Research
Publications
"Influential Listeners: An Experiment on Persuasion Bias in Social Networks", (2012), with Luca Corazzini, Beatrice Petrovich, Luca Stanca, European Economic Review, Volume 56, Issue 6, pp. 1276-1288.
"Experts, Conflicts of Interest, and Reputation for Ability" (2014), with Massimo Scotti, International Journal of Economic Theory, 10: pp. 219–233.
"Electoral Contributions and the Cost of Unpopularity" (2017), with Thomas Bassetti, Economic Inquiry, 55, pp. 1771-1791.
"Investigating Open Innovation Adoption within the Food Industry", (2019) with Barbara Bigliardi and Francesco Galati, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, pp. 229 - 245.
"Does trust in the government matter for whistleblowing on tax evaders? Survey and experimental evidence" (2020) with Armenak Antinyan and Luca Corazzini, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 171, pp. 75-95.
"Trust in the Health System and COVID-19 Treatment" (2021), with Armenak Antinyan, Thomas Bassetti, and Luca Corazzini, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12.
“Political Narratives and the US Partisan Gender Gap” (2021), with Antinyan, Armenak, Thomas Bassetti, and Luca Corazzini, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12: 675684.
“Good Lies”, (2022) with Massimo Scotti, European Economic Review, 141, 103965.
"Virtual Water and the Inequality in the Water Content of Consumption", (2022) with Mohamad Afkhami, Thomas Bassetti, and Hamed Ghoddusi, Environment and Development Economics, 25(7) pp. 470-490. Online Appendix
"Watch Your Words: An Experimental Study on Communication and the Opportunity Cost of Delegation", (2023) with Armenak Antinyan, Luca Corazzini, and Elena D'Agostino, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 214, pp. 216-232.
"The Green Solow Model and the Threshold Effect of Human Capital on CO2 Emissions", (2024) with Thomas Bassetti and Massimo Scotti, forthcoming Metroeconomica, 75(2), pp. 249–279.
"Information and Expertise" (2024) with Nicola Argelli and Massimo Scotti in Raban, Daphne R., and Julia Włodarczyk, eds. The Elgar Companion to Information Economics, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Working Papers
"Play it Again! A Natural Experiment on Definitivity Avoidance", with Thomas Bassetti, Stefano Bonini, and Fausto Pacicco (under review).
"Narratives and Opinion Polarization: A Survey Experiment" with Armenak Antinyan, Thomas Bassetti, and Luca Corazzini (under review).
Other Publications
Artificial Intelligence
“Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Total Factor Productivity, E-commerce & Fintech” (withThomas Bassetti Yari Borbon-Galvez, and Maria Del Sorbo) JRC technical report, Publications office of the European Union, 2020.
Food Economics (in Italian)
“Metafisica, Filosofia e Scienza del Cibo” (2021), with Roberto Rizzo, Gino Ferretti, and Giuseppe Vignali, Chiriotti Editore.
“La Metafisica del Cibo (2021) with Roberto Rizzo, Industrie Alimentari, LX.
“Prospettive Economiche sull’Evoluzione dell’Industria Alimentare” (2017) chapter in book Ingegneria Alimentare, Chiriotti Editore.
“Quali prospettive globali per il comparto alimentare? Analisi di scenario, tendenze e previsioni al 2050”, (2017) (with Gino Ferretti and Roberto Rizzo), Tecnica Molitoria, vol. 68 (11), pp. 866-871.
Miscellaneous
"Perchè i Privati Finanziano i Partiti", www.lavoce.info, joint with Filippo Gregorini.
"Investment Bank Reputation and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)", with Massimo Scotti, Economics at Work: Essays on Knowledge, Information and Social Interactions, Monte Universita', Parma 2013.
Work in Progress
“The Impact of Online Teaching on Student Performance” joint project with Paolo Ghinetti and Nicola Argelli.
“An Experimental Analysis on how Artificial Intelligence Affects Organizational Culture and Integration”, with Nicola Argelli, Massimo Scotti, and Angela Locoro.
"Interest Groups, Negative Ads and Political Polarization", (joint with Thomas Bassetti and Massimo Scotti).
“Reputational Conflicts of Interest”, (joint project with Massimo Scotti).
“The differential investment practices of crowd investors and business angels: A comparative
analysis” (with Stefano Bonini, Vincenzo Capizzi and Giancarlo Giudici).
“Trading Places: The Effect of Listing Exchange Switches”, (with Stefano Bonini, Eleni Gousgounis, and Ali Taatian).
"Cultural Capital and Pro-social Behavior" (joint project with Nicola Argelli, Thomas Bassetti and Massimo Scotti).
Unpublished Research -- waiting to be revived?
“Financial Analysts and Collective Reputation: Theory and Evidence” with Stefano Bonini and Massimo Scotti.
Do Campaign Finance Policies Really Affect Voters' Welfare?" (2011), with Filippo Gregorini.