​I am an applied economist with interest in political, public and development economics
​
I work as postdoctoral researcher at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

Topics of interest:

​​- Policy Evaluation
- Organized Crime
- Political Accoutability
- Populism
- Violence Against Politicians
- Corruption
- Local Public Finance
- Media Bias
- Street-Food & Health
- European Politics
- Political Dynasties
- Social Capital

Google Scholar profile 
Download CV
Email Contact

2020 NEW: I have been awarded two grants: a grant by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation  and a Modigliani Research Grant by Unicredit Foundation
Publications
  1. ​​Street vendors, incentives and self-regulation: a field study in urban India, with D. Tommasi and S. Mookerjee,   The Review of Economics and Statistics  (forthcoming) 
  2. ​Popularity shocks and political selection: The effects of anti-corruption audits on candidates’ quality, with F. Cavalcanti and S. Galletta, Journal of Public Economics (2018)
  3. Mafia, Elections and Political Violence​​, with G. Dipoppa, Journal of Public Economics (2017)
  4. Strike one to educate one hundred: Organized crime, political selection and politicians’ ability, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2017)
  5. ​Organised Crime, Institutions and Political Quality: Empirical Evidence from Italian Municipalities, with B. Geys, The Economic Journal (2015)​
  6. The Strength of Weak (Family) Ties: Family Networks in High vs. Low Income Countries, with B. Geys, Journal of Development Studies (2015)
  7. Interpersonal trust and welfare state support, with B. Geys, European Journal of Political Economy (2015)
  8. Public support for European fiscal integration in times of crisis, with B. Geys, Journal of European Public Policy (2015)​



Working Papers