Massimo Morelli

Full Professor
Knowledge groupEconomics, Politics and Decision Sciences
Research domainsEconomics

Biography

Massimo Morelli is a Professor of Political Science and Economics at Università Bocconi. He is a Fellow of Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), and Baffi Carefin Center, director of the Pericles unit. Before joining Università Bocconi he was Professor of Political Science and Economics at Columbia University from 2007 to 2014. His research interests are in game theory, mechanism design, political economy, governance institutions, development economics, behavioral and public economics, comparative politics and international relations. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and American Journal of Political Science. He got a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1996 and a Doctorate from University of Pavia in 1995 and an MSC in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in 1991.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Corruption and extremism
    GÁSPÁR, A., T. GIOMMONI, M. MORELLI, A. NICOLÒ, "Corruption and extremism", Journal of Development Economics, 2025, vol. 177, pp. 103526
  • 2025
    More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States
    ASH, E., M. MORELLI, M. VANNONI, "More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States", Journal of Political Economy, 2025, vol. 133, no. 7, pp. 2139–2179
  • 2025
    Polity Size and the Congested Budget: Evidence from Italian Municipalities
    BELLODI, L., M. MORELLI, "Polity Size and the Congested Budget: Evidence from Italian Municipalities", Journal of Politics, 2025
  • 2025
    Populist policy making
    MORELLI, M., "Populist policy making", International Tax and Public Finance, 2025, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1667-1690
  • 2025
    The common determinants of legislative and regulatory complexity
    FOARTA, D., M. MORELLI, "The common determinants of legislative and regulatory complexity", Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2025, pp. ewaf010
  • 2024
    A Costly Commitment: Populism, Economic Performance, and the Quality of Bureaucracy
    BELLODI, L., M. MORELLI, M. VANNONI, "A Costly Commitment: Populism, Economic Performance, and the Quality of Bureaucracy", American Journal of Political Science, 2024, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 193-209

Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022