Publications

Articles in refereed Journals

2023- "Digging into waste: an analysis of waste crime in the Italian provinces" (with D. Andreatta, S. Favarin, and M. Lisciandra). REGIONAL STUDIES. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2135697 

2023-  "Do Flexibility Measures Affect the Wage Share? An Empirical Analysis of Selected European Countries." (with G. Liotti, E. Millemaci, L. Salvati) REVIEW OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, p. 1-24, ISSN: 0953-8259, doi: 10.1080/09538259.2023.2165391 

2022 - "A corruption risk indicator for public procurement" (with R. Milani and M. Lisciandra). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102141 

2021 - "The influence of personality traits on university performance: Evidence from Italian freshmen students" (with L. Corazzini, S. D'Arrigo, and P. Navarra). PLOS ONE, 16(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258586 

2017 - "The Economic Effect of Corruption in Italy: A Regional Panel Analysis" (with M. Lisciandra). REGIONAL STUDIES, vol. 51, Issue 9, pp.1387-1398 (published online: 12 Jul 2016). doi: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1184244

2016 - "Supply and demand-side determinants of productivity growth in Italian regions", (with F. Ofria). STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS, Vol. 37, pp. 138–146. doi: 10.1016/j.strueco.2016.04.001

2016 - "CAP payments and spatial diversity in cereal crops: An analysis of Italian farms" (with F. Capitanio and E. Gatto). LAND USE POLICY, Vol. 54, pp. 574–582. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.019

2016 - "Present-Biased Preferences and Money Demand" (with R.J. Waldmann). DE ECONOMIST: Vol. 164, Issue 2, pp 187-207. doi:10.1007/s10645-016-9274-3. [pre-print]

2014 - "Precautionary savings of agents with heterogeneous risk aversion" (with M. Limosani). APPLIED ECONOMICS 46.20 (2014): 2342-2361. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.896983 [pre-print]

2014 - "The long-term impact of family difficulties during childhood on labor market outcomes" (with D. Sciulli). REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, doi 10.1007/s11150-013-9187-8 [pre-print]

2014 - "Kaldor-Verdoorn’s law and increasing returns to scale: a comparison across developed countries" (with F. Ofria). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC STUDIES, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 140-162, doi 10.1108/JES-02-2012-0026 [pre-print]

2013 - "A panel investigation on corruption and economic growth: the case of the italian regions" (with M. Lisciandra). RASSEGNA ECONOMICA, vol. 1, p. 169-185

2013 - "Evaluating how predictable errors in expected income affect consumption" (with L. Giamboni and R.J. Waldmann). APPLIED ECONOMICS, 45(28), pp. 4004-4021. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2012.745987  [pre-print]

2011 - "Evidence on excess sensitivity of consumption to predicted income growth" (with M. Limosani). RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS, Vol. 65, Issue 2, doi: 10.1016/S1090-9443(11)00015-9. [pre-print]

Refereed Book Chapters

2022 – “Election and Government Deficit Spending: Evidence from Italian Regions”. In: J. Eatwell, P. Commendatore, N. Salvadori (eds) Classical Economics, Keynes and Money. Routledge - Taylor & Francis group. ISBN 9780367615703

 2022 – “Tourism Flows in Italy: The Role of Local Public Policies Toward Disability.” In: Abbate, T., Cesaroni, F., D'Amico, A. (eds) Tourism and Disability. Tourism on the Verge. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93612-9_4 

2022 - "A novel approach to assess evidence on air transport: insight from Italy." (with R. Arbolino, P. David, F. Monteforte and F. Ofria). In R. Guarneri (eds), Economia, territorio e azienda. p. 221-247, Genzano di Roma:‎ Aracne, ISBN: 979-12-218-0428-7, doi: 10.53136/979122180427011