Peer-Reviewed Publications
"Rails of Progress? Exploring the Nexus Between Railroad Access and Innovation in 19th century Italy" with Alessandro Nuvolari and Michelangelo Vasta. Just accepted, Explorations in Economic History
"Women Inventors in Italy, 1861-1939". Business History. doi: 10.1080/00076791.2025.2462178 (open access)
Best paper in the field of economic history at the 2024 IBEO (Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes) workshop
"Technology Transfer and Domestic Innovation: New evidence from a dataset of Italian inventors, 1861-1914". Cliometrica, 2025, 19(2), pp. 375-419. (open access)
"Assessing Ancient Inequalities: Hellenistic Delos" with Filippo Battistoni. The Review of Income and Wealth, 2025, Vol. 71 (2), e70001. (open access)
"It's not About the Money: New Evidence on U.S. Reconstruction Aid in Italy, 1947-1968". The Economic History Review, 2025, Vol. 78(1), pp. 266-294. (open access)
Winner, 2023 Marcello de Cecco prize in History and Economics of Institutions
"Decolonizing the Ancient Mediterranean: Lessons from V century BCE Athens and Carthage". Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, 2024, Vol. LVIII.
Most updated version here
"Four Essays on Italian Economic History: Human Capital and Innovation, 1815-1914". Atti e Memorie dell'Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere «La Colombaria», 2024, Vol. LXXXIX, pp. 209-216 [Ph.D. dissertation summary]
Finalist, best Ph.D. dissertation prize of the Società Italiana di Economia (Italian Society of Economics)
Winner, "La Colombaria" Academy prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in economic and social sciences (2024)
"A Reconstruction of the Italian Road Network, 1861-1910". Rivista di Storia Economica / Italian Review of Economic History, 2024, Vol. XL(3), pp. 247-276.
"The Origins of Italian Human Capital Divides: New evidence from Marriage Signatures, ca. 1815". Cliometrica, 2024, Vol. 18(12), pp. 567-617. (open access)
"Intergenerational Mobility in 19th-Century Italy: a case-study approach" with Giuliana Freschi. Rivista di Storia Economica / Italian Review of Economic History, 2024, Vol. XL(1), pp. 43-76.
"Why Experimental Balance is Still a Reason to Randomize" with David Teira. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2024, Vol. 75(2), pp. 520-535. (open access)
Editor's choice
Honourable mention (Finalist), 2024 BJPS Sir Karl Popper Prize
"Rome and the Polis: Tradition and Change in the Financial Accounts of Tauromenion, I B.C." with Filippo Battistoni. Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, 2022, Vol. LVI, pp. 149-176.
Working Papers & Submitted Papers
"Tracing Inventors and Innovators in Italy: Evidence from a New Patent Data-set, 1855-1938" with Alessandro Nuvolari and Michelangelo Vasta. R&R, Social Science History
Updated version here
"Women, Jews, and Foreigners: Minority Patenting in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany" (with Sophia Rishyna). Submitted
"Reinterpreting the Little Divergence: The social, cultural and institutional causes of Italy’s economic decline (XIV-XVIII centuries)" (with Emanuele Felice)
"Learning from Early Mistakes: The World Bank's Design and Evaluation of Cassa per il Mezzogiorno Programs, 1950-1959" Book Chapter. Submitted
"Divari di genere e questione meridionale (1861-2025)" Book chapter, (with Giulia Mancini e Giuliana Freschi) Book Chapter. Submitted
Work-in-progress
"Literacy and the British Industrial Revolution: new evidence from parish marriage certificates, 1750-1839" (with Alessandro Nuvolari and Michelangelo Vasta)
"Income inequality in the Greek and Roman world: evidence from land rents, IV BCE - III AD" (with Filippo Battistoni and Philipp Erfurth)
"The French Connection: technology transfer and invention between Fin-de-Siècle France and Italy" (with Youssouf Merouani and Faustine Perrin)
"Intergenerational Mobility of Inventors: new evidence from Italy" (with Sabrina Di Addario)
"The North-South divides in Italian infrastructure, 1864-1910"
Other work
"Four Essays on Italian Economic History: Human Capital and Innovation, 1815-1914." PhD Dissertation. May 2023.
"La Grande Isola" (novel)
"Ambiguità del progresso tecnico: Un'interpretazione delle soluzioni proposte da Tucidide e Platone attraverso il filo rosso del δεινός"