Fiscal Rules and the Selection of Politicians: Theory and Evidence from Italy  (with Matteo Gamalerio). 2025. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17(3), 131-164; [published paper] - [Temi di Economia Pubblica]

The Political Economy of Technocratic Governments (with Guido Merzoni). 2025. Social Choice & Welfare, 64(4), 879-913; [published paper (open access)]

The Newsroom Dilemma (with Ayush Pant).  2025. Economic Inquiry; [published paper (open access)] - [media coverage: EEA press release]

Ora et Guberna. The Economic Impact of the Rule of St Benedict in Medieval England (with Domenico Rossignoli). 2024. Journal of Economic History, 84(3), 838-873; [published paper (open access)]

Pandering and state-specific costs of mismatch in political agency  (with Guido Merzoni). 2022. Games and Economic Behavior, 135, 132-143; [published paper (open access)]

The Price of Silence. Media Competition, Capture, and Electoral Accountability (with Domenico Rossignoli).  2021. European Journal of Political Economy, 69; [published paper]

When the Light Shines Too Much. Rational Inattention and Pandering. 2020.  Journal of Public Economic Theory, 22(1), 98-145;  [published paper (open access)]  - Top 10% most downloaded papers 2018-2019

Alternative Worldviews, distrust, and populism (with Helios Herrera). [CEPR DP] [Best paper award - RUCAM Political Economy workshop] [Vox EU]

Jumping without parachutes. Revolving doors and political incentives (with Matteo Gamalerio). [IEB working paper]

Changing demography by changing democracy: welfare and fertility under proxy voting for children (with Federico Boffa, Tommaso Reggiani & Matteo Rizzolli).  [paper] R&R - Social Choice & Welfare [Media coverage (in italian): ANSA]

Incumbency Effect in Competitive Authocracies: Evidence from Venezuela (with Carlos Di Bonifacio & Guido Merzoni) [paper];

Governing Through Division (with Giovanna Invernizzi). [paper] ;

The Cross and the Sword. Religious Identity, Land Ownership and Conflict: Evidence from Six Centuries of English History (with Domenico Rossignoli);

Political capital and elections (with Zeinab Aboutalebi & Parth Parihar);

EIEF Grants 2022

• Project: Jumping without parachutes. Revolving doors and political incentives;

• Amount: 9500 euros;

• Role: Principal Investigator;

• Team: Matteo Gamalerio (Universitat de Barcelona);

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

• Project: The Political Economy of environmental policies and gender inequality (POLECENGEN);

• Principal Investigator: Pilar Sorribas Navarro;

• Role: group member for the project "Female political representation and electoral outcomes", with Matteo Gamalerio (UB);

Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

• Project: Towards Accountable, Inclusive and Sustainable Institutions: The Political Economy of Reforms, Migration, Gender Equity, and Climate Action (MIRACLES);

• Principal Investigator: Matteo Gamalerio;

• Role: group member;

Policy briefs & non peer-reviewed articles

Fiscal Rules and the selection of politicians: theory and evidence from Italy (with Matteo Gamalerio), Temi di Economia Pubblica, 1st August 2025. [link]

Political distrust and the populist alt-view trap (with Helios Herrera), VoxEU, 19th December 2024. [link]

Democrazie fragili, spunti di riflessione per il futuro (with Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi & Domenico Rossignoli), Secondo Tempo, 22nd December 2023. [link]

Political awareness among voters can drive populism, Oxford Analytica Daily Briefs, 20th February 2019.

Book chapters

Behind trust. How alternative explanations of trust shape our vision of human beings and communities. 2012. In: S. Beretta and M. Maggioni (eds), The whole breadth of reason: rethinking economics and politics, Marcianum Press (Venice);

Other publications

Foundations of trust, interpersonal relationships and communities (with Guido Merzoni). 2012. Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 120(3), 295-312;