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Articles in refereed journals, chapters in books


- Measuring switching costs in the Italian residential electricity market, (with M. Magnani and F. Manenti). The Energy Journal, https://dx.doi.org/10.5547/01956574.45.2.mmag , forthcoming, 45/2, 2024.
- Bidding on Price and Quality: An Experiment on the Complexity of Scoring Auctions, (with L. Corazzini, R. Camboni and S. Galavotti).  Review of Economics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01288, forthcoming.
- Household energy poverty and the “Just Transition” (with I. Faiella, L. Lavecchia, and R. Miniaci), in K. Zimmerman (ed): "The Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics", Springer, 2022.
-  Mapping fuel poverty risk at the municipal level. A small-scale analysis of Italian Energy Performance Certificate, census and survey data,  (with R. Camboni, A. Corsini, R. Miniaci), Energy Policy, 155 (2021) 112324, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112324 
- Buyer’s discretion in Russian public procurement during the Covid-19 emergency (with R. Camboni and E. Podkolzina), Ch.14, pp. 147-158, in O. Bandiera,  E.Bosio, G. Spagnolo (eds): "Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies", CEPR Press, 2021, London.
- Temporary partneship and subcontracting: Pre- vs. Post-award outsourcing in public procurement, (with R. Camboni and L. Rondi), European Journal of Political Economy, 66 (2021) 101950, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101950 
- Purchasing medical devices: the role of buyers' competence and discretion" (with A. Bucciol and R. Camboni), Journal of Health Economics, 74 (2020)10237, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102370
- Incumbent and entrants' bidding in scoring rule auctions. A study on Italian canteens' services, (with R. Camboni), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy,  2020, 21(1): 1–43,.DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2019-0146.
- An Experimental Study on Sequential Auctions with Privately Known Capacities", (with L. Corazzini and S. Galavotti), Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 117: 289-315, DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.06.005.
- Fiscal Consolidation by Intergovernmental Transfers Cuts? The Unpleasant Effect on Expenditure Arrears" (with P. Chiades, L. Greco, V. Mengotto, L. Moretti), Economic Modelling, 2019, 77: 266-275, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.09.008.
"Asymmetric regulation and incentives for quality provision: the new phase for the Italian water services", (with L. Bardelli), in Porcher, S. and S. Saussier (ed.): Palgrave Studies in Water Governance, London: Palgrave, 2018, Chapter 3: 57-84, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98515-2.
"Public Procurement: New Theoretical and Empirical Developments. Introduction", (with S. Saussier), Special Issue, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2018, 45(1):1-4, DOI: 10.1007/s40812-018-0091-3.
"Sophisticated Bidders in Beauty-Contest Auctions", (with S. Galavotti and L. Moretti), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2018, 10(4):1-27. DOI: 10.1257/ mic.20150240.
"Pre-commercial Procurement, Procurement of Innovative Solutions and Innovation Partnership in the EU: Rational and Strategy", (with Iossa E. and F. Biagi), Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2018, 27(8): 730-749. DOI:10.1080/10438599.2017.1402431.
"Court Efficiency and Procurement Performance", (with D. Coviello, L. Moretti and G. Spagnolo), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12225.
"Determinants of State Aid to Firms: The case of the European Car Industry", (with M. Nicolini and C. Scarpa), Industrial and Corporate Change, 2017, 26(3): 399–420. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw023.
"Allotment in First-Price Auctions: an experimental investigation", (with L. Corazzini, S. Galavotti and R. Sausgruber), Experimental Economics, 2017, 20: 70–99.  DOI: 10.1007/s10683-016-9476-1. 
"Benefits to vulnerable consumers in Italian energy markets: a focus on the eligibility criterion", (with R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), in Jon Strand (ed.): The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsides, pp. 223-254, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2016. ISBN-10:0262034646.
“Donor coordination in project funding: Evidence from a threshold public goods experiment”, (with C. Cotton and L. Corazzini), Journal of Public Economics,  2015, 128: 16-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.05.005
"Firms' Qualifications and Subcontracting in Public Procurement: An Empirical Investigation ", (with L. Moretti), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2015, 31(3): 568-598. DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewv001
“Energy affordability and the benefits system in Italy”, (with R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), Energy Policy, 2014, 75: 289-300. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.008.
“Sticks and carrots in procurement: an experimental exploration", (with M. Bigoni and G. Spagnolo), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2014, 14/3: 893-936. DOI:10.1515/bejeap-2013-0110.
“Time overruns as opportunistic behavior in public procurement”, (with C. D’Alpaos, M. Moretto and S. Vergalli), Journal of Economics, 2013, 110 (1): 25-42. DOI: 10.1007/s00712-013-0352-6.
“Aiding car producers in the EU: money in search for a strategy”, (with M. Nicolini and C. Scarpa), Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2012, 13(1): 67-87. DOI: 10.1007/s10842-012-0146-5.
“The design of the university systems”, (with G. De Fraja), Journal of Public Economics, 201296:317-330. 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.10.005.
“Technology and incentive regulation in the Italian motorway industry”, (with A. Iozzi and L. Benfratello), Journal of Regulatory Economics, 35(2): 201-221, 2009. DOI:  10.1007/s11149-008-9077-9
"Towards defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services", (with I. Kessides, R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, 4915/2008, 2008.
“Equilibrium state aid in integrating markets”, (with S. Martin), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008,  8(1): Article 33.
“Distributional effects of price reforms in the Italian utility markets”, (with R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29/1: 135-163.
“Measuring the affordability of basic public utility services in Italy”, (with R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2008, 121-67/2: 185-230.
“Profit sharing and firm regulation: a real option approach”, (with M. Moretto), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7 (1): Article 56. 
“Institutional and regulatory reform of the Italian motorway industry: a first empirical assessment”, (with L. Benfratello and A. Iozzi, in Marrelli), M., F. Padovano and I. Rizzo (eds.): Servizi Pubblici: Nuove Tendenze nella Regolamentazione, nella Produzione e nel Finanziamento, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2007. 
“State aid to business”, (with S. Martin), in P. Bianchi and S. Labory, (eds.): International Handbook of Industrial Policy, Elsevier: Amsterdam, Chapter 7, pp. 134-152, 2006.
“Profit-sharing regulation in water service supply”, (with M. Moretto), in Defrancesco E., Thiene M., Galletto L., (eds.) Food, Agriculture and the Environment. Economic Issues, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 291-304, 2005. 
“Revenue Sharing Rules for International Telephony”, (with G. De Fraja), Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2001, 20: 1-21.
“State Aid in Context”, (with S. Martin), in G. Galli and J. Pelkmans (ed.) Regulatory reform and competitiveness in Europe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, vol.1 :176-201, 2000.
“Foreign Direct Investment, Policy Uncertainty and Irreversibility: an Option Pricing Approach”, (with M. Moretto), Rivista di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, 1999, 66: 653-675.
“Privatisation and EU Competition Policy: the case of the Italian Energy Sector”, in S. Martin (ed.) Competition Policy in the EU, Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp.323-350, 1998.
“Market Perfomance in a Transition Economy: Interactions between Employee-Controlled and Profit-Maximising Firms”, (with M. Moretto), Rivista di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, 1997, 44: 23-42.
“Large scale privatisation and management incentives in Central Eastern Europe”, Economic System, 1995, 2: 125-146.
"Privatising by Auction in the Eastern European Transition Countries: the Czechoslovak Experience", Moct-Most, 1995, 1: 101-132.
“Modelling interactions between state and private sector in a previously centrally planned economy”, Journal of International and Comparative Economics, 1995, 1: 39-59. 

Other publications, in Italian (journals and chapters in books)



 "Verso la definizione e misurazione dei concetti di affordability nei servizi elettrici", (with R. Miniaci and C. Scarpa), in F. Boffa, S. Clo' and A. Clo', Riforme elettriche tra efficienza ed equita'", Bologna: Il Mulino, 2015.
- "Riforme nei servizi di pubblica utilita' e tutela dei vulnerable consumers in Europa", in AA.VV., "Evoluzione e riforma dell'intervento pubblico - Saggi in onore di Gilberto Muraro", Milano: Giappichelli Ed, 2013.
- Comment to the paper: "La rinegoziazione dei contratti di lavori pubblici: un'analisi teorica ed empirica"(F.Decarolis, G.Palumbo), (with L. Moretti), in AA.VV., Banca D'Italia: Report Ricerca su Infrastrutture, 2011.
- "Il controllo europeo degli aiuti di stato all'industria: l'esperienza italiana nel periodo 2000- 2006", (with S. Martin), in Guerra C. and A. Zanardi (eds.): Rapporto di Finanza Pubblica 2007, Bologna: Il Mulino, 223-254, 2007.
- "La riforma del settore autostradale: un cantiere aperto", (with L. Benfratello and A. Iozzi), in Cambini C., Giannaccari A. e F. Pammolli (eds.): Le politiche di liberalizzazione in Italia: proposte di riforma e linee di intervento settoriali, Bologna: Il Mulino, 143-170, 2007.
- "Una valutazione delle ipotesi di revisione del Metodo Tariffario Normalizzato per il sistema idrico integrato in Italia", (with C. D'Alpaos), Economia Pubblica, 2006, 36: 97-125.
- "Autostrade", (with L. Benfratello, A. Iozzi), Rivista di Politica Economica, 2006, III:329- 364.
- "Quali tariffe di trasporto nel settore del gas naturale?", (with C. Cambini and A. Iozzi), Mercato Concorrenza e Regole, 2004, 6:1, 151-175.
- "Monopolio naturale ed efficienza nell'offerta di servizi pubblici", (with V. Rebba), in Muraro G. e P. Valbonesi (eds.): I servizi idrici tra mercato e regole, Roma: Carocci, pp.59-96, 2003.
- "La regolamentazione dei prezzi", (with M. Moretto), in Muraro G. e P. Valbonesi (eds.): I servizi idrici tra mercato e regole, Roma: Carocci, pp. 97-166, 2003.
- "Le concessioni di servizio", (with A. Meggiolaro), in Muraro G. e P. Valbonesi (eds.): I servizi idrici tra mercato e regole, Roma: Carocci, pp. 167-236, 2003.
- "Caso AIIP vs Telecom Italia. Nuovi Mercati, Vecchie Condotte", (with A. Nicolo', F. Manenti and P. Tedeschi), Economia e Politica Industriale, 2002, 112, 191-204.
- "Regolamentazione e tutela della concorrenza nell'essential facility: il caso Snam - tariffe di vettoriamento", (with A. Nicolo', F. Manenti and P. Tedeschi), Economia e Politica Industriale, 2001, 110, 109-124.
- "Il ruolo della lega calcio nella vendita dei diritti televisivi", (with A. Nicolo', G. Marcato and P. Tedeschi), Economia e Politica Industriale, 2001, 110, 95-108.
- "Diseguaglianze di genere nel consumo della risorsa tempo", (with L. Bisaglia), in M.C. Belloni and F. Bimbi (eds.): Microfisica della cittadinanza. Cittadinanza, Citta', Genere, Milano: F. Angeli, (139-160), 1997.
- "Crescita economica e sviluppo umano", (with G. Tusset), Sviluppo, 1997, 5: 31-52.

Book edited, in Italian

"I servizi idrici tra mercato e regole", (Water Services in between Regulation and Market Rules), G. Muraro and P. Valbonesi (eds.), Roma: Carocci, 2003. ISBN: 9788843027859.