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 

Cash Tresholds, Cash Expenditure and Tax Evasion. 2002. Fiscal Studies 43(4): 387-403.

Epidemics and Policy: the Dismal Tradeoffs. 2023. Economia Politica.  40: 561-588.

Cultural Assimilation and Segregation in Heterogeneous Societies. 2024. Journal of Population Economics forthcoming

Working Papers and Work in Progress

Criminalizing Prostitution and Domestic Violence. (with G. Immordino). R&R 

Cultural Doorways in the Barriers to Development (with M. D' Amato).

Brave Old World: On the Roots of the Global Patterns of Trade, Migration and Interstate Conflict  (with M. D'Amato).

Integration Policies and Wealth (with M. Carillo and L. Piemontese).

Cultural Doorways and Nation Building (with M. D' Amato).

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

Testing Policies During an Epidemic.  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

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