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Publications

Measuring market power: macro- and micro-evidence from Italy. With E. Ciapanna, A. Linarello and G. Rovigatti, Empirical Economics, 2024, vol. 67, pp. 2677–2717. Link to the paper 

Ownership, governance, management and firm performance: evidence from Italian firms. With A. Baltrunaite, A. Linarello and S. Mocetti, Italian Economic Journal, 2024, vol. 10, pp. 993–1027. Link to the paper 

The heterogeneous response of domestic sales and exports to bank credit shocks. With Ines Buono, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 113, Pages 55-73, 2018. Link to the paper

New evidence on the evolution of the anchoring of inflation expectations. With Ines Buono. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 57, Pages 39-54, 2018.  Link to the paper

Explaining waek investment growth after the Great Recession: a macro-panel analysis. With Ines Buono. In International Macroeconomics in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, Springer-Verlag,  2018. Link 

Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage and Organizational Choice. With Shon Ferguson. Journal of International Economics, Vol. 90, No. 1, 2013. Link to the paper

Working Papers

Artificial intelligence adoption: productivity effects and supporting policies. With L. Bellomarini, F. Bertolotti, L. Citino, M.G. Cassinis, F. D'Amuri, S. Del Prete, L. Mirenda, M. Rigon and A. Russo Russo, Bank of Italy's Occasional Paper Series, 2026, n.1009. Link to the paper

Working from home and labour productivity: firm-level evidence. With G. Basso and D. Dottori, Bank of Italy's Working Paper Series, 2025, n.1508. Link to the paper

Innovative firms unveiled: economic and financial insights from Italian start-ups. With M.G. Cassinis, A. Cintolesi, A. Locatelli, F. Manaresi, E. Manzoli, G. Papini, F. Parlapiano, P. Recchia and S. Zuccolà, Bank of Italy's Occasional Paper Series, 2025, n.967. Link to the paper

Embracing the digital transition: the adoption of cloud computing and AI by Italian firms. With L. Bencivelli, E. Mattevi and T. Padellini, Bank of Italy's Occasional Paper Series, 2025, n.946. Link to the paper

Closing the Italian digital gap: The role of skills, intangibles and policies. With F. Calvino, S. DeSantis, I. Desnoyers-James, I. Goretti, S. Lombardi, F. Manaresi and G. Perani, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, 2022, n.126. Link to the paper 

Firm characteristics and potential output: a growth accounting approach. With D. Fantino and  A. Mistretta, Bank of Italy's Occasional Paper Series, 2021, n.616. Link to the paper

Bank credit, liquidity and firm-level investment: are recessions different? Bank of Italy’s Working Paper Series,  2019, n. 1239. Link to the paper

Heterogeneous Firms and Credit Frictions: a General Equilibrium Analysis of Market Entry Decision. Bank of Italy’s Working Paper Series, n. 940, November 2013. Link to the paper

Quantifying productivity effects of GVCs. With Filippo Vergara Caffarelli,  INET Working Paper Series NO:2015/21, University of Cambridge. Link to the paper

A missing generation: the effect of the Covid-19 shock on firm dynamincs. With F. Lotti, F. Manaresi and F. Scoccianti, work in progress. Link to lavoce (italian only)

North-South Trade with Heterogeneous Firms. Mimeo 2012 Link to the paper

Contacts: 

D.G. for Economics, Statistics and Research 

Structural Economic Analysis Directorate

Bank of Italy

Via Nazionale 91 

00184 Roma, Italy