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Working Papers

2025

1. GenAI Misinformation, Trust, and News Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2023

2. Unpacking Social Capital
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2021

3. Media and Social Capital
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2020

4. The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the U.S
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)

2018

5. Building Nations Through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (4)

2017

6. Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (6)
7. Political legacies of Italian entertainment TV
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
8. The political legacy of entertainment TV
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (11)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (16)

2015

9. Attack When the World Is Not Watching? U.S. News and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (17)
10. Fighting Crime with a Little Help from my Friends: Political Alignment, Inter-Jurisdictional Cooperation and Crime in Mexico
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)

2014

11. Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2013)
    See also Journal Article Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (24) (2016)
12. No News, Big News. The political consequences of entertainment TV
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (4)

2013

13. Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (21)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (15)
14. Preferences for Redistribution and Perception of Fairness: An Experimental Study
    Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2009) View citations (29)
    Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article PREFERENCES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND PERCEPTION OF FAIRNESS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2014) View citations (248) (2014)

2012

15. On the historical and geographic origins of the Sicilian mafia
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)
16. Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse and the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (9)
    Also in Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2012) View citations (33)

2011

17. Academic Dynasties: Decentralization and Familism in the Italian Academia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (54)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (74)

2010

18. Risk, Cooperation and the Economic origins of social Trust: an empirical Investigation
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (76)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009) View citations (89)

2009

19. Academic Dynasties: Nepotism and Productivity in the Italian Academic System
    2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
20. Partisan Control, Media Bias, and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi's Italy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article PARTISAN CONTROL, MEDIA BIAS, AND VIEWER RESPONSES: EVIDENCE FROM BERLUSCONI'S ITALY, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2012) View citations (194) (2012)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 224-56 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy, CEPR Discussion Papers (2014) (2014)

2014

2. PREFERENCES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND PERCEPTION OF FAIRNESS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (4), 1059-1086 View citations (248)
   See also Working Paper Preferences for Redistribution and Perception of Fairness: An Experimental Study, Working Papers (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2012

3. PARTISAN CONTROL, MEDIA BIAS, AND VIEWER RESPONSES: EVIDENCE FROM BERLUSCONI'S ITALY
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (3), 451-481 View citations (194)
   See also Working Paper Partisan Control, Media Bias, and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi's Italy, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (21) (2009)