Published Papers
Cultural Doorways in the Barriers to Development (with M. D’Amato). 2025. Journal of Economic Growth, forthcoming.
Testing Policies during an Epidemic: an Economic Analysis. 2025. PlosOne, forthcoming.
Fines for Unequal Societies (with G. Dari-Mattiacci e G. Immordino). 2025. European Journal of Political Economy, 86: 102621.
Cultural Assimilation and Segregation in Heterogeneous Societies. 2024. Journal of Population Economics 37(61).
Epidemics and Policy: the Dismal Tradeoffs. 2023. Economia Politica. 40: 561-588.
Cash Tresholds, Cash Expenditure and Tax Evasion. 2002. Fiscal Studies 43(4): 387-403.
Immigration and Nationalism: The Importance of Identity. 2021. European Economic Review 137: 103781. paper
Reporting Tax Evasion. 2018. Economia Politica 35: 917-933. paper
Cashless Payments and Tax Evasion. 2018. European Journal of Political Economy 55: 36-43. data paper
Fighting Tax Evasion by Discouraging the Use of Cash? (with G: Immordino). 2018. Fiscal Studies 39 (2): 343-364. paper
Informality: the Doorstep of the Legal System. 2018. Open Economics 1(1): 49-70. paper
Inequality and Charity (with G. Mastromatteo). 2017. World Development, 96:136-144. paper
Commercial Sex and Health (with G. Immordino). 2016. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, A.Marciano and G.B. Ramello ed., Springer editions.
Prostitution Policy (with G. Immordino). 2016. Handbook on the Economics of Prostitution, S.Cunningham and M. Shah ed., Oxford University Press.
Laws and Stigma: the Case of Prostitution (with G. Immordino). 2015. European Journal of Law and Economics 40 (2): 209-223. paper
Regulating Prostitution: a Health Risk Approach (with G. Immordino). 2015. Journal of Public Economics 121 (1): 14-31.paper
Cocaine: the Complementarity between Legal and Illegal Trade. 2014. The World Economy 37 (9): 1290-1314. paper
Tax Morale and Tax Evasion Reports. 2013. Economics Letters, 121 (1): 110-114. paper
Working Papers and Work in Progress
Timing Matters: Integration Policies and Real Estate Markets (With M.F. Carillo and L. Piemontese).
Brave Old World: on the Historical Roots of Interstate Conflict (with M. D’Amato).
Cultural Doorways and Nation Building (with M. D’Amato).
Ancient Technological Diffusion and Long-Run Growth (with M. D’Amato).
Music, Economics and Society (with M. D’Amato).
Prostitution and Violence (with G. Immordino).
The Recessionary Impact of Fiscal Consolidations (with D. Christelis).
Other Work (in Italian)
Movienomics (with N. Persico). 2014. LaVoce.info. html
Una Tassa sull’Uso del Contante per Combattere l’Evasione? (with G. Immordino). 2014. LaVoce.info. html
I Limiti delle Zone a Luci Rosse (with G. Immordino). 2015. LaVoce.info. html
Prostituzione tra Sfruttamento e Burocrazia. 2015. LaVoce.info. html
L'Evasione Paga in Contanti. (with G. Immordino). 2015. LaVoce.info. html
Pro e Contro la Marijuana Legale. 2016. LaVoce.info. html
Così la Ricerca Economica Aiuta a Scegliere la Legge Elettorale (with P. Panizza). 2017. LaVoce.info html