RESEARCH
Publications
* Projects started before 2016.with V. Carrieri and F. Principe. Journal of Health Economics. (2020).Our take on Lavoce.info. Media coverage: Business Insider; HempIndustrydaily; Corriere di Calabria; TheGreenEntrepeneur, CannabisNow; TheHighTimes; The Health Economists' Blog;[Non-technical summary] [IZA Working Paper]Light cannabis and organized crime. Evidence from (unintended) liberalization in Italy
with V. Carrieri and F. Principe. European Economic Review. (2019). Our take on Lavoce.info - Top 3 Social Media Article at EER Media Coverage: ANSA; Business Insider; Repubblica; Wired; AGI; Open; Affari Italiani; TPI; Lettera43; Fuoriluogo; RADIO24; HempIndustrydaily; VICE (2019); VICE (2020) IlSecoloXIX; The Vision; Reuters, NOS.nl. // Wikipedia Entry.Vaccine hesitancy and (fake) news: Quasi-experimental evidence from Italy,
with V. Carrieri and F. Principe. Health Economics. (2019). Most Downloaded Articles at Health Economics. Media Coverage: The Health Economists' Blog. Corriere del Trentino. Comminit (Canada) // Wikipedia Entry.*Intra- and inter-regional commuting. Assessing the role of wage differentials
with A.S. Bergantino. Papers in Regional Science. (2019).with A.S. Bergantino. Research in Transportation Economics. Special Issue: Air Transport Markets, Strategies and Policies (2020).
Policy Papers
The economics of platform liability
with Y. Lefouili. TSE Digital Center Policy Papers Series February 2021.Working Papers
Superstar exclusivity in two-sided markets
with E. Carroni and S. Shekhar. Last Updated: January 2021. SUBMITTEDSelected for the Distinguished Affiliate Award at CESifo "Economics of Digitization" 2018. Nominated for the Antitrust Writing Award 2019. CESifo Featured Article, April 2019.[TSE Working Paper] [SSRN] [Non-technical summary] [Expert Opinion for Compass Lexecon]
Exclusive data, price manipulation and market leadership
with Y. Gu and C. Reggiani. Last Updated: December 2020. SUBMITTED[CESifo Featured Article, November 2019] [Non-technical summary] [CESifo Summary] [Presentation @ MACCI/EPoS]
with Y. Gu and C. Reggiani. Last Updated: January 2021. SUBMITTED
[Non-technical summary at Liverpool Insights 2019/2] [SSRN]
Tacit collusion and capacity constraints
with A. Pignataro. Last Updated: January 2021. SUBMITTEDContent moderation and advertising in social media platforms
with M. Quinn. Last Updated: February 2021. NEW VERSION COMING SOON8th Giorgio Rota Best Paper Award for Young Researchers by Centro Einaudi 2020.
Platform duality and network externalities
with A. Gautier and S. Shekhar. Last Updated: January 2021 (Preliminary).[TSE Video Talk]
Platform investments in two-sided markets
Last Updated: February 2019.Work in progress
Platform liability and innovation
with D-S. Jeon and Y. LefouiliSwimming with or against the stream? Understanding competition in the streaming industry
with P. Belleflamme and D. PaoliniHeterogeneity in retail prices during and beyond the Great Lockdown. Evidence from Belgium
with J. Hindriks and V. Serse
Competition under prominence
with F. Ciotti.Effects of ad-blockers adoption on digital piracy: a blessing or a curse?
with B. Datta