Publications
–“Taxation with a Grain of Salt: The Long-Term Effect of Fiscal Policy on Local Development”, with G. Loumeau, (Forthcoming) The Review of Economics and Statistics [link]
– “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
– “The Economic Cost of Ambiguous Laws”, with L. Guiso, C. Michelacci and M. Morelli, [WP Jun2025], Revise & Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies
[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], Revise & Resubmit at the Journal of Economic History
-“Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution”, with G. Loumeau and M. Tabellini, [WP Feb2026]
[Media coverage: VoxEU, HBS Working Knowledge, Broadstreet, Cato Institute, NBER Digest, Les Echos, Rockwoll Foundation, Deutschlandfunk Nova, altii.de, DasWirtschaftsinstitut.de, and Welt am Sonntag]
–“Can Local Governments Tax the Rich?”, with E. Rubolino, [WP Jul2026]
– “Tax Notches and Household Labor Supply: Evidence from the Italian Spouse Tax Credit”, with E. Rubolino, [WP Apr2026]
– “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
