Published research

International journals

1. Salimi, M., R. Miniaci and E. Della Torre, 2023, “The Adoption of Collective Incentive Pay: Evidence from Italian Establishment Data”, Employee Relations. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-10-2021-0453. (Link to accepted version)

2. Miniaci, R., P. M. Panteghini and G. Rivolta, 2021, “The Estimation of Reaction Functions under Tax Competition”, German Economic Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2020-0137. (Link to previous CESifo Working Paper 2018 n. 6928) 

3. Comincioli, N., V. Hagspiel, P. M. Kort, F. Menoncin, R. Miniaci, S. Vergalli, 2021, “Mothballing in a Duopoly: Evidence from a (Shale) Oil Market”, Energy Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105583. (Link to previous FEEM Working Paper 2020.18.)

4. Camboni R., A. Corsini, R. Miniaci and P. Valbonesi, 2021, "Mapping Fuel Poverty Risk at the Municipal Level: A Small-Scale Analysis of Italian Energy Performance Certificate, Census and Survey Data", Energy Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112324. (Link to previous working paper version)

5. Fedele, A., R. Miniaci and E. Tortia, 2021, “Strong Client Orientation, Little Leverage? The Case of Italian Social Cooperatives”, Small Business Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00438-5 

6. Garraffa E., R. Levaggi, R. Miniaci and C. Paolillo, 2020, "When Fear Backfires: Emergency Department Accesses during the Covid-19 Pandemic". Health Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.10.006.  

7. Miniaci R. and Mi. Pezzoni, 2020, "Social Connections and Editorship in Economics". Canadian Journal of Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12460.

8. Cerasi V., A. Fedele and R. Miniaci, 2019,"Do rivals enhance your credit conditions?". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.038. 

9. Bucciol A. and R. Miniaci, 2018, "Financial Risk Propensity, Business Cycles and Perceived Risk Exposure". Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12193. 

10. Cerasi V., A. Fedele and R. Miniaci, 2017, "Product Market Competition and Access to Credit".  Small Business Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9838-x. 

11. Bucciol A., R. Miniaci and S. Pastorello, 2016, “Estimating Expectation Returns and Risk Aversion in Household Portfolios”. Journal of Empirical Finance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2016.08.002. 

12. Cavapozzi D., W. Han and R. Miniaci, 2015, “Alternative Weighting Structures for Multidimensional Poverty  Assessment”, Journal of Economic Inequality, 13:425–447. 

13. Bucciol A. and R. Miniaci, 2015, "Household Portfolio Risk", Review of Finance, 19(2): 739-783. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfu002. WP version

14. Miniaci R., C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi, 2014, "Energy affordability and the benefits system in Italy", Energy Policy, 75: 289 – 300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.008

15. Miniaci R., P. Panteghini and M. L. Parisi "Debt Shifting in Europe", International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21: 397-435. DOI: 10.1007/s10797-012-9266-4.

16. Biagi F.,  D. Cavapozzi and R. Miniaci “Technology, Skills and Retirement”, Applied Economics, 2013, 45:6, 687-696. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.610748.

17. Bucciol A. and R. Miniaci “Household Portfolios and Implicit Risk Preferences”, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(4): 1235-1250,.

18. Cabrales A.,R. Miniaci, M. Piovesan and G. Ponti. “Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty. An Experiment on Markets and Contracts”, American Economic Review, 2010, 100: 2261-2278. DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.5.2261.

19. Fedele A. and R. Miniaci “Do Social Enterprises Finance Their Investments Differently from For-Profit Firms? The Case of Social Residential Services in Italy”, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2010, 1(2): 174-189, DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2010.511812.

20. Miniaci R. and S. Pastorello “Mean-Variance Econometric Analysis of Household Portfolios”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010, 25(3): 481-504, DOI: 10.1002/jae.1107.

21. Miniaci R., C. Monfardini and G. Weber.“How Does Consumption Change upon Retirement”, Empirical Economics, 2010, 38(2): 257-280. DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0265-y.

22. Miniaci R., C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi.“Distributional Effects of Price Reforms in the Italian Utility Markets”, Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29(1): 135-163.

23. Cervigni R., O. Cuccu and R. Miniaci “The Market for Evaluations: Opportunity or Constraints for Public Decision-Makers?”, Journal of Public Procurement, 2008, 8(1): 36-69. 

24. Miniaci R. and M.L. Parisi.“Social Interactions and the Digital Divide: Identification and Policy Implication”, Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5 (1) (http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol5/iss1/art29).

25. Battistin E., R. Miniaci and G. Weber.“What Do We Learn from Recall Consumption Data?”, Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2003, 38 (2)

26. Miniaci R. and G. Weber “The Italian Recession of 1993: Aggregate Implication of Microeconomic Evidence”, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81(2): 237-249.

27. Brunello G. and R. Miniaci “The Economic Returns to Schooling for Italian Men. An Evaluation Based on Instrumental Variables”, Labour Economics, 1999, (6)4: 509-519.

28. Brunello G. and R. Miniaci “Benefit Transfer in Italy: An Empirical Study of Mobility Lists in the Milan Area”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1997, 59 (3).

Chapters in books

1. Faiella I., L. Lavecchia, R. Miniaci and P. Valbonesi, 2022 "Households’ Energy Poverty and a Just Transition", in Klaus F. Zimmerman (ed)  Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer.

2. Miniaci R., C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi,   “Benefits to Vulnerable Consumers in Italian Energy Markets: A Focus on the Eligibility Criterion”, in J. Strand (Ed.) The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2016, pp. 223-254.

3. Miniaci, R. and G. Weber “Survey Design and Estimation of Portfolio Models”, in L. Guiso, M. Haliassos and T. Jappelli (Eds.) Stockholding: A European Comparison, London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.

4. Miniaci, R., C. Monfardini and G. Weber “Changing Consumption Patterns”, in H. Siebert (Ed.) Economic Policy for Aging Societies, pp. 53-76, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2002.

5. Miniaci, R. and G. Weber “Econometric Issues in the Estimation of Household Portfolio Models”, in Guiso L., M. Haliassos and T. Jappelli Household Portfolios, pp. 143-178, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002.

Italian peer reviewed journals

1. Miniaci R. and P. Valbonesi, 2022, “La povertà energetica in Italia”, Il Mulino, 4/22: 182-90. 

2. Miniaci R., P. Valbonesi and C. Scarpa, “Measuring the affordability of basic public utility services in Italy”, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2008, 67(2): 185-230.

3. Miniaci R. and G. Weber “The Wealth Accumulation of Italian Household: Evidence from SHAW”, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2003, 62 (1): 57-91.

4. Grant C., R. Miniaci and G. Weber “Changes in Consumption Behaviour: Italy in the Early 1990s”, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2002, 60 (1): 61-101.

Working papers

1. Camboni R., A. Corsini, R. Miniaci and P. Valbonesi, 2023 "CO2 Emissions Reduction from Residential Buildings: Cost Estimate and Policy Design", "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0304.

2. Miniaci, R. and P. Panteghini, 2021 "On the Capital Structure of Foreign Subsidiaries: Evidence from a Panel Data Quantile Regression Model", CESifo Working Paper No. 9085. 

3. Galizzi, M. M., S. R. Machado and R. Miniaci, 2016 "Temporal Stability, Cross-Validity, and External Validity of Risk Preferences Measures: Experimental Evidence from a UK Representative Sample".  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2822613 

4. Chiaf E. and R. Miniaci, 2015, "Work Integration Social Enterprises in Italy: virtuous savings from public-private interactions", 2WEL - Centro Einaudi, WP 2/2015.

5. Kessides I., R. Miniaci, C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi, 2009, “Toward Defining and Measuring the Affordability of Public Utility Services”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4915.

6. Bucciol A. and R. Miniaci, 2006, “Optimal Asset Allocation Based on Expected Utility Maximization in the Presence of Market Frictions”, D.P. 0605 Department of Economics, University of Brescia.

7. Miniaci R. and M. L. Parisi, 2005, “Which Plans to Reduce the Digital Divide? Policy Evaluation and Social Interactions”, D.P. 0509, Department of Economics, University of Brescia.

8. Miniaci R., 1999, “Inequality and Intertemporal Choice: Italy 1985-94”, D.P. Department of Economics, University of Padua.

9. Miniaci R., 1998, “Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision: Italy”, OECD Economic Department W.P. 205.

10. Miniaci R. and E. Stancanelli, 1998, “Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision: United Kingdom”, OECD Economic Department W.P. 206.

Further publications in Italian

1. Valbonesi P., I. Faiella, L. Lavecchia and R. Miniaci, 2021, “Povertà energetica e «just transition»”, Energia – Rivista Trimestrale sui Problemi dell’Energia, 42 (1): 46-51.

2. Miniaci R. and P. Valbonesi, 2019, “Una proposta di metodologia integrata per la misurazione della povertà energetica” in Dipartimento Unità per l'Efficienza Energetica (eds.) Rapporto annuale efficienza energetica 2019, pp. 145-147, Roma:  ENEA, ISBN: 978-88-8286-382-1.

3. Miniaci R., C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi, 2014, “Verso la definizione e la misurazione dei concetti di affordability nei servizi elettrici", in Clò A., S. Clò and  F. Boffa (eds.) Riforme elettriche tra efficienza ed equità, Bologna: Il Mulino.

4. Amisano G. and R. Miniaci, 2006, “La valutazione econometrica del rischio di default su un campione di imprese bresciane”, in C. Teodori, G. Amisano, R. Miniaci, F. Gnecchi, P. Panteghini and P. Tebaldini (Eds.) L’impatto di Basilea II sulle imprese bresciane, Brescia: CCIA di Brescia.

5. Brunello G. and R. Miniaci, 1997, “Fattore Milano? Un’esplorazione delle liste di mobilità in Lombardia” in Borzaga C. and G. Brunello (Eds.) L’impatto delle politiche attive del lavoro in Italia, pp.13-60, Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane.

6. Miniaci R., 1996, “Effetti redistributivi di breve periodo della riforma dell’Equo Canone”, in N. Rossi Competizione e giustizia sociale 1994-1995. Terzo rapporto annuale CNEL su Distribuzione e redistribuzione del reddito, pp. 361-397, Bologna: Il Mulino.

7. Miniaci R., 1994, “Su alcuni effetti redistributivi dell’imposta comunale degli immobili”, in N.Rossi(Ed.) La transizione equa: 1992-1993, pp. 200-202, Bologna: Il Mulino