Research
MAIN RESEARCH
International Economics
Infrastructures and International Patterns of Specialization (with A. Petrucci and A. Pozzolo), in progress, 2023.
Unintended consequences: can the rise of the educated class explain the revival of protectionism? (with F. Mariani), in the Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, Vol. 200. (On-line Appendix)
Capital Flow Deflection (with M. Ruta, H. Weisfeld, L. Zhu), in the Journal of International Economics, Vol. 105, pp. 102-118, 2017.
Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy (with N. Rocha and M. Ruta), in the Journal of International Economics, Vol. 101, pp. 102-122, 2016.
Self-Confirming Immigration Policy (with M. Ruta), in Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 68(2), pp. 361-378, 2016.
Coordination Failures in Immigration Policy (with M. Ruta): in the Journal of International Economics, Vol. 89, pp. 55-67, 2013.
The Immigration Policy Puzzle (with M. Ruta), in the Review of International Economics, Vol. 19(5), 922-935, 2011.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Credit Markets, Corporate Governance and Growth (with E. Brancati, M. Iacopetta, R. Minetti), in progress, 2023.
Credit Markets, Relationship Lending, and the Dynamics of Firm Entry (with Q. Cao, R. Minetti, P. Murro), in the Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 51, pp. 343-369, 2023.
Market Frictions in Entrepreneurial Innovation: Theory and Evidence (with A. Cipollone), in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 163, pp. 297-331, 2019.
Entrepreneurs Meet Financiers: Evidence from the Business Angel Market (with A. Cipollone), in the Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34(5), 2019.
Endogenous Growth of Open Collaborative Innovation Communities (with F. Rullani and L. Zirulia), in Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 27(4), pp. 745-762, 2018.
Economic Growth
Family Institutions, Talent Allocation and Economic growth (with Z. Idrissova and F. Mariani), in progress, 2023.
Entrepreneurial Finance and Economic Growth, in the Journal of Economics, Vol. 115(2), pp. 153-174, 2015.
Ambiguity Attitude, R&D Investments and Economic Growth (with G. Cozzi): in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 21(2), 303-319, 2011.
Decision Makers Facing Uncertainty: Theory Versus Evidence (with K.H. Schlag and S. Zwart): in the Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 31(4), 659-675, 2010.
The importance of Industrial Policy in Quality-Ladder Growth Models (with L. Zamparelli): in The Berkeley Electronic Journal of Macroeconomics Vol. 8(1), 1-30, 2008.
The Refoundation of the Symmetric Equilibrium in Schumpeterian Growth Models (with G. Cozzi and L. Zamparelli), in the Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 136(1), 788-797, 2007.
OTHER RESEARCH OUTPUT
Infrastrutture: divari territoriali, sostenibilità e sviluppo economico (with A. Petrucci), in Economia Italiana (Editrice Minerva Bancaria) 2021/2 (Guest Editor of the Special Issue), 2021.
The Digital Revolution and Covid-19, (with F. Rullani), 2020.
L’identità del fare: Economia e diritti nell’Europa del XXI secolo (with M. Messori, R. Minetti, I. Tinagli), LUISS University Press, 2020.
Infrastructures and income inequality: the case of Italian provinces (with A. D’Onofrio), in Politica Economica – The Journal of Economic Policy, 1/2019, pp. 27-54.
Entrepreneurship and Schumpeterian Growth, in“Exploring the Entrepreneurial Society. Institutions, Behaviors and Outcomes” (edited by Bonnet, Dejardin and De Lema). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
Le infrastrutture di trasporto: una valutazione dell’Italia all’uscita dalla “grande recessione” (with A. Cipollone), in Rivista di Economia e Politica dei Trasporti, n.2, art. 2, 2016.
Invecchiamento della popolazione ed evoluzione dei fabbisogni previdenziali e assistenziali (with D. Curcio, A. Pandimiglio). I Quaderni di Minerva Bancaria 1/2015 (Editrice Minerva Bancaria, 2015).
Innovazione e ricerca: inquadramento teorico (with L. Zamparelli), in “Innovare per crescere: strategie e scelte politiche” (edited by M. Franzini, M. Giannini and L. Zamparelli). EGEA: Bocconi University Press, 2012.
La politica industriale nei modelli di crescita con innovazione verticale (with L. Zamparelli), in “Innovare per crescere: strategie e scelte politiche” (edited by M. Franzini, M. Giannini and L. Zamparelli). EGEA: Bocconi University Press, 2012.
On Robust Asymmetric Equilibria in Asymmetric R&D-Driven Growth Economies (with L. Zamparelli), in Decisions in Economics and Finance, Vol. 34(1), 67-84, 2011.
Why immigration policy should be a federal policy: Considerations on the EU and the US (with M. Ruta), in Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 3, pp. 26-31, 2011.
Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance? (with G. Cozzi), in Research in Economics, Vol. 3, 148-154, 2006.
Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Applications to Sunspot Theory and Schumpeterian Growth Theory, in the Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, n. 1, pp. 150-153, 2006: publication of a long summary of the doctoral dissertation as winner of the SIE prize 2005.