap", Recherches Economiques de Louvain - Louvain Economic Review 74 (3), 251-272.

Mariani, F. (2007): "Migration as an antidote to rent-seeking?", Journal of Development Economics 84 (2), 609-630.

Mariani, F. and P.C. Padoan (2006): "Growth and finance, European integration, and the Lisbon strategy", Journal of Common Market Studies 44 (1), 76-112.