Research interests

• Environmental Law and Economics

• Environmental Crime

• Environmental Justice

• Economics of Crime

• Air pollution and internal migrations

• Occupational accidents and workplace safety

I was part of the EFFACE ('European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime') research project, a 40-month EU-funded research project under the Seventh Framework Programme. The project saw the involvement of eleven European partners (universities, research institutes and think tanks). I was involved in various project topics and I was Work Package Leader of WP4 "Case Studies", aimed at identifying the underlying mechanisms and impacts of different types of environmental crimes, inside and outside the EU, and the possible countermeasures to adopt. EFFACE has evaluated not only the different impacts of environmental crime but also the possible policies for its fight, with a strongly interdisciplinary perspective. The research project ended in March 2016. For project results and publications, see: www.efface.eu 

Work in Progress

• Germani A.R., C. Nardone (2024). On the Shadow Economy Pollution Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Italy

• Germani A.R., A. Pergolizzi (2024). Fighting Environmental Crime in Italy: Is the Strenghtening of Criminal Enforcement the Solution?

• D'Amato A., C. Petrone, A.R. Germani (2024). Testing for Environmental Kuznets Curves in Italy: an Empirical Analysis on Local Air Pollution Emissions at Municipal-Level

• Argentiero A., A. D'Amato, A.R. Germani, A. Ker (2024). The Determinants of Illegal Gambling in Italy: an Empirical Investigation at Provincial Level

• Germani A.R., A. Castaldo, M. Faure, N. Philipsen (2024). Does Money Laundering Affect Environmental Crime? A Case Study on Italian Regions