Published Papers
"The economics of extortion: Theory and the case of the Sicilian Mafia" (with Mario Lavezzi), Journal of Comparative Economics (2023 in press)
"Crowding out the change: business networks and persisting economic elites in the South of Italy over Unification (1840–1880)", (with M.C. Schisani and G. Ragozini), Cliometrica (2021)
"Cumulative innovation, Open Source and distance to frontier" (with A.Tesoriere), Journal of Public Economic Theory (2020)
"Selection by committee: Anonimity and Gratitude" (with S.Modica), Research in Economics (2018)
"The Investments of the Neapolitan Public Banks: a long run view (1587-1806)" (with F.Balletta and E.Nappi), in Financial Innovation and Resilience - a comparative perspective on the Public Banks of Naples (1462-1808), ed. L. Costabile and L.Neal, Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance (2018)
"A Dynamic Model of open source vs proprietary R&D" (with A. Tesoriere), European Economic Review (2017)
"Strictly convex variable cost does not imply U-shaped average cost" (with A. Tesoriere), Research in Economics (2016)
Books
Lezioni di macroeconomia (with S.Modica), Egea Editore terza edizione 2022. (in Italian)
Working Papers
"The Economics of Extortion: Theory and Evidence on the Sicilian Mafia" (with M.Lavezzi) Discussion Papers, Dip. Economia e Management, Università di Pisa (2019)
"On Repeated Moral Hazard with a Present Biased Agent" (with G. Immordino) CSEF Working Paper 341/2013 (2013)
Work in Progress
"Experimentation with a present biased agent"
"Optimal Taxation of Family Income: the 2x2 case"