Here you can find the results of my research in economics and finance.
Papers Submitted / R&R
Aligned by Policy or Practice? The Differential Signaling of EU Taxonomy and ESG Scores on the Cost of Debt (with S. Boccaletti and M. Ruberti), 2025+. Submitted, R&R.
Innovation and Credit Access for Small- and Medium- Size Enterprises (with A. Bellucci, G. Giombini), 2025+. Submitted.
Sustainability Orientation and Investor Preferences: Insights into Early-Stage Equity Funding (with G. Bifulco, F. Di Pietro), 2025+. Submitted.
The Staying Power of Face-to-face in the Venture Capital Market (with A. Bellucci, A. Borisov, A. Zazzaro), 2024+. Submitted.
Published in Peer-Reviewed International Journals
[1] Individual performance and environment: Home Advantage in ATP tennis (with M. Ruberti), 2025 (forthcoming), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
[2] ESG Performance, Institutional Factors, and the Cost of Debt (with S. Boccaletti), 2025, The Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 1-29. - Accepted Manuscript Download
[3] Public Grants beneficiaries and Venture Capital-backed firms: A tale of two funding strategies (with A. Bellucci and D. Nepelski), 2025, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-44
[4] Common Factors behind Corporates' Environmental Ratings (with E. Ossola, L. Parisio, and M. Pelagatti), 2025, International Review of Financial Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.103961.
[5] Living in the ‘doughnut’: reconsidering the boundaries via composite indicators (with T. Luzzati), 2024, Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112864. Media Coverage: Radio24 (Sole24Ore) - Si può fare
[6] Do venture capital investments contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals?, 2024, Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3942. Media Coverage: Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile - Investi Responsabilmente.
[7] A Turning Point for Banking: Unravelling the Changing Landscape of Banking Activity in Europe since the COVID-19 pandemic (with A. Bellucci), 2024, Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2282717X24500026.
[8] Gender Gap in Business Angel Financing (with A. Bellucci, R. Locatelli, and C. Schiena), 2024, Entrepreneurship Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2023-0246. Media Coverage: inGenere
[9] Equity Investments and Environmental Pressure: The Role of Venture Capital. (with T. Cappellari), Sustainability, 16(1), 241, 2024. Media Coverage: BNews.
[10] Venture Capital Financing and Green Patenting (with A. Bellucci, S. Fatica, A. Georgakaki, S. Letout and F. Pasimeni). Industry and Innovation, 2023. Media Coverage: BNews.
[11] The Reallocation Effects of COVID-19: Evidence from Venture Capital Investments around the World, (with A. Bellucci, A. Borisov, and A. Zazzaro), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2023. Media Coverage: CEPR Covid Economics.
[12] Team performance and audience: experimental evidence from the football sector (with M. Ferraresi), German Economic Review. 2022. Media Coverage: LaVoce.info.
[13] Measuring the relative development and integration of EU countries’ Capital Markets using composite indicators and cluster analysis, Review of World Economics. 2022.
[14] Political alignment, centralisation, and the sense of government unpreparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic (with M. Ferraresi), The European Journal of Political Economy, 2021. Media Coverage: VoxEU; LaVoce.info; Temi di Economia Pubblica SIEP; CEPR Covid Economics.
[15] Who chokes on a penalty kick? Social environment and individual performance during Covid-19 times (with M. Ferraresi), Economics Letters, 109868, 2021.
[16] Savings from public procurement centralization in the health care system (with M. Ferraresi and L. Rizzo), The European Journal of Political Economy. 2020. Media Coverage: LaVoce.info.
[17] A multiscale reassessment of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for energy and CO2 emissions (with T. Luzzati and M. Orsini), Energy policy, 122, 612-621, 2018.
[18] A non-simplistic approach to composite indicators and rankings: an illustration by comparing the sustainability of the EU Countries (with T. Luzzati). Ecological Economics, 113, 25-38, 2015.
Published in Peer-Reviewed National Journals
[1] Il ruolo delle performance ESG nella valutazione della rischiosità aziendale: un’analisi sul costo del debito a livello globale (with S. Boccaletti), Bancaria, 2025.
[2] Tecnofinanza e Finanza Alternativa: Idee per una nuova definizione di "FinTech” (with A. Bellucci), Rivista Bancaria. Minerva Bancaria, 5-6. 2022.
[3] Public Grants and Venture Capital investments as complementary sources for SME financing (with A. Bellucci and D. Nepelski), Argomenti, (20). 2021.
[4] Il finanziamento Venture Capital: implicazioni della definizione di Piccola e Media Impresa (with A. Bellucci), Argomenti, (19), 2021.
Working Papers
[1] The Staying Power of Face-to-face in the Global Venture Capital Market (with A. Bellucci, A. Borisov, A. Zazzaro). Money and Finance Research group (Mo. Fi. R.)-Univ. Politecnica Marche-Dept. Economic and Social Sciences (No. 185). 2024.
Policy Reports
[1] The determinants of Public Grants and Venture Capital financing: Evidence from Europe (with A. Bellucci and D. Nepelski), Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, doi:10.2760/920754.
[2] Technological and innovation challenges for industry: Science for policy insights (with A. Bellucci, D. Nepelski and others). EUR 30641 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-32261-0 (online), doi:10.2760/271868 (online), JRC123980.
[3] Centralisation, voter perception, and the sense of government unpreparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (with M. Ferraresi). Covid Economics, 60, 110-141, 2020. Highlighted by CEPR.
[4] The Reallocation Effects of COVID-19: Evidence from Venture Capital Investments around the World (with A. Bellucci, A. Borisov, and A. Zazzaro). Covid Economics, 55, 122-156, 2020.
[5] Monitoring the development and integration of EU countries’ capital markets, EUR 29891 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-12268-5 (online), doi:10.2760/92215 (online), JRC118408.
(Contributions in) Books
[1] Finanza alternativa e finanziamenti pubblici europei: risorse complementari per le PMI? (with A. Bellucci) in: (a cura di) R. Locatelli and C. Schena. Il Nuovo Ecosistema Finanziario per le PMI. Le opportunità della digitalizzazione e dello sviluppo sostenibile. Franco Angeli Editore, 2022.
[2] Venture Capital in Europe. Evidence-based insights about Venture Capitalists and venture capital-backed firms (with A. Bellucci and D. Nepelski), EUR 30480 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-26939-7, doi:10.2760/076298, JRC122885.
[3] La sostenibilità delle regioni italiane: la classifica Leonardo-IRTA (with T. Luzzati). Felici Editore, Pisa, 2013.