Papers in refereed journals
''What’s your shape?’ A data-driven approach to estimating the Environmental Kuznets Curve" (with A. F. Gravina). Energy Economics, 148, 2025, 108649.
"Demography, growth, and robots in advanced and emerging economies" (with A. F. Gravina). Asian Development Review, 41, pp. 1-26, 2024. (Faculti interview, 30 November 2023)
"The turnaround in Philippine growth: From disappointment to promising success" (with G. Estrada and J. Felipe). Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 62, pp. 327-342, 2022
"Finance, globalisation, technology and inequality: Do nonlinearities matter?" (with A. F. Gravina). Economic Modelling, 96, pp. 96-110, 2021
"The PRC’s long-run growth through the lens of the export-led growth model" (with J. Felipe). Journal of Comparative Economics, 48, pp. 163-181, 2020
"Is Indonesia’s growth rate balance-of-payments-constrained? A time-varying estimation approach" (with G. Estrada and J. Felipe). Review of Keynesian Economics, 7, pp. 537–553, 2019
“Potential growth in Asia and its determinants: An empirical investigation”. Asian Development Review, 33, pp. 1-27, 2016
“Inflation targeting and interest rates: A panel time-series approach”. Oxford Economic Papers, 68, pp. 484-505, 2016
“The declining share of agricultural employment in the People's Republic of China: How fast?”. (with C. Dacuycuy and J. Felipe). Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 37, pp. 127-137, 2016
“The Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Rate and the Natural Rate of Growth: New empirical evidence ”. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38, pp. 817-838, 2014
“Temperature, rainfall and economic growth in Africa”. Empirical Economics, 46, pp. 1-18, 2014
“Current account sustainability in advanced economies”. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 23, pp. 1000-1017, 2014
“Hysteresis and the regional NAIRUs in Italy”. Bulletin of Economic Research, 64, pp. 415-429, 2012
“Credibility in emerging economies: Does inflation targeting matter?” (with R.P. Nogueira Jnr). The Manchester School, 79, pp. 1080-1098, 2011
“The endogeneity of the natural rate of growth in the regions of Italy”. International Review of Applied Economics, 24, pp. 533-552, 2010
“The nature of regional unemployment in Italy”. Empirical Economics, 39, pp. 877-895, 2010
“Is regional growth in Italy endogenous?”. Regional Studies, 43, pp. 1001-1013, 2009
“Sectoral engines of growth in developing Asia: Stylized facts and implications” (with G. Estrada, J. Felipe and M. León-Ledesma). Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 46, pp. 107-133, 2009
“Disparità regionali e specializzazione produttiva in Italia”. Scienze Regionali, Italian Journal of Regional Science, 5, pp. 85-10, 2006
Book chapters
“The metropolitan area of the Strait: An opportunity for the development of the territory”. (with P. David and M. Limosani). In Eugene P. Trani and Donald E. Davis (Eds.), A Bridge to Somewhere: The Tragedy of the Messina Strait Bridge Project. Richmond, USA: Dementi Milestone Publishing, 2014
“The endogenous nature of the 'natural' rate of growth” (with M. León-Ledesma). In Mark Setterfield (Ed.), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth. Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2010