Ricerca

Ricerca

Ricerca

Libri

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  • La Partecipazione al Voto in Italia: Le Caratteristiche dei Candidati Contano?, 2017, Aracne Editrice. ISBN: 978-88-255-0539-9.

Pubblicazioni in riviste scientifiche (peer review)

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  • 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), 1935-1682. 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, vol. 27(15), 1225-1228. 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: 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: 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

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Nuovi Working Papers

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  • 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.

Vecchi Working Papers

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  • 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.

Lavori in corso

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  • 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.