Research

Research interests

Public economics, empirical fiscal policy, measurement theory and the determinants of the shadow economy, migration, subjective well-being.

Publications

'Immigration, amnesties and the shadow economy' (2022), with Emanuele Bracco. Bulletin of Economic Research.

'The Macroeconomic Effects of Income and Consumption Tax Changes' (2021), with Anh D.M. Nguyen and Raffaele Rossi. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 13, Pages 439-466.

'Life satisfaction and austerity: Expectations and the macroeconomy' (2021), with Sarah Brown, Alexandros Kontonikas, Alberto Montagnoli and Mirko Moro. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Volume 95, Article 101780 .

'Shadow economies at times of banking crises: Empirics and theory' (2016), with Emilio Colombo and Patrizio Tirelli. Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 62, Pages 180–190.

'Shadow Economy: Does it matter for money velocity' (2015), with Patrizio Tirelli. Empirical Economics, Volume 49, Pages 839–858.

Working papers

'VAT cuts as emergency policy intervention: evidence from the UK case', with Anna Bottasso, Maurizio Conti, and Claudio Piga. (Submitted)

'When a CEO’s spouse is another CEO: Is it a safety-net or agency?', with Chi Keung Lau, Vu Trinh, and Aaron Tan. (Submitted)

Work in progress

'Media exposure and tax evasion', with Emanuele Bracco and Raffaele Rossi.

'Fake news, media consumption and electoral behaviour', with Maria Kozlovskaya and Sofıa Izquierdo Sanchez.