I am an assistant professor at the faculty of economics and management, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano. My research focuses on the incentives that drive the implementation of different policies by politicians, legislators and autocrats.
Email: paolo.roberti[at]unibz.it CV
Recently published papers
Random Votes to Parties and Policies in Coalition Governments (with M. Cervellati, G. Gulino). Econometrica, 92.4 (2024): 1553-1588 WP
When citizens legalize drugs (with E. Lucchese). European Journal of Political Economy, 85 (2024) 102599
Criminal network, leniency, and market externalities (with G. Immordino, S. Piccolo). Journal of Public Economic Theory, 26 (4) (2024) e12709
Optimal leniency and the organization design of group crime (with G. Immordino, S. Piccolo) WP, link Journal of Public Economics 2020
Citizens or lobbies: who controls policy? Games and Economic Behavior 2019 WP, link, bibtex
State capacity and repression: a model of colonial rule. European Economic Review 2019 WP, link, bibtex
Politicians' coherence and government debt. Public Choice 2019 (with G. Bellettini) WP, link, bibtex
Populism and institutional capture. European Journal of Political Economy 2018 (with N. Chesterley) WP, link, bibtex
Work in progress
The Shift to Commitment Politics and Populism: Theory and Evidence (with L. Bellodi, M. Morelli, A. Nicolò)(submitted!)
Vote buying in the US Congress (with U. Matter, M. Slotwinski) WP, new
Separated under the same roof: political fragmentation and public policies (with M. Cervellati, G. Gulino)
Optimal delegation to biased regulators (with M. Pagnozzi, S. Piccolo)
Slacking-off or Just Tired? Work Shift and Productivity in the Emergency Department (with E. Lucchese)
Coauthors (from the most recent): Massimo Morelli, Antonio Nicolò, Elena Lucchese, Michaela Slotwinski, Ulrich Matter, Giovanni Immordino, Marco Pagnozzi, Salvatore Piccolo, Matteo Cervellati, Giorgio Gulino, Giorgio Bellettini, Nicholas Chesterley, Andrés Perea, Luca Grosset, Bruno Viscolani
