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Working Papers

2024

1. The Political Effects of (Mis)Perceived Immigration
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
   Also in Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin (2019) View citations (11)
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2019) View citations (11)

2023

2. Blaming migrants doesn’t pay: the political effects of the Ebola epidemic in Italy
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
3. Lord, How I Want to Be in That Number! On the Blessing of UNESCO World Heritage Listing
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin (2023)
4. When Scapegoating Backfires: The pitfalls of Blaming Migrants for a Crisis
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
   Also in Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2023)

2022

5. Exploring the relationship between subjective well-being and diversity and intensity in cultural consumption
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
6. Fiscal externalities in multilevel tax structures: Evidence from concurrent income taxation
   Working Papers, National Taiwan University, Department of Economics
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
7. Il ruolo dei consumi e delle pratiche culturali degli immigrati nei processi di integrazione
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin

2021

8. The Happy Cultural Omnivore? Exploring the Relationship between Cultural Consumption Patterns and Subjective Well-Being
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2020

9. Drivers of cultural participation of immigrants: evidence from an Italian survey
   Discussion Papers, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (1)
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Drivers of cultural participation of immigrants: evidence from an Italian survey, Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer (2022) View citations (7) (2022)
10. Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
    See also Journal Article Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2022) View citations (6) (2022)
11. Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
12. Improving university dropout and student careers. What room for institutional action?
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
13. Parental Education and Sons’ Earnings: A “Beyond the Mean†Approach along the Sons’ Earnings Distributions
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
14. Public Finance, Government Spending and Economic Growth: The Case of Local Governments in Italy
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin View citations (2)
    Also in Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (2020) View citations (2)

2018

15. Blessed are the First: The Long-Term Effect of Birth Order on Trust
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
    Also in Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2018)
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2018)
    See also Journal Article Blessed are the first: The long-term effect of birth order on trust, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2020) (2020)
16. Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy View citations (1)
17. The Sacred and the Profane of Budget Cycles: Evidence from Italian Municipalities
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
    See also Journal Article The sacred and the profane of budget cycles: evidence from Italian municipalities, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
18. The Strange Case of Matthew Effect and Beauty Contest: Research Evaluation and Specialisation in the Italian Universities
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin
    See also Journal Article The strange case of the Matthew effect and beauty contests: Research evaluation and specialisation in Italian universities, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2017

19. Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently?
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy View citations (4)
20. First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy View citations (2)
21. On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
22. Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (34) (2019)

2016

23. Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2017) View citations (15) (2017)
24. Investigating the impact of national income on environmental pollution. International evidence
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
25. Science, university-firm R&D collaboration and innovation across Europe
    2016 Fifth AIEAA Congress, June 16-17, 2016, Bologna, Italy, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA)

2015

26. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier (2016) View citations (19) (2016)
27. Explaining (in)efficiency in higher education: a comparison of parametric and non-parametric analyses to rank universities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
28. Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
29. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? DROPPING OUT FROM UNIVERSITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCES
    Working Papers, AlmaLaurea Inter-University Consortium View citations (2)

2014

30. Handling negative data using Data Envelopment Analysis: a directional distance approach applied to higher education
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
31. How students' exogenous characteristics affect faculties’ inefficiency. A heteroscedastic stochastic frontier approach
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
32. Human capital development, knowledge spillovers and local growth: Is there a quality effect of university efficiency?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
33. On the Causal Effects of Selective Admission Policies on Students’ Performances. Evidence from a Quasi-experiment in a Large Italian University
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy
    See also Journal Article On the causal effects of selective admission policies on students’ performances: evidence from a quasi-experiment in a large Italian university, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
34. On the causal effect of religion on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2013

35. Selective Admission Tests and Students' Performances. Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Large Italian University
    CELPE Working Papers, CELPE - Centre of Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Salerno, Italy

Journal Articles

2024

1. Students’ performance and faculty efficiency. Assessing the role of gender through a metafrontier
   Journal of Economic Studies, 2024, 51, (9), 323-337
2. The economic impact of UNESCO World Heritage: Evidence from Italy
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2024, 105, (C)

2023

3. Universities, Local Economic Productivity and Quality of Institutions: Evidence From Italy
   International Regional Science Review, 2023, 46, (2), 179-209

2022

4. Drivers of cultural participation of immigrants: evidence from an Italian survey
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2022, 46, (1), 57-100 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Drivers of cultural participation of immigrants: evidence from an Italian survey, Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
5. Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2022, 57, (3), 269-284 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence, Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers (2020) (2020)
6. Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas
   Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, (4), 1951-1979 View citations (4)

2021

7. The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe
   The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2021, 46, (2), 483-530 View citations (3)
8. The joint impact of different types of innovation on firm's productivity: evidence from Italy
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2021, 30, (2), 151-182 View citations (8)

2020

9. Blessed are the first: The long-term effect of birth order on trust
   Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 39, (C)
   See also Working Paper Blessed are the First: The Long-Term Effect of Birth Order on Trust, Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers (2018) (2018)
10. Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach
    Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60, (5), 959-994 View citations (6)
11. Short- and long-term relation between economic development and government spending: the role of quality of institutions
    Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (9), 987-1009
12. The strange case of the Matthew effect and beauty contests: Research evaluation and specialisation in Italian universities
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2020, 71, (C) View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Strange Case of Matthew Effect and Beauty Contest: Research Evaluation and Specialisation in the Italian Universities, Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2019

13. Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (7), 1058-1069 View citations (11)
14. BANK PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND MARKET CONCENTRATION: EVIDENCE FROM COOPERATIVE AND NON‐COOPERATIVE BANKS
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2019, 90, (1), 103-139 View citations (13)
15. Market power and stability of financial institutions: evidence from the Italian banking sector
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2019, 28, (2), 235-265 View citations (2)
16. Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012
    Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59, (5), 819-849 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012, Working papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
17. The sacred and the profane of budget cycles: evidence from Italian municipalities
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, (6), 1446-1477 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Sacred and the Profane of Budget Cycles: Evidence from Italian Municipalities, Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

18. Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2018, 62, (C), 104-120 View citations (15)
19. Investigating the non-linearity between national income and environmental pollution: international evidence of Kuznets curve
    Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2018, 20, (1), 179-210 View citations (11)
20. The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system (in)efficiency
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2018, 43, (2), 432-457 View citations (22)

2017

21. Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 68, (3), 749-780 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry, CSEF Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
22. Investigating the Human Capital Development–growth Nexus
    International Regional Science Review, 2017, 40, (6), 638-678 View citations (8)

2016

23. A DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE APPROACH APPLIED TO HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING-RELATED OUTPUT EFFICIENCY
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2016, 87, (2), 145-173 View citations (3)
24. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2016, 55, (C), 47-58 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Working papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
25. Managerial Efficiency in Higher Education Using Individual Versus Aggregate Level Data. Does the choice of Decision Making Units Count?
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2016, 37, (2), 106-126 View citations (6)
26. Measuring Efficiency in Higher Education: An Empirical Study Using a Bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2016, 22, (1), 11-33 View citations (12)
27. On the causal effect of religiosity on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2016, 43, (10), 1031-1048 View citations (2)
28. On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (41), 3912-3934 View citations (6)

2015

29. On the causal effects of selective admission policies on students’ performances: evidence from a quasi-experiment in a large Italian university
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67, (4), 1034-1056 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper On the Causal Effects of Selective Admission Policies on Students’ Performances. Evidence from a Quasi-experiment in a Large Italian University, CSEF Working Papers (2014) (2014)