Selected Publications

2024  "Inter-municipal Cooperation in Public Procurement"; with G. Arachi, D. Assisi, M. Giuranno and F. Russo, Regional Studies, 30 May 2024.

2023 "Relational Voluntary Environmental Agreements with Unverifiable Emissions"; with A. D'Amato, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, published online September 29.

2023 "Teaching an old dog a new trick: reserve price and unverifiable quality in repeated procurement"; with A. Iozzi and G.L. Albano, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 32, No 2, 377-399.

2020 "Collusion in Public Procurement: the Role of Subcontracting"; with M. Lorusso, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (Economia Politica), Vol 37, 251-265. 

2019 "Transparency in Repeated Procurement: when Hiding is Better"; with A. Di Natale.  Economics Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 1, 14-23.

2019 "Corruption in Environmental Policy: the Case of Waste"; with A. D'Amato and M. Zoli, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (Economia Politica), Vol 36(1), 65-78.

2017 "Repeated Procurement with Unverifiable Quality: The case for Discriminatory Competitive Procedures" ; with A. Iozzi and G. L. Albano. Journal of Public Economics,  Vol. 145, January, 14-26.

2016"Local university supply and distance: a welfare analysis with centralized and decentralized tuition fees", with E. Carroni and D. Paolini. Italian Economic Journal,  first online 25 April, 1-14.

2014 "Peer group and Distance: when Widening University Participation is better", with D. Paolini.The Manchester School, Vol. 82, S2 Dec., 110-132.

2012 "Regulating unverifiable quality by fixed-price contracts", with A. Iozzi and E. Valentini. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 12, n. 1, article 40.

2010 "Mergers Under Endogenous Minimum Quality Standard: a note"; Economics Bulletin, Vol. 30, n. 4.

2010 "Horizontal Mergers: a solution of the Insider's Dilemma"; Bulletin of Economic Research,  Vol. 62, n. 2, 171-180.  

Research in Progress

-"Discriminatory vs Non-discriminatory Procedures in Repeated Procurement with Unverifiable Quality ", with A. Iozzi and G. L. Albano

-"Contracting unverifiable quality in healthcare: the importance of political stability for relational contracts"; with M. Buso, Coretti S. and G. Turati.

-"Cartel Sustainability with Quality Differentiation: The Effect of Captive Customer Bases"; with I. Bos and M. A. Marini.

Other publications:

2024 Appalti ben gestiti dalle unioni di comuni, Lavoce.info

2014 The failures of collective action. A formal game-theoretic revisitation of the Olson theory, with S. Gorini. In Government and the Environment: The Role of the Modern State in the Face of Global Challenges, Routledge ed.

2010 Local Public Education and Childless Voting: The Arising of an “Ends with the Middle" Coalition, The IUP Journal of Public Finance, vol 8, n. 1&2, pp 74-102

2010 Public Investment and Education Inequality, The IUP Journal of Public Finance, vol 4, n4, pp 7-20