Research
Book
Composing peace: mission composition in UN peacekeeping, with Chiara Ruffa and Andrea Ruggeri, Oxford University Press, 2020
Articles
What it takes to Return: UN Peacekeeping and the safe return of displaced people (with Jessica Di Salvatore & Leandro Elia), Journal of Conflict Resolution, accepted
Terrorism, perpetrators and polarization: Evidence from natural experiments (with Riccardo Di Leo, Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), The Journal of Politics, accepted
Terrorist violence and the fuzzy frontier: national vs supranational identities in Britain (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, in press
Military Culture and Institutional Trust: Evidence from Conscription Reforms across Europe (with Riccardo Di Leo & Marco Giani), American Journal of Political Science, in press
Are the effects of terrorism short-lived? (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), British Journal of Political Science, 54(2), 2024
Mothers at peace: International peacebuilding and post-conflict fertility (with Jessica Di Salvatore, Leandro Elia and Roberto Nisticò), Journal of Development Economics, vol 167 (2024)
Attitudes Toward Migration and Associational Activity: Evidence From Germany (with Zorzeta Bakaki & Tobias Böhmelt), Political Studies Review, 22(1) 2024
Economic sanctions and trade flows in the neighbourhood (with Jessica Di Salvatore & Roberto Nisticò), The Journal of Law and Economics, 66(4) (2024)
Micromotives and macromoves: political preferences and internal migration in England and Wales (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), Journal of Economic Geography, 23.5 (2023)
Government ideology and international migration (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 125.1 (2023)
Immigration, Fear of Crime, and Public Spending on Security (with Leandro Elia and Massimiliano Ferraresi), The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 39.1 (2023)
What's left after right-wing extremism? The effects on political orientation (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard, European Journal of Political Research, 62.1 (2023)
You (Br)exit, I stay: The effect of the Brexit vote on internal migration (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), Political Geography 95 (2022)
Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping (with Kseniya Oksamytna & Magnus Lundgren), Journal of Conflict Resolution 66.1 (2022)
UN peacekeeping and households' well-being in civil wars (with Jessica Di Salvatore & Leandro Elia), American Journal of Political Science 66.2 (2022)
Did terrorism affect voting in the Brexit referendum? (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Harry Pickard), British Journal of Political Science 52.3 (2022)
Imprisonment and Terrorism (with Tobias Böhmelt), Terrorism and Political Violence, 34.6 (2022)
Arms Imports in the Wake of Embargoes (with Tobias Böhmelt), European Journal of International Relations, 27.4 (2021)
Do Terrorists Get the Attention They Want? Comparing Effects of Terrorism across Europe (with Enzo Nussio & Tobias Böhmelt), Public Opinion Quarterly 85.3 (2021)
Leadership Selection in United Nations Peacekeeping (with Kseniya Oksamytna & Magnus Lundgren), International Studies Quarterly 65.1 (2021)
Terrorism abroad and migration policies at home (with Tobias Böhmelt & Enzo Nussio), Journal of European Public Policy 28.2 (2021)
COVID-19, Security Threats and Public Opinions (with Riccardo Di Leo), Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 26.3 (2020)
Can Terrorism Abroad Influence Migration Attitudes at Home? (with Tobias Böhmelt & Enzo Nussio), American Journal of Political Science 64.3 (2020)
Does cultural proximity contain terrorism diffusion? (with Tobias Böhmelt), Journal of Peace Research 57.2 (2020)
How Migration Policies Moderate the Diffusion of Terrorism (with Tobias Böhmelt), European Journal of Political Research 59.1 (2020)
Regional Integration Support A Positive Externality toward Migration Attitudes (with Tobias Böhmelt), JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 58.2 (2020)
Beyond Coups: Terrorism and Military Involvement in Politics (with Mauricio Rivera & Chiara Ruffa), European Journal of International Relations 26.1 (2020)
Cultural distance and income divergence over time (with Gunes Gokmen), Economics Letters 194 (2020)
School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the 2012 Earthquake in Northern Italy (with A. Belmonte, G. D’Inverno & M. Modica), Economics of Education Review 75 (2020)
The consequences of terrorism on migration attitudes across Europe (with Enzo Nussio & Bridget Steele), Political Geography 75 (2019)
Peacekeeping effectiveness and blue helmets’ distance from locals (with Andrea Ruggeri), Journal of Conflict Resolution 63.7 (2019)
International migration and military intervention in civil war (with Tobias Böhmelt), Political Science Research and Methods 7.2 (2019)
Blame the victims? Refugees, state capacity, and non-state actor violence (with Tobias Böhmelt & Kristian Skrede Gleditsch), Journal of Peace Research 56.1 (2019)
Global arms trade and oil dependence (with Claudio Deiana & Roberto Nisticò), The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 34.2 (2018)
Genetic distance, trade, and the diffusion of development (with Gunes Gokmen), Journal of Applied Econometrics 33.4 (2018)
Economic development in peacekeeping host countries (with Leandro Elia), CESifo Economic Studies 64.4 (2018)
Police Officer on the Frontline or a Soldier? The Effect of Police Militarization on Crime (with Evelina Gavrilova), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 9.3 (2017), Lead article
Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth (with Leandro Elia), Harvard Business Review (digital article, April 2017)
Migration, diversity, and economic growth (with Leandro Elia), World Development 89 (2017)
Political cycles in public expenditure: Butter vs guns (with Georgios Efthyvoulou & Antonio Navas), Journal of Comparative Economics 45.3 (2017)
Political repression in autocratic regimes (with Jean-Philippe Platteau & Petros G. Sekeris), Journal of Comparative Economics 45.2 (2017)
On the heterogeneous consequences of civil war (with Leandro Elia & Ron P. Smith), Oxford Economic Papers 69.3 (2017)
Cultural Distance and International Conflict (with Gunes Gokmen), British Journal of Political Science 47.4 (2017)
Virtual water trade and bilateral conflicts (with E. De Angelis, R. Metulini & M. Riccaboni), Advances in Water Resources 110 (2017)
What Do We know about UN Peacekeeping Leadership? (with Andrea Ruggeri & Remco Zwetsloot), International Peacekeeping 24.1 (2017)
Does immigration induce terrorism? (with Tobias Böhmelt), The Journal of Politics 78.2 (2016)
Kinds of blue: Diversity in UN peacekeeping missions and civilian protection (with Andrea Ruggeri), British Journal of Political Science 46.3 (2016)
“Oil Above Water": Economic Interdependence and Third-Party Intervention (with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Petros G. Sekeris), Journal of Conflict Resolution 60.7 (2016)
Barriers to coordination? Examining the impact of culture on international mediation occurrence and effectiveness (with Zorzeta Bakaki & Tobias Böhmelt), Political Studies 64.3 (2016)
The demand for military expenditure in authoritarian regimes (with Jennifer Brauner), Defence and Peace Economics 27.5 (2016)
Centrality in trade networks and investment in security (with Leandro Elia & Marco Pelliccia), Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 22.1 (2016)
Elite co-optation, repression, and coups in autocracies (with Mauricio Rivera), International Interactions 41.3 (2015)
Military in politics and budgetary allocations (with Roberto Nisticò), Journal of Comparative Economics 42.4 (2014)
Coups d’état and defense spending: a counterfactual analysis (with Roberto Nisticò), Public Choice 161.3-4 (2014)
Forecasting military expenditure (with Tobias Böhmelt), Research & Politics 1.1 (2014)
Income and Livelihoods in the War in Afghanistan (with Evelina Gavrilova), World Development 60 (2014)
The impact of American and British involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq on health spending, military spending and economic growth (with Leandro Elia), B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics 14.1 (2014)
US security strategy and the gains from bilateral trade (with Petros G. Sekeris & Leandro Elia), Review of International Economics 22.5 (2014), Lead article
Drugs and violence in Afghanistan: A panel VAR with unobserved common factor analysis (with Leandro Elia), Defence and Peace Economics 24.6 (2013)
From conscription to volunteers: budget shares in NATO defence spending (with Elisa Cavatorta), Defence and Peace Economics 23.3 (2012)
Supplying peace: Participation in and troop contribution to peacekeeping missions (with Leandro Elia), Journal of Peace Research 48.6 (2011), Lead article
A theoretical approach to the demand and supply for peacekeeping, The Economics of Peace and Security Journal 6.2 (2011)
2010 Lewis Fry Richardson Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron P. Smith and the Economics of War and Peace (with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch), Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 17.1 (2011)
Chapters
The Composition of UN Peacekeeping Missions (with Andrea Ruggeri and Chiara Ruffa), Chapter 5 in Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations, H. Dorussen (Ed), Edward Elgar, pp. 60-73 (2022)
Occupational Choices and Insurgency in Afghanistan’s Provinces (with Leandro Elia), Chapter 7 in The Economics of Conflict- Theory and Policy Lessons, K. Wärneryd (ed), The MIT Press, 177–208 (2014)
The Economics of Peacekeeping (with Ron P. Smith), Chapter 10 in the Handbook on the Economics of Conflict. Eds. D. Braddon and K. Hartley. Edward Elgar, 237–264 (2011)
Working Papers
The emotional effect of terrorism: Evidence from Twitter data (with Georgios Efthyvoulou, Armine Ghazaryan & Harry Pickard). Newcastle University, Economics Discussion Paper Series, No. 5.
Donors for tax morale. Evidence from 34 African countries (with Alessandro Belmonte & Jessica Di Salvatore), WIDER Working Paper 185 (2021)