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Working Papers

2025

1. One plus one makes less than two? Consolidation policies and mortality in the Italian NHS
   Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia

2021

2. Depowering Risk: Vehicle Power Restriction and Teen Driver Accidents in Italy
   Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia
   Also in Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2021)

2016

3. A spatial analysis of inter-regional patient mobility in Italy
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2014

4. Free patient mobility is not a free lunch. Lessons from a decentralised NHS
   Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (2)

2011

5. A Country for Old Men? An Analysis of the Determinants of Long-Term Home Care in Europe
   Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (4)
6. Survival expectations, subjective health and smoking: evidence from European countries
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (5)

2009

7. Catching the habit: a study of inequality of opportunity in smoking-related mortality
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Catching the habit: a study of inequality of opportunity in smoking‐related mortality, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2011) View citations (33) (2011)

2007

8. Reporting expected longevity and smoking: evidence from the SHARE
   Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (1)
   Also in Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2007) View citations (1)
9. Unravelling the influence of smoking initiation and cessation on premature mortality using a common latent factor model
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (2)

2005

10. Health and Economic Behaviour: a Critical Survey of the Literature
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (2)
11. Mortality, lifestyle and socio-economic status
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (32)
    Also in Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia (2004) View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Mortality, lifestyle and socio-economic status, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (136) (2008)

2002

12. La disponibilità a pagare e le preferenze dei turisti per i siti del Parco Geominerario della Sardegna: il caso di Porto Flavia
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Depowering Risk: Vehicle Power Restrictions and Teens’ Driving Accidents in Italy
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 66, (4), 765 - 795 View citations (1)

2021

2. Intellectual property rights protection and health: the case of tuberculosis
   RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, 2021, 75, (3), 149-160

2020

3. Choice of hospital and long-distances: Evidence from Italy
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 81, (C) View citations (12)

2018

4. Interregional patient mobility in a decentralized healthcare system
   Regional Studies, 2018, 52, (3), 388-402 View citations (19)

2014

5. A COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? LONG‐TERM HOME CARE UTILIZATION IN EUROPE
   Health Economics, 2014, 23, (10), 1185-1212 View citations (22)
6. Survival expectations, subjective health and smoking: evidence from SHARE
   Empirical Economics, 2014, 47, (2), 753-780 View citations (12)

2011

7. Catching the habit: a study of inequality of opportunity in smoking‐related mortality
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2011, 174, (1), 175-194 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Catching the habit: a study of inequality of opportunity in smoking-related mortality, Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers (2009) View citations (5) (2009)

2008

8. Mortality, lifestyle and socio-economic status
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (1), 1-26 View citations (136)
   See also Working Paper Mortality, lifestyle and socio-economic status, Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers (2005) View citations (32) (2005)

2006

9. Health and Wealth: Empirical Findings and Political Consequences
   Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2006, 7, (s1), 93-112 View citations (2)

2003

10. La valorizzazione dei beni di archeologia industriale: il caso del sito di Porto Flavia in Sardegna
    ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, 2003, 2003/6, (6)

Chapters

2024

1. Mental Health, Lifestyle and Retirement
   A chapter in Recent Developments in Health Econometrics, 2024, vol. 297, pp 147-166

2014

2. What Drives Patient Mobility Across Italian Regions? Evidence from Hospital Discharge Data
   Springer View citations (12)