Professor of Microeconomics
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Email: Tel. [+39] 055 4685 914
Tel. [+39] 055 4685 903
Secretary: marcia.gastaldo@eui.eu
Postal address:
Department of Economics
Villa San Paolo
Via della Piazzuola 43
50133 Florence - Italy
Brief Biographical Sketch
Joins the Institute in September 2011, coming from a tenured associate professorship at MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics) a new research institute in the field of Economics, based at the Bellaterra campus of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Previously, he was assistant professor of economics at the California Institute of Technology. His main research interests lie in political economy and applied microeconomic theory. He has published articles on the effects of political uncertainty on the adoption of redistribution policies, the selection of politicians under alternative electoral systems, the role of social learning in political games, and the effects of participation requirements in popular referenda. He has published in international journals such as American Economic Journal, Microeconomics, Journal of the European Economic Association, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics. His research has been supported by an NSF grant (2006-2009) and by a Ramón y Cajal fellowship
Published and Forthcoming Papers
(*Financial support from National Science Foundation grant SES-0617901)
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"The Pro-Competitive Effect of Campaign Limits in Non-Majoritarian Elections " joint with M. Iaryczower, Economic Theory, forthcoming
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"Personal Influence: Social Context and Political Competition " joint with A. Galeotti, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2011
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"Quorum and Turnout in Referenda " joint with H. Herrera, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010. An earlier version with additional results can be found here
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" Policy Uncertainty, Electoral Securities and Redistribution " International Economic Review, 2010
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"The Labor Market of Italian Politicians " joint with V. Galasso, M. Landi and A. Merlo, in The Ruling Class: Management and Politics in Modern Italy, Oxford University Press2010 (Italian version La Classe Dirigente: L'Intreccio tra Business e Politica, Egea 2010)
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"Membership in Citizen Groups " joint with S. Barbieri, Games and Economic Behavior, 2009
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"Can We Insure Against Political Uncertainty? Evidence from the U.S. Stock Market " Public Choice, 2008. Business Week on this paper
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"Many Enemies, Much Honor? On the Competitiveness of Elections in Proportional Representation Systems" joint with M. Iaryczower, in The Political Economy of Democracy, BBVA, 2008
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"Political Careers or Career Politicians? " joint with A. Merlo, Journal of Public Economics, 2008*
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"Voter Rationality and Democratic Government" joint with R. Kiewiet, Critical Review, 2008
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"The Transparency of Politics and the Quality of Politicians " joint with A. Merlo, American Economic Review (P & P), 2007
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"Moving Skills from Hands to Heads" joint with G. Barba Navaretti and M. Galeotti, Research Policy, 2004