Research

My research interests lie in the fields of  Health Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy and Law and Economics.

Publications

1. "COVID Angels Fighting Daily Demons? Religiosity and Mental Health in Healthcare Workers"  (joint with E. Barili, V. Grembi and V. Rattini), European Economic Review, 162: 104649, 2024.

2. "In Medio Stat Virtus: Effective Communication and Preferences for Redistribution in Hard Times" (joint with, V. Grembi, M. Morelli and A. Rosso), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 214: 105-147, 2023.

3. "Birth Outcomes in Hard Times Among Minority Ethnic Groups" (joint with V. Grembi and J. Linh Bao Nguyen), Journal of Population Economics, 36(1): 263-294, 2023. 

4. "Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Workers in the Aftermath of the COVID-19" (joint with E. Barili, V. Grembi and V. Rattini) Plos One, 17(10): e0275334, 2022. 

5. "Testing An Application of the Political Insurance Model: The Case of the Mexican State-Level Administrative Courts " (with A. Garcia and N. Garoupa), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 195: 272–287, 2022.

6. "Neighbourhoods, Networks, and Delivery Methods" (with E. Barili and V. Grembi), Journal of Health Economcis, 80: 102513, 2021.

7. “Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018” joint with Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Veronica Grembi, 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), 118(40), e2104684118, 2021.

8. "The Political Economy of Road Traffic Accidents" (joint with V. Grembi), Journal of Health Economcis, 76:102435, 2021.

9. "Fee Equalization and Appropriate Health Care" (with E. Barili and V. Grembi), Economics & Human Biology, 41:100981, 2021.

10. "Mortality Inequality in the Czech Republic" (joint with V. Grembi), Fiscal Studies, 42(1): 171-191, 2021. 

11. "Territorial Differences in Access to Prenatal Care and Health at Birth" (joint with V. Grembi) , Health Policy, 125(8): 1092-1099, 2021.

12. "The Effect of Budget Cuts on C-section Rates and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Spain" (joint with V. Grembi; C. Llaneza, J. Vall Castello), Social Science & Medicine, 265, 2020

13. "Malpractice Risk and Medical Treatment Selection" (joint with V. Grembi), Journal of Public Economics, 174: 22-35, 2019.

14. "Not All Silver Lining? The Great Recession and Road Traffic Accidents" (joint with J. Vall Castello and V. Grembi), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70: 274-288, 2018.

15. "Courts, Scheduled Damages, and Medical Malpractice Insurance" (joint with V. Grembi), Empirical Economics, 55(2): 831–854, 2018.

16. "The Life Saving Effect of Hospital Proximity" (joint with V. Grembi), Health Economics, 26(S2): 78-91, 2017.

17. "The Political Economy of the Diagnosis-Related Groups" (joint with V. Grembi), Social Science & Medicine, Volume 190: 38-47, 2017.

18. "Does Experience Rating Improve Obstetric Practices? Evidence from Italy" (joint with S. Amaral Garcia and  V. Grembi), Health Economics, 24(9): 1050-1064, 2015. Working paper version

Chapter in Books/Collections

1. "The Czech Health Care System" (with L. Bryndova and J. Votapkova). Chapter in The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe (edited by B.H. Baltagi and F. Moscone) in the series Contributions to Economic Analysis, Emerald Publishing, 2021.

2. "Medical Malpractice: How Legal Liability Affects Medical Decisions" (with V. Grembi). Chapter in Health Econometrics (edited by B.H. Baltagi and F. Moscone) in the series  Contributions to Economic Analysis, Emerald Publishing, 2018.

3. "Hospital-Level Policy Can Affect Physician Behavior and Reduce C-Section Rates" (joint with S. Amaral-Garcia, J. Friedrichsen, and V. Grembi), DWI Economic Bulletin,  43: 495-501, 2016.

Working Papers

The Migrant Mother: How Being a Migrant Affects Access to Health Care (with V. Grembi and P. Kazakis), HEDG Working Paper 26, 2017

"The Ramadan Effect in the Workplace" (joint with V. Grembi) Submitted

Selected Works in Progress

"Mental Health and Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Evidence" (joint with V. Grembi)

"The Great Escape: Getting Out Physicians From the Public Sector" (joint with V. Grembi)

"The Role of Information and Competition on Hospital Performance" (joint with E. Bracco, J. J. Escarce and P. Pertile)

You can find additional information on my research at my ssrn page.