Curriculum Vitae
2005 European University Institute, Florence, Italy Ph.D. in Economics
2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
1999 Bocconi University, Milan, Italy M.Sc. in Economics (awarded with distinction)
1998 University of Florence, Italy B.A. in Political Science (summa cum laude)
Academic position and/or Professional activities
Full Professor of Economics
2015-Bocconi University, Milan, Italy - Full Professor (on leave since January 2016), Department of Economics
2013-15Bocconi University, Milan, Italy - Associate Professor, Department of Economics - Program Director, B.A. in Economics and Social Sciences (CLES)
2008-13Bocconi University, Milan, Italy - Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Economics
2006-08Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
2005-06Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain - Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics
Research Interests
- Political economics
- Applied econometrics
- Comparative politics
- Labor economics
- Public economics
"Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions" (with A.C. Eggers, R. Feier and V. Grembi), American Journal of Political Science, 2016; "Moderating Political Extremism: Single Round vs. Runoff Elections under Plurality Rule" (with M. Bordignon and Guido Tabellini)American Economic Review, 2016; "Do Fiscal Rules Matters?", (with V. Grembi and U. Troiano), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016; "How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign" (with C. Kendall and F. Trebbi), American Economic Review, 2015; "Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit" (with F. Drago and F. Sobbrio),American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014; "The Political Resource Curse" (with F. Brollo, R. Perotti and G. Tabellini), American Economic Review, 2013; "Assessing Economic Liberalization Episodes: A Synthetic Control Approach" (with A. Billmeier), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013; "Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection" (with S. Gagliarducci), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013; "Social Capital and Political Accountability" (with A. Stella, G. Tabellini and U. Troiano), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013; "Tying Your Enemy's Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil" (with F. Brollo),American Political Science Review, 2012; "Competing on Good Politicians" (with V. Galasso), American Political Science Review, 2011; "Electoral Rules and Politicians' Behavior: A Micro Test" (with S. Gagliarducci and P. Naticchioni), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011; "Moonlighting Politicians" (with S. Gagliarducci and P. Naticchioni), Journal of Public Economics, 2010.