Research

Publications

“Using newspapers obituaries to nowcast daily mortality: evidence from the Italian COVID-19 hot-spots”, with P. Buonanno. Health Policy 125 (2021) pp. 535-540 [link].
“Estimating the severity of COVID-19: Evidence from the Italian epicenter” with Paolo Buonanno and Sergio Galletta. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0239569 [link]. Media coverage: Cambridge Core, NTV, Fanpage.

Working papers

“Lux Lucet in Tenebris: the role of Waldensian culture in reducing the gender-gap,” with A. Berlanda and P. Buonanno. [pdf] Submitted.
“Peer Effects in Crime” with E. Gavrilova-Zoutman. [pdf] forthcoming in “A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime”
“Earthquake Hazard and Civic Capital” with P. Buonanno and G. Plevani. [pdf] Submitted.
“Deliberative Institutions and Optimality” with J. Mathis and S. M. Sepe. [pdf] Submitted.
“Sex in the City: Capitalizing Regulated Prostitution into Housing Prices,” with F. De Rossa, G. Immordino, and R. Parchet. [pdf available soon]
“Spatial dynamics of SARS-Cov-2 and reduced risk of contagion: evidence from the second Italian epidemic wave” with P. Buonanno and S. Galletta. [pdf] Submitted.
“Corruption and Within-Country Stereotypes” with P. Buonanno and P. Sbriglia. [pdf] R&R Journal of Institutional Economics
“Intention-based Social Influence in Sharing Experiments” with D. Di Cagno, W. Güth and P. Sbriglia [pdf]. R&R Journal of the Economic Science Association
“Ownership and Innovation: Evidence from Switzerland” with M. Vatiero [pdf]

Working projects

“Epistemic and Formal Deliberation,” with J. Mathis and S. M. Sepe.
“The Value of Consensus: An Experimental Analysis of Costly Deliberation,” with K. J. Saral and S. M. Sepe.
“Discrimination and Stereotypes in the Age of COVID19: A Field Experiment,” with P. Buonanno and F. Porta
“Supply Chain Corruption: A Field Experiment in India,” with U. Dasgupta, S. Mani, K. J. Saral, and D. Serra.
“Organized Crime and Regime Change”