Research

Published Papers

Minimum Wage and Individual Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Large US Retailer, (with E. Deserranno, and N. Persico), Journal of Political Economy, accepted for publication.

Effect of Business Uncertainty on Turnover, (with O. Bamieh, A. Ichino, N. Persico), , The Journal of Labor Economicsaccepted for publication. 

Counterproductive Worker Behavior After a Pay Cut, (with E. Deserranno, and N. Persico),  Journal of the European Economic Associationaccepted for publication.

Effect of Mood and Worker Incentive on Workplace Productivity, (with E. Deserranno, N. Persico, and P. Sapienza), The Journal of Law, Economics & Organizations, accepted for publication.

Demand Shocks and Firm Investment: Micro-evidence from fiscal retrenchment in Italy, (with I. Marino, T. Nannicini, and N. Persico), Economic Journal, accepted for publication.

Measuring the Gains from Labor Specialization, (with A. Ichino, and N. Persico), The Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 62, N.3, (2019), pg. 403-426.

Bid Rigging and Entry Deterrence: Evidence from an Anti-Collusion Investigation in Quebec, (with R. Clark, J.-F. Gauthier, A. Shneyerov), The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organizations, Vol. 34, N.1, (2018), pg. 301-363.

The Effect of Discretion on Procurement Performance, (with A. Guglielmo and G. Spagnolo)Management Science, Vol. 64, N.2, (2018), pg. 715-38.

Court Efficiency and Procurement Performance, (with L. Moretti, G. Spagnolo, and P. Valbonesi)Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol.120, N.3, (2018), pg. 826-58.

Tenure in Office and Public Procurement(with S. Gagliarducci), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 3, N.9, (2017). pg. 59-105.

Multitasking, Multi-Armed Bandits, and the Italian Judiciary, (with R. Bray, A. Ichino, and N. Persico)Manufacturing and Service Operation ManagementVol. 18, N.4, (2016). pg. 545-58.

The Inefficiency of Workers Time Use, (with A. Ichino and N. Persico), Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 13, N.5, (2015). pg. 906-47. Online Appendix

An Economic Analysis of Black-White Disparities in NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Program, (with N. Persico), Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44 (June 2015), pg. 315-60.

Time Allocation and Task Juggling, (with A. Ichino and N. Persico), American Economic Review, Vol. 104, N.2, (2014), pg. 609-23.

Publicity Requirements in Public Procurement, (with M. Mariniello), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 109, (2014), pg. 76-100.

Financial Education and Investment Attitudes in High Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, (with L. Becchetti and S. Caiazza), Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 23, N. 10, (2013), pg. 817-36.

Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education and Democracy, (with M. Bobba), Economics Letters, N. 96, (2007), pg. 301-6.

Completed Working Papers

Complementary Bidding and the Collusive Arrangement: Evidence from an Antitrust Investigation, (with R. Clark and A. De Leverano), revision requested American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.

Procurement with Manipulation, (with A. Guglielmo, C. Lotti and G. Spagnolo), reject and resubmit Journal of Public Economics.

Centralized Procurement and Delivery Times: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Italy, (with R. Clark and A. De Leverano), reject and resubmit RAND.

Book Chapters and Policy Papers

Does Aid Help Build Economic Institutions?, (with R. Islam), World Bank Policy Research Working Papers, N.3990.

Instrumental Variables Regressions in Growth, Geography and Institutions: Reconsidering Some Results. Papers and Proceedings of the ICES2003 conference, pg. 142-153. The Faculty of Economics at the Sarajevo and the World Bank, Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)


Papers in Italian

Giudici in Affanno, (with A. Ichino and N. Persico), forthcoming Annuario di Diritto Comparato e Studi Legislativi.