Research
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
The Impact of Place-based Policies on Interpersonal Income Inequality (with G. Albanese and G. de Blasio), Economica, 90, 508-530, 2023
The Legacy of 1968 Student Protests on Political Preferences (with G. de Blasio and S. Poy), Economics Letters, 210, 110198 , 2022
Populist Voting and Losers Discontent: Does Redistribution Matter? (with G. Albanese and G. de Blasio), European Economic Review, 141, 104000, 2022
Intergenerational mobility in the very long run: Florence 1427-2011 (with S. Mocetti), Review of Economic Studies, 88, 1863-1891, 2021
Low-wage import competition and populist backlash: the case of Italy (with H. Kreuter), European Journal of Political Economy, 67, 1-21, 2021
Losing my connection: the dark side of bank-firm interlocking directorates (with L. Mirenda and S. Mocetti), Economica, 88, 474-498, 2021
How do house prices respond to mortgage supply? (with G. de Blasio, F. David and S. Mocetti), Journal of Economic Geography, 21, 127-140, 2021
A ticket to ride. Education and migration from lagging areas (with Antonello D’Alessandro and Guido de Blasio), Papers in Regional Science, 98, 1893-1902, 2019
Incentives to Local Public Service Provision: An Evaluation of Italy’s Obiettivi di Servizio (with A. D’Ignazio, G. de Blasio and A. Salvati), Papers in Regional Science, 98, 1195-1213, 2019
The Real Effects of Credit Crunch in the Great Recession: Evidence from Italian Provinces (with G. de Blasio and S. Mocetti), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70, 352-359, 2018
Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives Voting Behavior (with A. D’Ignazio, G. de Blasio and P. Naticchioni), Journal of Public Economics, 136, 1-13, 2016
Boulevard of broken dreams. The end of EU funding (1997: Abruzzi, Italy) (with F. David and G. de Blasio), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 60, 31-38, 2016
Inequality and trust: new evidence from panel data (with S. Mocetti), Economic Inquiry, 54, 794-809, 2016
Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion (with F. D’Acunto and G. Narciso), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7, 30-60, 2015
Organized Crime and Business Subsidies: Where Does the Money Go? (with G. Narciso), Journal of Urban Economics, 86, 98-110, 2015
Natural disasters, economic growth and institutions: a tale of two earthquakes (with S. Mocetti), Journal of Urban Economics, 84, 52-66, 2014
Electoral rules and voter turnout (with G. de Blasio), International Review of Law and Economics, 36, 25-35, 2013
Service regulation and growth: evidence from OECD countries (with F. Cingano), Economic Journal, 121, 931-957, 2011
Switching costs in local credit markets (with R. Felici and M. Pagnini), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 29, 694-704, 2011
With a little help from abroad: the effect of low-skilled immigration on the female labour supply (with S. Mocetti), Labour Economics, 18, 664-675, 2011
Tax morale and public spending inefficiency (with S. Mocetti), International Tax and Public Finance, 18, 724-749, 2011
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Turismo in Italia: numeri e potenziale di sviluppo (with coauthors), Bank of Italy Occasional Papers, N. 505, 2019
Le prestazioni nei servizi pubblici: una rassegna (with A.L. Mancini and G. Palumbo), in Lavoro pubblico fuori dal tunnel?, (C. Dell’Aringa and G. Della Rocca eds.), Il Mulino, 2017
Mafias (with G. Narciso), in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (A. Marciano and G. B. Ramello eds.), Springer, 2015
L’origine del capitale sociale (with. G. Albanese) in Capitale sociale, economia, politica economica (G. Barone, G. de Blasio and P. Sestito eds.), Bank of Italy Workshops and Conferences Series, N. 17, 2014
Una stima degli effetti economici di breve periodo del terremoto in Emilia-Romagna (with F. Benni, C. Brasili and S. Mocetti), Politica economica, XXIX n. 2, 199-214, 2013
Sull’ampiezza ottimale delle giurisdizioni locali: il caso delle province italiane, Politica economica, XXVIII n. 1, 77-101, 2012
Lealtà fiscale e fornitura di beni pubblici nelle regioni del Nord Est (with S. Mocetti), Economia e società regionale, 116, 128-151, 2012
Gli italiani e l’atteggiamento nei confronti del fisco (with L. Cannari and S. Mocetti) in Evasione fiscale e “tax compliance” (A. Gentile and S. Giannini eds.), Il Mulino, Bologna, 2012
Lealtà fiscale e qualità dell’azione pubblica (with S. Mocetti) in Il capitale sociale (G. de Blasio and P. Sestito eds.), Donzelli editore, Roma, 2011
Lealtà fiscale e fornitura di beni pubblici nelle regioni del Nord Est (with S. Mocetti) in L’economia del Nord Est (L. Cannari, M. Gallo and A. Staderini eds.), Bank of Italy Workshops and Conferences Series, N. 8, 2011
Il capitale sociale (with G. de Blasio) in Il Mezzogiorno e la politica economica dell’Italia (L. Cannari and D. Franco eds.), Bank of Italy Workshops and Conferences Series, N. 4, 2010
Regolamentazione e concorrenza (with M. Bugamelli, E. Ciapanna, F. Cingano, L. D’Aurizio and G. Palumbo, in Rapporto sulle tendenze del sistema produttivo italiano (A. Brandolini and M. Bugamelli eds.), Bank of Italy Occasional Papers, N. 45, 2009
Il credito al consumo in Italia: prodotti, intermediari e diffusione territoriale (with R. Felici and M. Pagnini), Banca Impresa Società, 25, 477-498, 2006
Il trasporto aereo in Italia: ancora un caso di liberalizzazione incompiuta (with C. Bentivogli), Mercato Concorrenza Regole, VIII n. 1, 151-175, 2006
Price-elasticity Based Customer Segmentation in Italian Auto Insurance Market (with M. Bella), Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, 13, 21-31, 2004
Qualità dei consumi e crescita della spesa delle famiglie (with M. Bella), Il Mulino, 5/2003, 889-893, 2003
Report L’economia delle regioni italiane (with coauthors), Bank of Italy, various years
Report L’economia della Toscana (with coauthors), Bank of Italy, various years
Report L’economia dell’Emilia-Romagna (with coauthors), Bank of Italy, various years