Publications

Journal articles

• Gender quotas, board diversity and spillover effects. Evidence from Italian banks , with S. Del Prete and G. Papini, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2024), vol. 221: 148-173.

  • In the media: IlSole24Ore; LaVoce.info

• Last and furious: Relative position and violence at school, with S. Comi, F. Origo, and L. Pagani, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2021) , vol. 188:736-756.  

• Monitoring and sanctioning cheating at school: What works? Evidence from a national evaluation program, with C. Lucifora, Journal of Human Capital (2020), vol. 14(4): 584-616.

• Persuadable perceptions. The effect of media content on beliefs about corruption, with L. Rizzica, Economic Policy (October 2020): pp. 679–737.

  • Winner of the 3rd Giorgio Rota Best Paper Award on "The Economics of Illegal Activities and Corruption".

  • In the media: The Economist, Il Foglio, IlSole24Ore, FIRSTonline.

• Vaccination take-up and health: Evidence from a flu vaccination program for the elderly, with Y. Brilli, C. Lucifora, and A. Russo, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020), vol. 179(C): 323-341 .

  • In the media: LaVoce.info.

• Influenza vaccination behavior and media reporting of adverse events , with Y. Brilli, C. Lucifora, and A. Russo, Health Policy (2020),  vol. 124(12): 1403-1411.

  • In the media: LaVoce.info.

• Law enforcement, social control and organized crime. Evidence from local governments dismissals in Italy, with F. Cingano,  Italian Economic Journal (2020),  6(2), 221-254 .

  • In the media: Vox.eu.

• Bullied because younger than my mates? The effect of age rank on victimization at school, with R. Ballatore and M. Paccagnella, Labour Economics (2020), 62, 101772.

• Does increasing compulsory education decrease or displace adolescent crime? New evidence from administrative and victimization data, with Y. Brilli, CESifo Economic Studies (2018), 64(1):15-49.

  • Editor's Choice! (click for the article link)

• Assessing bureaucratic start-up costs through Mystery Calls. Evidence from the One-stop shops for doing business, with S. Giacomelli, European Journal of Political Economy (2018), 51:121-140.

• Peer effects of non-native students on natives' educational outcomes: mechanisms and evidence, Empirical Economics (2016),51:383–414.

• Red tape reduction and firm entry: New evidence from an Italian reform, with M. Amici, F. Manaresi and S. Giacomelli, Economics Letters (2016),146:24-27.

  • In the media: IlSole24Ore; Neos Magazine.

• Cheating and social interactions. Evidence from a randomized experiment in a national evaluation program, with C. Lucifora, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015), 115(C):45-66.

Chapters in books

• The effects of the interactions between natives and immigrants on school outcomes, in L. Cappellari - C. Lucifora (Eds.), Population Economics. Inequality, Family and Migration, Vita e Pensiero, 2014 [In Italian].

Policy reports

• Immigration policy and crime, with P. Pinotti, F. Fasani and L. Gazzé, XV European Conference Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti, June 2013.

• Quality differentials in Italian Universities intake: the case of Medical Schools students, with P. Sestito, 2011, Bank of Italy Occasional Paper, No. 90/2011.

• Exploring flows to tax havens through means of a gravity model: evidence from Italy, with A. Cassetta, C. Pauselli and L. Rizzica, Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 236/2014.