Publications

–“The effect of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Income Inequality: Evidence from Italy”, with S. Galletta, (forthcoming) The Review of Economics and Statistics [WP Jul2020]

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

– “Exposure to Corruption and Political Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipalities”, (2021) European Journal of Political Economy [WP Feb2020]

Working papers

–“A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy”, with E. Ash and S. Galletta, [WP Jun2020] R&R on American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

– “Corruption under Austerity”, with G. Daniele, [WP May2020] R&R on The Economic Journal

[Media coverage: Bocconi Knowledge, VoxEu, The Telegraph]

– “Lockdown and Voting Behaviour: A Natural Experiment on Postponed Elections during the COVID-19 Pandemic”, with Gabriel Loumeau, [WP Aug2020] R&R on Economic Policy

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

– “Corruption and Extremism”, with A. Gaspar, M. Morelli and A. Nicolò, [WP May2021] (under review)

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

– “A Fistful of Dollars: Rent Seeking Behaviour and Local Tax Manipulation”, [WP Oct2019] (under review)

(Selected) Work in progress

– “Legal Uncertainty and the Judicial Process”, with L. Guiso, C. Michelacci and M. Morelli

– “The Impact of Co-Sponsorship Rules on Quality and Complexity of US Laws”, with M. Morelli and M. D. Paserman

–“Taxation with a Grain of Salt: The Long-Term Effect of Taxation on Local Development”, with Gabriel Loumeau