Research
PUBLICATIONS
WHO and for how long? An empirical analysis of the consumers’ response to red meat warning. Food Policy. Forthcoming. (with V. Carrieri)
Racial Bias in Newspaper Ratings of Professional Football Players. European Economic Review. 2022. (with J. Van Ours)
More goals, fewer babies? On national teams’ performance and birth rates. Economics Letters. 2021. (with L. Fumarco)
Media Coverage: IZA Newsletter; The Telegrah; Spectator; CanalMyNews
The transfer system in European football: a pro-competitive no-poaching agreement? International Journal of Industrial Organization. 2021. (with S. Hoey & T. Peeters)
Media Coverage: FIFPro
Do-it-Yourself medicine? The impact of (unintended) light cannabis liberalization on drug prescriptions in Italy. Journal of Health Economics. 2020. (with V. Carrieri and L. Madio)
Death by austerity? The impact of cost containment on avoidable mortality in Italy. Health Economics. 2020. (with E. Van Doorslaer & E. Arcà)
Productivity shocks and labour market outcomes for top earners: evidence from Italian Serie A. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 2020. (with V. Carrieri & A.M. Jones).
Light cannabis and organised crime. Evidence from (unintended) liberalization in Italy. European Economic Review. 2019. (with V. Carrieri & L. Madio).
Summary in Italian: Lavoce.info // Top 10 Social Media Article at EER / /
Media Coverage: ANSA; VICE; Business Insider; LaRepubblica; Wired; AGI; Open; Open (2); Affari Italiani; TPI; Lettera43; Fuoriluogo; RADIO24; Newz; VICE; IlSecoloXIX; The Vision; TheGreenEntrepeneur; Reuters; NOS (in Dutch) // Wikipedia
Vaccine Hesitancy and (Fake) News: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Italy. Health Economics. 2019. (with V. Carrieri & L. Madio)
Media Coverage: The Health Economists' Blog; Corriere del Trentino; Comminit (Canada) // Wikipedia
What makes you 'super rich'? New evidence from an analysis of football players' wages. Oxford Economic Papers. 2018. (with V.Carrieri & M. Raitano).
Media Coverage: Oxford University Press; Etica & Economia (in Italian)
WORKING PAPERS
Health's Kitchen: TV, Edutainment and Nutrition (with V. Carrieri) - Submitted
Online health information seeking and Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy (with G. Weber) - Submitted
WORK IN PROGRESS
RAE and risky behaviours (with L. Fumarco)
110% Superbonus, Mafia penetration and workplace accidents
Compensating wage differentials in superstars market: evidence from Serie A (with M. Filomena)
Sex Education: intended and unintended effects of policies across Europe.
The political economy of (light) cannabis. (with V. Carrieri, L. Madio and P. Roberti)
Cannabis and road fatalities.