As of October 28th, 2024 Eleanora Alabrese is no longer a current member of the department

Welcome!

After recently graduating from the University of Warwick with a PhD in Economics, I am now a postdoctoral researcher at Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFELink opens in a new window. In the spring of 2024, I will join the Department of Economics, University of BathLink opens in a new window, as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor).

I am an applied microeconomist interested in empirical political economy. My research focuses on misinformation and voters' behaviour with a focus on the role of media and its relationship with science and science communication. Find more details on my personal webpage: eleonora-alabrese.comLink opens in a new window

Research Interests

Applied microeconomics; Political Economy; Media Economics; Economics of Science

Publications

1. Who Voted for Brexit? Individual and Regional Data Combined.Link opens in a new window
   (with Sascha O. BeckerLink opens in a new window, Thiemo FetzerLink opens in a new window, and Dennis NovyLink opens in a new window), 2019, European Journal of Political Economy, 56, pp.132-150.
   Among EJPE most popular articles.Link opens in a new window Selected media coverage: The Washington PostLink opens in a new window, The Irish TimesLink opens in a new window, QuartzLink opens in a new window, LSE blogLink opens in a new window.

Working Papers

1. Bad Science: Retractions and Media Coverage.Link opens in a new window CESifo Working Paper No. 10195Link opens in a new window [JMP]
   Media briefing: RES2022 Annual ConferenceLink opens in a new window
2. National Polls, Local Preferences and Voters' Behaviour: Evidence from the UK General Elections.Link opens in a new window Warwick Economics paper No. 1426
   Media Coverage: Warwick Economics NewsLink opens in a new window, The Irish TimesLink opens in a new window
3. Electoral Accountability and Local Support for National Policies.Link opens in a new window Warwick Economics paper No. 1448 (with Federica LiberiniLink opens in a new window, Francesco PorcelliLink opens in a new window, Michela RedoanoLink opens in a new window, Antonio RussoLink opens in a new window).
4. Who is NOT voting for Brexit anymore?Link opens in a new window (with Thiemo FetzerLink opens in a new window), CAGE working paper No. 394
   Selected media coverage: The New York TimesLink opens in a new window, The IndependentLink opens in a new window, Business InsiderLink opens in a new window, GraziaLink opens in a new window.

Work in Progress

• Poisoned Trust: The Effect of the Glyphosate Scandal on Political Polarization.
  (with Carlo SchwarzLink opens in a new window).
• Does Trust in Science affect Demand for Narratives?
  (with Francesco CapozzaLink opens in a new window).
• Collaborator of Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism.Link opens in a new window

Policy Publications

1. The Blurring of Corporate Investor Nationality and Complex Ownership StructuresLink opens in a new window
   (with Bruno CasellaLink opens in a new window), 2020, Transnational Corporations Journal, 27(1):115-138.
2. World Investment Report 2016. Investor Nationality: Policy Challenges.Link opens in a new window New York and Geneva: United Nations.