Research

Publications and forthcoming

Articles

2023 - Paving the way to modern growth. Evidence from Bourbons roads in Spain. Explorations in Economic History, 90, 101544 (with M.A. Garcia-Lopez, A. Herranz-Loncan & E. Viladecans-Marsal). The most recent working paper version is available for download here.

2024 - Life satisfaction along the urban-rural continuum: a global assessment. Applied Economics (with L. Kleine-Ruesckamp & P. Veneri). The most recent working paper version is available for download here.

2024 - Low emission zones and traffic congestion: evidence from Madrid Central. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, forthcoming. The most recent working paper version is available for download here.  Awards: IV Nada Es Gratis JMP Award; Best Paper Award at UB PhD in Economics Workshop 2020. Media coverage: Nada es Gratis ; 5centims.cat


Other publications

2023 - Congestion, Air Quality, and Space, in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (with L. Sarmiento)

2019 - Analisi della popolazione studentesca dei Centri Provinciali per l’Istruzione degli Adulti (CPIA) della Regione Emilia-Romagna, Misure /Materiali di ricerca dell’Istituto Cattaneo, n.40 (with Gentili A.)

2018 - Indagine sul mercato degli alloggi in locazione nel comune di Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo for Bologna Municipality (with Gentili A., and Zoboli A.)

2018 - Le performance scolastiche degli alunni, in Gentili, A., Condizioni socio-economiche delle famiglie e rendimento scolastico: un'indagine sugli alunni di terza media a Bologna, Misure /Materiali di ricerca dell’Istituto Cattaneo, n.39 (with Gentili A., Leone L., and Porfido A.)


Work in Progress

 Awards:  Best Paper Award at ECO-SOS PhD Workshop 2024    ||     Media coverage: 5centims.cat

This paper studies the causal impact of street noise on housing prices. We study the case of Barcelona, one of the European cities with highest levels of noise pollution. We employ a combination of hedonic price and fixed effects models. In addition, we exploit a peculiar architectural feature, i.e. the grid shape of the Eixample district, to identify the effect of interest. Specifically, we exploit variations in noise within building blocks, while keeping local amenities/disamenities constant. Results suggest that street noise leads to a price depreciation of 1.6% in posted prices for sales. Differently, we do not find any effect for rents. We find the price depreciation for sales to be driven by evening and night noise. Nightlife noise leads to a higher depreciation than traffic noise, while pedestrian noise has a positive effect on prices.