Full Prof.

Professional Responsibilities

• Director: CEPR Political Economy Research ProgrammeLink opens in a new window
• Coordinator: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Warwick Research GroupLink opens in a new window

Research Interests

• Political Economy

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, New York University
• M.Phil. in Economics, New York University
• B.A. in Physics, Universitá di Pavia, Italy

Current Teaching

• EC9C2: Empirical and Behavioral Political Economy (PhD)
• EC9D4L: Macroeconomics A (MSc)
• EC331: Research in Applied Economics (Undergraduate)

Working Papers

• Alternative Worldviews, Distrust and PopulismLink opens in a new window (with Federico Trombetta)
• Identity-Based ElectionsLink opens in a new window (with Ravi Sethi)
• Political Brinkmanship and CompromiseLink opens in a new window (with Antonin Macé and Matías Núñez) (R&R International Economic Review)
• Financial Drivers of Populism in EuropeLink opens in a new window (with Luigi Guiso, Massimo Morelli and Tommaso Sonno)
• A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Information CascadesLink opens in a new window (with Johannes Hörner)

Publications (Google ScholarLink opens in a new window)

• Economic Insecurity and the Demand of Populism in EuropeLink opens in a new window (with Luigi Guiso, Massimo Morelli and Tommaso Sonno) (Summary on: Vox Eu) (Economica, 2024)

• A Theory of Power WarsLink opens in a new window (with Massimo Morelli and Salvatore Nunnari) (Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2022)

• Fake ReviewsLink opens in a new window (with Jacob Glazer and Motty Perry) (Economic Journal, 2021)

• Political Booms, Financial CrisesLink opens in a new window (with Guillermo Ordonez and Christoph Trebesch) (Journal of Political Economy, 2020)
• The Marginal Voter's CurseLink opens in a new window (with Aniol Llorente-Saguer and Joseph McMurray) (Economic Journal, 2019)
• Information Aggregation and Turnout in PR: a Lab ExperimentLink opens in a new window (with Aniol Llorente-Saguer and Joseph McMurray) (Journal of Public Economics, 2019)
• Global Crises and Populism: the Role of Eurozone InstitutionsLink opens in a new window (with Luigi Guiso, Massimo Morelli and Tommaso Sonno) (Economic Policy, 2019)
• Turf WarsLink opens in a new window (with Ernesto Reuben and Mike Ting) (Journal of Public Economics, 2017)
• Learning and Coordination in the Presidential Primary SystemLink opens in a new window (with George Deltas and Mattias Polborn) (Review of Economic Studies, 2016)
• Turnout across DemocraciesLink opens in a new window, (with Massimo Morelli and Salvatore Nunnari) (American Journal of Political Science, 2016)
• Cultural Differences and Institutional IntegrationLink opens in a new window (with Luigi Guiso and Massimo Morelli) (Journal of International Economics, 2016)
• Turnout and Power SharingLink opens in a new window (with Massimo Morelli and Thomas Palfrey) (Economic Journal, 2014)

• Biased Social LearningLink opens in a new window (with Johannes Hörner) (Games and Economic Behavior, 2013)

• Oligarchy, Democracy and State CapacityLink opens in a new window (with Cesar Martinelli) (Economic Theory, 2011)
• Advantageous Innovation and Imitation in the Underwriting Market for Corporate SecuritiesLink opens in a new window (with Enrique Schroth) (Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011)
• Turnout and Quorum in ReferendaLink opens in a new window (with Andrea Mattozzi) (Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010)
• Policy Platforms, Campaign Spending and Voter ParticipationLink opens in a new window (with David Levine and Cesar Martinelli) (Journal of Public Economics, 2008)
• Group Formation and Voter ParticipationLink opens in a new window (with Cesar Martinelli) (Theoretical Economics, 2006)
• Sorting in Risk-Aversion and Asset Price VolatilityLink opens in a new window (Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2005)