Fact-Checking Politicians (with Andrea Mattozzi & Samuel Nocito) [VoxEu]
Ranking for Engagement: How Social Media Algorithms Fuel Misinformation and Polarization (with Fabrizio Germano and Vicenç Gómez),
Journal of Public Economics, 225, 2026.
Lost in the Net? Broadband Internet and Youth Mental Health, (with Dante Donati, Ruben Durante & Dijana Zejcirovic) [VoxEU Video]
Journal of Health Economics, 103, 2025.
A Beam of Light: Media, Tourism and Economic Development, (with Samuel Nocito & Marcello Sartarelli)
Journal of Urban Economics, 137, 2023 [WP Version]
War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance During World War II (with Stefano Gagliarducci, Massimiliano Onorato & Guido Tabellini)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(4), 2020 (leading article). [WP version]; [Online Appendix]; [AEA Research Highlights; VoxEu; Voce.info]
The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (with Francesco Drago & Roberto Galbiati)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(6), 2020 [Online Appendix]; [VoxEu]
Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and other Algorithmic Gatekeepers) (with Fabrizio Germano)
Journal of Public Economics, 187, 2020. [Online Appendix] [WP Version] [Nada es Gratis; Voce.info]
Politics 2.0.: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation (with Filipe Campante & Ruben Durante)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 16(4), 2018. [NBER WP version]; [VoxEu]
Paying Positive to Go Negative: Advertisers' Competition and Media Reports (with Andrea Blasco & Paolo Pin)
European Economic Review, 83: 243–261, 2016. [WP version]; [Extended Version]; [Online Appendix]; [Examples]
Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit (with Francesco Drago & Tommaso Nannicini)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(3): 159–188, 2014.
Copyright 2014, American Economic Association. [Online Appendix] [Data Set]
Journal of Public Economics, vol. 113, 43-53, 2014. [WP version];[Online appendix]
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 6 (3-4): 235-274, 2011.
Electoral Participation and Communicative Voting in Europe (with Pietro Navarra)
European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26 (2): 185-207, 2010. [WP version]
The "Great Lockdown": Inactive Workers and Covid-19 Mortality, (with Nicola Borri, Francesco Drago & Chiara Santantonio)
Health Economics, Vol. 30(10): 2367-2382. 2021. [WP Version]; [VoxEu]
The Political Economy of New media: Challenges & Opportunities across Democracies and Autocracies, Journal of Development Perspectives, vol. 2(1-2): 49-61, 2018. [WP version]
in C. Menard & M. Shirley (eds.). A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2018. [WP version]
In F. Forte, R. Mudambi & P. Navarra (eds). Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics. Chelthenam, Edward Elgar Press. 2014. [WP version]
Competition and Commercial Media Bias (with Andrea Blasco)
Telecommunications Policy, vol. 36 (5): 434-447, 2012. [WP version]