Research

Published Papers

Tax Morale and Tax Evasion Reports. 2013. Economics Letters, 121 (1): 110-114. paper

Cocaine: the Complementarity between Legal and Illegal Trade. 2014. The World Economy 37 (9): 1290-1314. paper

Regulating Prostitution: a Health Risk Approach (with G. Immordino). 2015. Journal of Public Economics 121 (1): 14-31.paper

Laws and Stigma: the Case of Prostitution (with G. Immordino). 2015. European Journal of Law and Economics 40 (2): 209-223. paper

Prostitution Policy (with G. Immordino). 2016. Handbook on the Economics of Prostitution, S.Cunningham and M. Shah ed., Oxford University Press.

Commercial Sex and Health (with G. Immordino). 2016. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, A.Marciano and G.B. Ramello ed., Springer editions.

Inequality and Charity (with G. Mastromatteo). 2017. World Development, 96:136-144. paper

Informality: the Doorstep of the Legal System. 2018. Open Economics 1(1): 49-70. paper

Fighting Tax Evasion by Discouraging the Use of Cash? (with G: Immordino). 2018. Fiscal Studies 39 (2): 343-364. paper

Cashless Payments and Tax Evasion. 2018. European Journal of Political Economy 55: 36-43. data paper

Reporting Tax Evasion. 2018. Economia Politica 35: 917-933. paper

Immigration and Nationalism: The Importance of Identity. 2021. European Economic Review 137: 103781. paper

Epidemics and Policy: the Dismal Tradeoffs. 2022. Economia Politica. forthcoming. wp

Cash Tresholds, Cash Expenditure and Tax Evasion. Fiscal Studies. forthcoming.

Working Papers and Work in Progress

Testing Policies During an Epidemic. wp

Conformism, Social Segregation and Cultural Assimilation. wp

Fines for Unequal Societies (with G. Dari Mattiacci and G. Immordino).

Prostitution and Violence: Evidence from Sweden (with M. Perrotta Berlin, G. Spagnolo e G. Immordino). wp

The Recessionary Impact of Fiscal Consolidations: Evidence from an increase of Italian Property Taxes (with D. Christelis).

Financial Assimilation of Immigrants to Italy.

Taxing Cash Withdrawals in Italy (with G. Immordino). wp

A Tale of Trade, Migration and War (with M. D'Amato).

Hosting Migrants (with M. Carillo and L. Piemontese).

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