In recent years, I presented my work in policy venues like the European Commission, the United Nations University, the Bank of Italy, the Italian Senate, and the Italian School for the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura). My research has been covered, among others, by The New York Magazine, the Guardian, the Telegraph, Corriere della Sera. In Italy, I've written on Il Sole24ore, La Repubblica and LaVoce.info.
policy events
2022 2021
  • Invited speaker at the one-day workshop "Mafia male Comune" 
  • Policy discussant at the webinar "Organized Crime and Economic Growth: Evidence from Mafia Infiltrated Municipalities in Italy", organized by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA): video
  • Master Class for Italian bureaucrats on anti-corruption policy (corso di perfezionamento "Anticorruzione e prevenzione dell'illegalità nella Pubblica Amministrazione e nell'impresa")
  • The Conference Board - Economists and Strategy Council (CEO and CFO of European corporations)
  • One-day seminar on data and Italian municipalities (“I comuni e l’analisi quantitativa”) by the National Italian Association of Municipalities (ANCI)
  • JRC Ispra (European Comission) guest seminar “Fighting Corruption with Austerity”
2020
  • Italian School for the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura), invited speaker in the course "Il fenomeno della criminalità organizzata tra storia, economia e sociologia"
2019
  • Bank of Italy UIF – Bocconi Workshop “Quantitative methods and the fight against economic crime 2019” (Milan)
  • 2019 ECFIN (European Comission) guest seminar “Fighting Corruption with Austerity”
2018
  • 1st Harvard workshop on Political Violence
2017
  • "Corruption, Tax Evasion and Institutions" (Riga, 2017): Video Coverage
  • Bank of Italy UIF - Bocconi Workshop “Quantitative methods and the fight against economic crime 2017” (Rome)​
  • Presentation at the Italian Senate of the paper “Mafia, Elections and Political Violence”, related to the activities of the Parliamentary Commission, “Commissione sulle intimidazioni agli amministratori locali” (Rome, 2017)
TEACHING
  • 2022: Empirical Legal Studies (ENG), (University of Milan)
  • 2022: Economics of Crime (IT) (University of Milan)
  • 2021: Economics of Crime (IT) (University of Milan)
  • 2020: Economics of Crime (IT) (University of Milan)
  • 2020: Mini course on Political Accountability (ENG) (University of Barcelona)
  • 2018: Topics in Politics / Political Economics (ENG) (Bocconi University)
  • 2017: Topics in Politics / Political Economics (ENG)  (Bocconi University)
  • 2016: Principles of Taxation (ENG)  (University of Barcelona)
  • 2016: Spanish Economy (ENG)  (University of Barcelona)
  • 2015: Principles of Taxation (ENG)  (University of Barcelona)
  • 2015: Spanish Economy (ENG)  (University of Barcelona)
MEDIA
2023
  • DeTijd: Can Italy's Anti-Mafia Laws Tackle Our Drug Gangs?
  • Bocconi Knowledge:  Scars Are Forever. Corruption Episodes Haunt Democracies for Decades
  • TheConversation: Modern mafia: Italy’s organised crime machine has changed beyond recognition in 30 years (spanish version)
2022
  • NIUS: Meloni, a favor de subir el tope de los pagos en efectivo hasta 10 mil euros
  • IlSole24Ore: PNRR, rischi corruzione e mafia
  • LaRepubblica: Mafia, lo studio della Bocconi: dalle stragi ai mercati, così è cambiata la strategia dei padrini
  • NIUS: ¿Por qué hay 19 millones de evasores fiscales en Italia?
  • Bocconi Knowledge: "Il lockdown? Non era nei piani"
  • Faculti: podcast on "Corruption under Austerity"
  • Political Violence at a Glance: "Fighting Organized Crime by Targeting Their Revenues"  
  • NIUS: "Menos dinero en efectivo: la estrategia de Draghi contra el fraude fiscal"
2021 2020
  • Vox EU "Covid-19 and socio-political attitudes in Europe: In competence we trust"
  • The Conversation, Yahoo!News "How COVID-19 is shaping the way Europeans think about politicians"
  • VoxEU "The rise of extreme politics in a federation"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Tagliando la spesa si riduce la corruzione, non i servizi"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Corruption, Not Services, Are Reduced by Cutting Spending"
2019​

  • TV: Corriere della Sera (2019)
  • Corriere della Sera "La prima volta non si scorda mai: come Tangentopoli influenza ancora oggi i giovani di allora"
  • The New York Magazine "America’s Most Socialist Generation Is Also Its Most Misanthropic"
  • National Post "Mob muscle: 'Wiseguys use violence as a means to an end ... and that goal is always to make money'"
  • EurekAlert, Phys.org "Political corruption scars young voters forever, new research finds"
  • ​Forskning "Korrupsjonsskandale kan ha merket unge italienske velgere for livet"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Political Corruption Scars Young Voters Forever, New Research Finds"
2018 2017 2016 2015
  • The Guardian "Mafia neighbours are bad for business, new report finds"
  • Kurier "Mafia macht die Wirtschaft tot"
2014 2010
  • LaRepubblica "Ecco parentopoli dei prof le grandi dinastie degli atenei"
  • Il Giornale "Assunzioni in famiglia A Bari un docente su 4 ha lo stesso cognome"
​invited seminars
  • 2023: University of Verona (IT); University of Utrecht (NE); University of Bolzan (IT); Brown University (US); Stockholm School of Economics (SE)
    ​2022: Burgundy School of Business (FR); Cattolica University (IT)
  • 2021: RSAEM Université libre de Bruxelles (BE); London School of Economics (UK); University of Lyon (FR); CSEF - University of Naples Federico II (IT)
  • 2020: Oz Virtual Econ Research Seminar
  • 2019: Bocconi University (IT); Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT); Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ES); ETH Zurich (CH)
  • 2018: University of Lausanne (CH); University of Mannheim (DE); Bocconi University (IT)
  • 2017: European Commission's DG Joint Research Centre, Ispra (IT); University of Warwick (UK); London School of Economics (UK); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES); Institut d'Economia de Barcelona IEB (ES)
  • 2016: BI Norwegian Business School (NO); University of Cagliari (IT); University of Ferrara (IT); Institut d'Economia Barcelona IEB (ES)
  • 2015: Université libre de Bruxelles – ECARES (BE); University of Bari (IT); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE); Université Lille I (FR); Queen’s University Belfast (UK); Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (DE)
  • 2013-2014: University of Namur (BE); Paris School of Economics (FR); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE); Université libre de Bruxelles – ECARES (BE); University of Bari (IT); Stanford University (US)
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CONFERENCES
  • 2023: 7th Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (IT); 13th Bari Conference on 'Economics of Global Interactions' (IT); Conference "Conflicts, Crimes and Terror: an Economic Perspective" - Tours (FR)
  • 2022:  13th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime (Organizer, Milan); 12th Bari Conference on 'Economics of Global Interactions' (IT) ; Al Capone Workshop on Organized Crime (Reggio Calabria, IT) - discussant
  • 2021: The political economy of corruption: Causes, consequences, and solutions (University of Rotterdam); Elections, Institutional Reforms, and Public Policy (Bochum, DE); ​COMPIE European Commission: "Developments in the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation"; Workshop “Has Covid-19 wounded interpersonal trust? Six papers in search of an answer” ( Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin); Annual Departmental Conference, University of Milan (IT)
  • 2020: 2020 Virtual Meeting Urban Economic Association; 2020 Workshop on Empirical and Political Economics in Leuven
  • 2019: IEB Workshop on Political Economy (Barcelona, ES); 5th Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Organizer, Milan IT); ZEW Public Finance Conference (Mannheim, DE); Royal Economy Society Annual Conference (Warwick, UK); The Causes and Consequences of Populim (Milan, IT)
  • 2018: NBER Workshop Political Economy (Cambridge, US); Harvard workshop on Political Violence (Cambridge, US); 10th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime (Paris, FR); European Association of Law and Economics (Milan, IT); European Political Science Association (Wien, AU)
  • 2017: 16th “Brucchi Luchino” Labor Economics Workshop (Milan, IT); Petralia Workshop 2017 (Siracusa, IT); 2nd Workshop on Culture and Institutions (Galatina, IT); Workshop on Political Economy, IEB (Barcelona, ES / Organizer); Conference "Corruption, Tax Evasion and Institutions" (Riga, LV); American Economic Association annual meeting (Chicago, US); 1st Catalan Economic Society Conference (Barcelona, ES)
  • 2016: 10th Workshop on Political Economy, CES-IFO (Dresden, DE); 2nd Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Bergamo, IT); 1st Workshop on Culture and Institutions (Galatina, IT)
  • 2015: Workshop on Political Economy, IEB (Barcelona, ES); Workshop on Political Economy and Local Public Finance (Lille, FR); SIRE Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Glasgow, UK);
  • 2013-2014: Royal Economic Society Conference (Manchester, UK); Conference Crisis, Institutions and Banking Union (Berlin, DE)
Grants
2023: PRIN - "Fighting Organized Crime" PI (144,000 euros)
2021: PRIN - "The Dark Side of the Money: Causes and Consequences of Organized Crime and Corruption (DARKSIDE), local PI (112,000 euros)
2020: Modigliani Research Grant by Unicredit Foundation (20,000 euros)
2020: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation grant for research on violence (40,000 euros)
2016-2017: Juan de la Cierva-formación 2016 – first-ranked candidate in Economics (50,000 euros)