Research
Research
Research
Publications of Books
- La Partecipazione al Voto in Italia: Le Caratteristiche dei Candidati Contano?, 2017, Aracne Editrice. ISBN: 978-88-255-0539-9.
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
- Does Monitoring Deter Future Cheating? The Case of External Examiners in Italian Schools (with M. Bertoni, G. Brunello and M. De Paola), 2021, Economics Letters, forthcoming.
- Quality of Politicians and Electoral System. Evidence from a Quasi-experimental Design for Italian Cities (with E. D’Agostino and G. Sobbrio), 2021, German Economic Review, forthcoming. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2020-0021.
- Finance, corporate value and credit market freedom in overinvesting US firms (with A. Iona, D. Assefa and M. Limosani), Corporate Governance, 2020, vol. 20(6), 1053-1072. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2020-0196.
- Personal or Partisan Incumbency Advantage? Evidence from an Electoral Reform at the Local Level in Italy, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2019, vol. 20(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2018-0125.
- Technical Efficiency and Corporate Structure of Italian Private Hospitals. Evidence from a One-step Stochastic Frontier Analysis (with A. F. Forgione), Applied Economics Letters, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2019.1676379.
- Term Limit Extension and Electoral Participation. Evidence from a Diff-in-Discontinuities Design at the local level in Italy (with M. De Paola), European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, vol. 59, 196-211. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.02.009.
- Council size, government spending and efficiency. Evidence from a Quasi-experimental design for Italian municipalities, Journal of Economic Policy-Rivista di Politica Economica, 2018, vol. 3, 297-326. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1429/92122.
- Candidates’ Education and Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections (with M. De Paola), German Economic Review, 2017, vol. 18, 22-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12084.
- The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout. Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with M. De Paola), Electoral Studies, 2016, vol. 44, 98-108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2016.06.012.
- The Impact of Gender Quotas on Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with M. De Paola and V. Scoppa), European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, vol.35, 141-157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.06.001.
Media Coverage
- Council size, government spending and efficiency. Evidence from a Quasi-experimental design for Italian municipalities, 2020, Temi di Economia Pubblica (Invited), SIEP. http://www.siepweb.it/siep/it/temi-di-economia-pubblica/
- Le donne in Calabria: Una risorsa sottoutilizzata (with Maria De Paola), 2019, Open Calabria http://www.opencalabria.com/le-donne-in-calabria-una-risorsa-sottoutilizzata/
- Se la condizione socio-economica decide il voto (with M. De Paola), 2018, lavoce.info. http://www.lavoce.info/archives/51843/se-la-condizione-socio-economica-decide-il-voto/
New Working Papers
- Anti-Mafia Law Enforcement and Lending in Mafia’s Lands. Evidence from the Judicial Administration in Italy (with F. Calamunci and D. B. Silipo), revision requested.
- Duty to Read vs Duty to Disclose. Does the Market Structure Matter? (with E. D’Agostino and G. Sobbrio), 2019, submitted.
- Tax Evasion and Provision of Public Goods. Evidence from Italian Provinces (with E. D’Agostino and G. Sobbrio), 2019, revision requested.
- Electoral Reform and Public Sector Efficiency. Some Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with S. Destefanis and L. Guadalupi), DISES Working Paper n. 3237, CRISEI, University of Salerno, Italy.
Old Working Papers
- External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure? (with M. Bertoni, G. Brunello and M. De Paola), 2019, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12591.
- Quality of Politicians and Electoral System. Evidence from a Quasi-experimental Design for Italian Cities, 2018, BCAM Working Papers 1802, Birkbeck Centre for Applied Macroeconomics.
- Term Limit Extension and Electoral Participation. Evidence from a Diff-in-Discontinuities Design at the local level in Italy (with M. De Paola), 2018, IZA Discussion Paper no. 11865.
- The Effect of Council Size on Municipal Expenditures: Evidence from Italian Municipalities, 2018, Birkbeck Working Paper no. 1802.
- Candidates’ Quality and Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections (with M. De Paola), 2014, IZA Discussion Paper no. 8102.
- The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout. Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with M. De Paola), 2013, IZA Discussion Paper no. 7612.
- The Impact of Gender Quotas on Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with M. De Paola and V. Scoppa), 2013, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Papers, University of Calabria, Italy.
Work in Progress
- Immigration and Teachers’ Bias towards Foreign Students (con M. De Paola), Work in progress.
- Blaming Politicians or Voters? An Empirical Inquiry on Rule Compliance (con E. Bracco e M. Lisciandra), Work in progress.