Published Papers
Drugs on the Web, Crime in the Streets
The Impact of Shutdowns of Dark Net marketplaces on Street Crime
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2022), 202, 274-306.
Winner of the Conniffe prize for the best paper by a young economist, Irish Economic Association Annual Conference 2021
[Article ][Working Paper Version]
[Media Coverage] [LSE Business Review]
The Pot Rush: Is Legalized Marijuana a Positive Local Amenity?
Economic Inquiry (2020), 58(2), 667-679
Joint with Steven Stillman (Free University of Bolzano)
[Article] [ Working Paper Version][Media Coverage] [CATO Research Briefs][Weedmaps][IDW (in German)]
Working Papers
Political Campaigning and Racial Discrimination in Arrests for Drugs
Joint with Francesco Barilari (Tor Vergata, University of Rome)
[Status] Submitted to a journal
[Media Coverage] [Promarket]
Sanction-Busting Through Tax Havens
Joint with Kerim Can Kavakli (Bocconi University) and Giovanna Marcolongo (Bocconi University)
Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries
Joint with Giovanna Marcolongo (Bocconi)
[Status] R&R at Energy Economics
Work in progress
Dangerous Journeys
Border Control, Migration Routes and Deaths in the Mediterranean
Joint with Emanuele Albarosa (IOM)
[Status] R&R at Journal of Economic Geography
Spatial Inequality in Unsolved Crimes
Joint with Nils Braakmann (Newcastle University) and Bahadir Dursun (Newcastle University)
[Status] R&R at Journal of Regional Science
Guns, Germs, and Murders
Joint with Silvia Pedersoli (Stanford) and Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University)
[Status] To be presented at the The Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence, NBER Spring 2024 meeting
Youth Courts and Recidivism
Joint with Nils Braakmann (Newcastle University) and Bahadir Dursun (Newcastle University)
[Status] Writing Final Draft
Shedding Light on Shadows: The Consequences of Publicising Gang Territories for Crime Dynamics in London
Joint with Nils Braakmann (Newcastle University)
[Status] Writing Final Draft
The death of the “High Street”? Main street closures, social disorder and urban change
Joint with Nils Braakmann (Newcastle University)
[Status] Writing Final Draft
Populism, Federalism and Tax Evasion
Joint with Francesco Barilari (Tor Vergata, University of Rome), Francesca Calamunci (University La Sapienza of Rome), Federico Fabio Frattini (Fondazione Enrico Mattei)
[Status] Writing First Draft