Publications

–“Taxation with a Grain of Salt: The Long-Term Effect of Fiscal Policy on Local Development”, with G. Loumeau, [WP Nov2023] (Accepted) The Review of Economics and Statistics

– “Corruption and Extremism”, with A. Gaspar, M. Morelli and A. Nicolò, (2025) Journal of Development Economics [link]

[Media coverage: Democracy International, Bocconi Hub News]

–“A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy”, with E. Ash and S. Galletta, (2025) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy [link]

[Media coverage: VoxDev]

– “Fiscal Rules, Corruption and Electoral Accountability”, with G. Daniele, (2025) Journal of Politics  [link]

[Media coverage: Bocconi Knowledge, VoxEU, The Telegraph, Faculty AI, The Journal of Politics Blog]

– “A Fistful of Dollars: Rent Seeking Behaviour and Local Tax Manipulation”, (2024) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [link]

–“The effect of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Income Inequality: Evidence from Italy”, with S. Galletta, (2022) The Review of Economics and Statistics [link]

[Media coverage: VoxEU, The Post, Institute for Policy Studies, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Jornal de Negócios]

– “Lockdown and Voting Behaviour: A Natural Experiment on Postponed Elections during the COVID-19 Pandemic”, with G. Loumeau, (2022) Economic Policy [link]

[Media coverage: VoxEU, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Alternatives Economiques]

– “Exposure to Corruption and Political Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipalities”, (2021) European Journal of Political Economy [link]

Working papers

-“Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution”, with G. Loumeau and M. Tabellini, [WP Apr2025]

[Media coverage: VoxEU, Working Knowledge]

– “The Economic Cost of Ambiguous Laws”, with L. Guiso, C. Michelacci and M. Morelli, [WP Jun2025]

[Media coverage: Lavoce, VoxEu, Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Post, Domani, NZ Herald, RSI]

–“War Violence Exposure and Tax Compliance”, with S. Galletta, [WP Mar2025]

–“Taxation and Mobility: Evidence from Tax Decentralization in Italy”, with E. Rubolino, [WP Sept2023]

– “The Cost of Gender Identity Norms: Evidence from a Spouse Tax Credit”, with E. Rubolino, [WP Mar2025]

– “Does Progressivity Always Lead to Progress? The Impact of Local Redistribution on Tax Manipulation”, [WP Apr2019]

(Selected) Work in progress

–“Tax Technology and Long-Term Regional Development”, with M. Köthenbürger and G. Loumeau

–“Inheritance Rules and Intergenerational Mobility: 600 years of Evidence from France”, with G. Loumeau, A. Peichl and P. Zamorski

-“Beneath the Surface: Investigating Anti-Competitive Signals in Brazilian Public Procurement”, with S. Galletta and D. Gianicolo-Martins

– “Signaling Incentives and the Quality of Legislation: A Text and Network Analysis of the U.S. Congress”, with M. Morelli and M. D. Paserman