Research
Working Papers
Fact-Checking Politicians (with Andrea Mattozzi & Samuel Nocito) [VoxEu]
Lost in the Net? Broadband Internet and Youth Mental Health, (with Dante Donati, Ruben Durante & Dijana Zejcirovic) [VoxEu Video]
Crowding out the Truth? A Simple Model of Misinformation, Polarization and Meaningful Social Interactions (with Fabrizio Germano and Vicenç Gómez)
Publications
A Beam of Light: Media, Tourism and Economic Development, (with Samuel Nocito & Marcello Sartarelli)
Journal of Urban Economics, 137, 2023 [WP Version]
War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance During World War II (with Stefano Gagliarducci, Massimiliano Onorato & Guido Tabellini)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(4), 2020 (leading article). [WP version]; [Online Appendix]; [AEA Research Highlights; VoxEu; Voce.info]
The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (with Francesco Drago & Roberto Galbiati)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(6), 2020 [Online Appendix]; [VoxEu]
Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and other Algorithmic Gatekeepers) (with Fabrizio Germano)
Journal of Public Economics, 187, 2020. [Online Appendix] [WP Version] [Nada es Gratis; Voce.info]
Politics 2.0.: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation (with Filipe Campante & Ruben Durante)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 16(4), 2018. [NBER WP version]; [VoxEu]
Paying Positive to Go Negative: Advertisers' Competition and Media Reports (with Andrea Blasco & Paolo Pin)
European Economic Review, 83: 243–261, 2016. [WP version]; [Extended Version]; [Online Appendix]; [Examples]
Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit (with Francesco Drago & Tommaso Nannicini)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(3): 159–188, 2014.
Copyright 2014, American Economic Association. [Online Appendix] [Data Set]
Journal of Public Economics, vol. 113, 43-53, 2014. [WP version];[Online appendix]
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 6 (3-4): 235-274, 2011.
Electoral Participation and Communicative Voting in Europe (with Pietro Navarra)
European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26 (2): 185-207, 2010. [WP version]
Literature Reviews/Other Publications
The "Great Lockdown": Inactive Workers and Covid-19 Mortality, (with Nicola Borri, Francesco Drago & Chiara Santantonio)
Health Economics, Vol. 30(10): 2367-2382. 2021. [WP Version]; [VoxEu]
The Political Economy of New media: Challenges & Opportunities across Democracies and Autocracies, Journal of Development Perspectives, vol. 2(1-2): 49-61, 2018. [WP version]
in C. Menard & M. Shirley (eds.). A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2018. [WP version]
In F. Forte, R. Mudambi & P. Navarra (eds). Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics. Chelthenam, Edward Elgar Press. 2014. [WP version]
Competition and Commercial Media Bias (with Andrea Blasco)
Telecommunications Policy, vol. 36 (5): 434-447, 2012. [WP version]