Publications
The Electoral Consequences of Large Fiscal Adjustments (with Alberto Alesina and Dorian Carloni) in Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis (2013), University of Chicago Press
Press Coverage: The Economist - Reuters - Voxeu - Sole24ore
Institutional Transplant and Cultural Proximity: Insights from Nineteenth-Century Prussia (with Laura Ogliari) - The Journal of Economic History, 79(4), 1060-1093 (2019)
Birth and Migration of Scientists: Does Religiosity Matter? (with Laura Ogliari and Mara Squicciarini) - The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, 187, 274-289 (2021)
State Formation, Social Unrest and Cultural Distance: Brigandage in Post-Unification Italy 1861-1865 (with Laura Ogliari and Tommaso Orlando) - Journal of Economic Growth 27(3) (2022)
Press Coverage: Voxeu
Mobilization and the Strategy of Populism: Theory and Evidence from the United States (with Gloria Gennaro and Massimo Morelli) - Electoral Studies 92 (2024): 102853. Replication Package Previous versions: CEPR DP15686
Working Papers
Persistent Specialization and Growth: The Italian Land Reform (with Riccardo Bianchi Vimercati and Matteo Magnaricotte) - (Sep 2023) Requested Revision
Growth After Death: The Economic Effect of Political Leadership (with Laura Ogliari and Tommaso Nannicini) - (Jul 2024)
From Fields to Factories: Malaria Eradication and Structural Transformation in Post-War Italy (with Paolo Buonanno, Vitantonio Mariella and Laura Ogliari ) - CEPR DP 20394
Smithian Growth in Britain before the Industrial Revolution, 1500-1800 (with David Chilosi and Patrick Wallis) - CEPR DP 20418
Selected Ongoing Research Projects
Building Consistent Territorial Units over Time: A Graph-Based Method for Historical Municipal Boundaries in Italy (with Paolo Buonanno, Bianca Cattaneo, Vitantonio Mariella and Laura Ogliari )
The Economics and Politics of Government Aid (with Tommaso Colussi, Massimiliano Onorato and Marco Manacorda)
Tariff Changes, Economic Specialization, and Gender Roles: Evidence from Italian Protectionism (with Laura Ogliari and Mara Squicciarini)
Brigandage and Political Disengagement: the lasting impact of civil conflict in post-unification Italy (with Paolo Buonanno and Laura Ogliari )