Research
PUBLICATIONS - refereed
Basiglio, S., Foresta, A., & Turati, G. (2024). Impatience and crime. Evidence from the NLSY97. Journal of Economic Psychology, 101, 102711.
Foresta, A. (2020). The rise of populist parties in the aftermath of a massive corruption scandal. Public Choice 184(3), 289-306.
In the media: Topics in Public Economics (SIEP)
WORKING PAPERS
Foresta, A. (2024). Female Mayors and Corruption Scandals: an RDD Approach with Italian Data. Submitted.
First draft: June 2019. Current draft: January 2024
Foresta, A. & Pickering A. (2023). The High Commissioner: electoral accountability, policing and drug-related deaths in England and Wales.
Current draft: May 2023
Foresta, A., (2023). Lady Justice: The impact of female judges on trials' verdicts in North Carolina. Submitted.
First draft: September 2022. Current draft: October 2023
Foresta, A., (2022). Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The impact of jurors' political affiliation on jury trials in North Carolina. R&R at Journal of Law & Economics.
First draft: January 2021. Current draft: December 2021
Baronchelli, A., Foresta, A., & Ricciuti, R. (2022). The Words That Keep People Apart. Official Language, Accountability and Fiscal Capacity. CESifo (No. 8437). R&R at Journal of Institutional Economics.
Current Draft: January 2022
WORK IN PROGRESS
Baronchelli, A., Foresta, A., & Ricciuti, R. (2022). American Gods are watching from above: the effect of drone strikes on terrorist attacks in Somalia. Work in progress.