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Working Papers

2024

1. Fact-checking Politicians
   Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022)

2022

2. A Beam of Light: Media, Tourism and Economic Development
   Working Papers, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS
   See also Journal Article A beam of light: Media, tourism and economic development, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
3. Lost in the Net? Broadband Internet and Youth Mental Health
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
4. Ranking for Engagement: How Social Media Algorithms Fuel Misinformation and Polarization
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)

2021

5. A Beam of Light: Media, Tourism & Economic Development
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2020

6. The "Great Lockdown": Inactive Workers and Mortality by Covid-19
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The “Great Lockdown”: Inactive workers and mortality by Covid‐19, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) (2021)

2019

7. The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
   SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (4)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (4)
   Post-Print, HAL (2019)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (11)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (9) (2020)

2018

8. Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and other Algorithmic Gatekeepers)
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2018) View citations (3)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2017) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Opinion dynamics via search engines (and other algorithmic gatekeepers), Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
9. Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2013)
   SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL (2013)
   SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL (2018) View citations (9)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2018) View citations (33) (2018)
10. War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance During World War II
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (15)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (15)
    DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE) (2018) View citations (15)
    EIEF Working Papers Series, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) (2018) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance during World War II, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (25) (2020)

2013

11. Citizen-Editors' Endogenous Information Acquisition and News Accuracy
    DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE) View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Citizen-editors' endogenous information acquisition and news accuracy, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (26) (2014)
12. Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (111) (2014)

2012

13. A Citizen-Editors Model of News Media
    RSCAS Working Papers, European University Institute View citations (10)

2011

14. Competition and Commercial Media Bias
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Competition and commercial media bias, Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
15. Paying Positive to Go Negative: Advertisers' Competition and Media Reports
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Paying positive to go negative: Advertisers׳ competition and media reports, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2009

16. Electoral Participation and Communicative Voting in Europe
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article Electoral participation and communicative voting in Europe, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2010) View citations (19) (2010)

Journal Articles

2023

1. A beam of light: Media, tourism and economic development
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2023, 137, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper A Beam of Light: Media, Tourism and Economic Development, Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

2. The “Great Lockdown”: Inactive workers and mortality by Covid‐19
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (10), 2367-2382
   See also Working Paper The "Great Lockdown": Inactive Workers and Mortality by Covid-19, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2020

3. Opinion dynamics via search engines (and other algorithmic gatekeepers)
   Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and other Algorithmic Gatekeepers), Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
4. The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (6), 3305-3336 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, SciencePo Working papers Main (2019) (2019)
5. War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance during World War II
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (4), 1-38 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance During World War II, CESifo Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (15) (2018)

2018

6. Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16, (4), 1094-1136 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation, Post-Print (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2016

7. Paying positive to go negative: Advertisers׳ competition and media reports
   European Economic Review, 2016, 83, (C), 243-261 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Paying Positive to Go Negative: Advertisers' Competition and Media Reports, Working Papers (2011) View citations (13) (2011)

2014

8. Citizen-editors' endogenous information acquisition and news accuracy
   Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, (C), 43-53 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Citizen-Editors' Endogenous Information Acquisition and News Accuracy, DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (2013) View citations (51) (2013)
9. Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (3), 159-88 View citations (111)
   See also Working Paper Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (20) (2013)

2012

10. Competition and commercial media bias
    Telecommunications Policy, 2012, 36, (5), 434-447 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Competition and Commercial Media Bias, Working Papers (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

2011

11. Indirect Lobbying and Media Bias
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2011, 6, (3–4), 235-274 View citations (21)

2010

12. Electoral participation and communicative voting in Europe
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 26, (2), 185-207 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Electoral Participation and Communicative Voting in Europe, MPRA Paper (2009) (2009)

Chapters

2018

1. New media, new issues
   Chapter 25 in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, 2018, pp 221-230

2014

2. The political economy of news media: theory, evidence and open issues
   Chapter 13 in A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics, 2014, pp 278-320 View citations (21)