Research

Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, 1303, Padova - Detail, Comet Halley 

Selected Publications

"Measuring switching costs in the Italian residential electricity market", (with M. Magnani and F. Manenti). The Energy Journal, forthcoming.
"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, forthcoming.
"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
"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.
"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.
"Court Efficiency and Procurement Performance", (with D. Coviello, L. Moretti and G. Spagnolo), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12225.
"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. 
“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.
“The design of the university systems”, (with G. De Fraja), Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96:317-330. 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.10.005.
“Equilibrium state aid in integrating markets”, (with S. Martin), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008,  8(1): Article 33.