Publications

From the historical Roman road network to modern infrastructure in Italy, Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming, with L. De Benedictis and A.M. Pinna. doi : 10.1111/jors.12659

The Italian coal shortage : the price of import and distribution, 1861-1911, Cliometrica, 17, 501-532. doi.org/10.1007/s11698-022-00256-7

When history leaves a mark : a new measure of Roman roads, Italian Economic Journal, 7(1), 1-35. doi :10.1007/s40797-020-00120-5

Measuring insularity as a state of nature, Papers in Regional Science, 100(4), 979-1004, with A.M. Pinna. doi :10.1111/pirs.12598

Broadening or jumping? An analysis of the first export market of European Union firms,  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2016, 34(4), 592–616, with R. Brau and A.M. Pinna. doi :10.1177/0263774X15619627

Book chapters

XXX Rapporto sull'Economia della Sardegna, Arkadia ed. 2023 (Capitolo 3 - Approfondimento - “Spostarsi in Sardegna : tempi di viaggio e accesso ai maggiori centri urbani”), with A.M. Pinna. ISBN : 978-88-68514-66-2

XXVIII Rapporto sull'Economia della Sardegna, Arkadia ed. 2021 (Capitolo 1 - Approfondimento  - “Insularità e COVID-19 : una prospettiva geografica”), with A.M. Pinna. ISBN : 978-88-68513-49-8

XXIII Rapporto sull'Economia della Sardegna, CUEC ed. 2016 (Capitolo 1 -  Approfondimento - “I costi del commercio”). ISBN : 978-88-8467-985-7

XX Rapporto sull'Economia della Sardegna, CUEC ed. 2013 (Capitolo 5 - Approfondimento - “Insularità e isolamento : quali conseguenze per la crescita?”), with A.M. Pinna. ISBN : 978-88-8467-819-5

Working papers

The long-term effects of the historical Roman road network: trade costs of Italian provinces, CRENoS WP 2018/1, with L. De Benedictis and A.M. Pinna.

The European firms’ export activity to the neighbouring countries, CRENoS WP 2013/21, with A.M. Pinna

Work in progress

The drivers of the Italian “big spurt” (1861-1914): wages, energy and technology (with G. Cappelli and M. Vasta)

Navigable rivers and transport infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cultivating the disaster: institutions, agricultural production and hydro-geological risk in Sicily (with T. Buscemi)

Does credit rationing affect internationalization? An empirical analysis at the Italian NUTS3 level (with A. Zago)