Public Economics, Economics of Crime, Labour Economics
"Parental Love is Not Blind: Identifying Selection into Early School Start" with A. Aparicio Fenoll and I. Monzon (Vol. 180, November 2025, 105145, European Economic Review)
"Uncovering the Gender Participation Gap in Crime" with E. Gavrilova, European Economic Review, 2018, doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.03.014 download
"The Role of Museums in Bilateral Tourist Flows: Evidence from Italy" with M. Richiardi, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 70-3, 1 July 2018, pp.658-679 download
"Rationalizable Suicides: Evidence from Changes in Inmates' Expected Length of Sentence" with T. Diasakos and G. Mastrobuoni, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 15-2, April 2017, pp.388-428 download
"Returns to Education in Criminal Organizations: Did Going to College Help Michael Corleone?" with R. Gray and G. Mastrobuoni, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 54, October 2016, pp. 242-258 download
"Women in Crime", IZA World of Labor,105, November 2014 (updated version July 2019), doi:10.15185/izawol.105 (downloadable at http://wol.iza.org/articles/women-in-crime)
"The Causal Effect of Trade on Migration: Evidence from Countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership," Labour Economics, Vol. 30, October 2014, pp. 223–233 download
"Mega Events in Sports and Crime: Evidence from the 1990 Football World Cup," Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 14 no. 2, April 2013, pp. 148-170 download
"Migrazioni e commercio nell'area del partenariato euro-mediterraneo," Rassegna Economica. Quaderni Premio Rassegna Economica, Nr 21/2012, pp. 165-179.
"Gender Norms and Crime"
"The impact of Twitter on Cultural Consumption" with S. Ciarlantini e V. Mollisi (submitted)
"The Unexpected Consequences of Gender Equality" with L. Cavaglia'
"The Art of Entrepreneurship: Artist Clusters and Startup Births in NYC" with J. Blanco Alvarez
"Peer Effects in Tenant Delinquency: Evidence From a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Public Housing" with M. Macaluso
"The Making of Creativity"
"The Impact of Airbnb on Inner Areas: Evidence from Italy" with V. Mollisi
"Airbnb and Crime" with A. Hidalgo, V. Mollisi and M. Ubaldi