Selected Publications
Economic Insecurity and the Demand of Populism in Europe (with Luigi Guiso, Helios Herrera and Tommaso Sonno)
Power Mismatch and Civil Conflict: An Empirical Investigation (with Laura Ogliari and Long Hong)
Pay-as-they-get-in: Attitudes towards Migrants and Pension Systems (with Tito Boeri, Matteo Gamalerio and Margherita Negri)
In Medio Stat Virtus? Effective Communication and Preferences for Redistribution in Hard Times (with Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi and Anna Rosso)
American Journal of Political Science (2023): A Costly Commitment: Populism, Economic Performance, and the Quality of Bureaucracy - open access (with Luca Bellodi and Matia Vanoni)
American Economic Review: From Weber to Kafka: Political Instability and Overproduction of Laws (with Gabriele Gratton, Luigi Guiso and Claudio Michelacci) - Econimate video
Optimal Checks and Balances under Policy Uncertainty - open access (with Gabriele Gratton)
Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2022): Third Party Intervention and Strategic Militarization (with Adam Meirowitz, Kris Ramsay and Francesco Squintani)
Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2022): A Theory of Power Wars (with Helios Herrera and Salvatore Nunnari)
Journal of Public Economics (2021): Bureaucrats under Populism (with Greg Sasso)
Political Analysis (2020): Measuring Discretion and Delegation in Legislative Texts: Methods and Application to US States (with Matia Vannoni, Elliott Ash)
Journal of Political Economy (2019): Dispute Resolution Institutions and Strategic Militarization (with Adam Meirowitz, Kris Ramsay and Francesco Squintani), Vol. 127(1), 378-418
Journal of Political Economy (2019): Redistributing Income under Proportional Representation: a Correction (with Margherita Negri), Vol. 127(1), 458-462
Economic Policy (2019): Global Crises and Populism: the Role of Eurozone Institutions (with Luigi Guiso, Helios Herrera and Tommaso Sonno)
American Journal of Political Science (2016): Turnout Across Democracies (with Helios Herrera and Salvatore Nunnari), Vol. 60(3), 607-24
Review of Economic Studies (2015): Mediation and Peace (with Johannes Horner and Francesco Squintani), Vol. 82, 1483-501
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2015): The Geography of Inter-State Resource Wars (with Francesco Caselli and Dominic Rohner) Vol 130-1, pp. 267-315
Journal of Political Economy (2015): Strategic Mass Killings (with Joan Esteban and Dominic Rohner), Vol. 123-5; International Geneva Award winner 2015
American Journal of Political Science (2008): Incumbents' Interests and Gender Quotas (with Francois Maniquet and Guillaume R. Fréchette) Vol. 52-4, 891-909
American Economic Review (2007): Political Bias and War (with Matthew O. Jackson), Vol. 97-4, 1353-73
American Economic Review (2006): Self-Enforcing Voting in International Organizations (with Giovanni Maggi), Vol. 96-4, 1137-58; also reprinted in Public International Law (November 2010), edited by Eric A. Posner, Elgar Publishing
Econometrica (2005): Behavioral Identification in Coalitional Bargaining: an Experimental Analysis of Demand Bargaining and Alternating Offers (with Guillaume Fréchette and John Kagel), Vol. 73-6, 1893-939
Review of Economic Studies (2004): Party Formation and Policy Outcomes under Different Electoral Systems Vol. 71-3, 829-53
Review of Economic Studies (2001): Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives (with Maitreesh Ghatak and Tomas Sjostrom), Vol. 68-4, 781-810
American Political Science Review (1999): Demand Competition and Policy Compromise in Legislative Bargaining Vol. 93-4, 809-20
Working Papers
Digging Up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities (with Luca Bellodi, Frederic Docquier, Stefano Iandolo and Riccardo Turati)
The Shift to Commitment Politics and Populism: Theory and Evidence - new paper (with Luca Bellodi, Antonio Nicolo’ and Paolo Roberti)
The Common Determinants of Legislative and Regulatory Complexity (with Dana Foarta)
Stay, Split or Strike: Theory and Evidence on Secessionist vs Centrist Conflict (with Joan Esteban, Sabine Flamand and Dominic Rohner)
Corruption and Extremism (with Attila Gaspar, Tommaso Giommoni and Antonio Nicolo’)
More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States (with Elliott Ash and Matia Vannoni)
Signalling Incentives and the Quality of Legislation: A Text and Network Analysis of the U.S. Congress (with Tommaso Giommoni and Daniele Paserman)
A Commitment Theory of Populism (with Antonio Nicolas and Paolo Roberti)
The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe (with Luigi Guiso, Tommaso Sonno, and Helios Herrera)
The Populist Dynamic: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Countering Populism (with Vincenzo Galasso, Tommaso Nannicini and Piero Stanig)
Power in the Pipeline (with Quentin Gallea and Dominic Rohner)
Policies and Opinions
Joe, Bit and Global Bob | Massimo Morelli | TED Talk
On the ongoing surge of populism in Europe and solutions to reverse it (with Frédéric Docquier and Eugenio Peluso)
The Paradox of Endogenous Nationalism and the Role of Quantitative Easing
Political Participation, Populism and the Covid 19 Crisis
Covid-19 and the Potential Consequences for Social Stability (with Roberto Censolo)
Regulation and economic growth: A ‘contingent’ relationship (with Matia Vannoni)
Expelling the experts: The cost of populism for bureaucratic expertise and government performance (with Luca Bellodi e Matia Vannoni)
Financial Crises as Drivers of Populism: a New Channel (with Luigi Guiso, Helios Herrera and Tommaso Sonno) - Versione italiana per la voce
Legge elettorale proporzionale: l'occasione persa (with Domenico Tripodi)
The Effect of the Midterms 2022 on Lawmaking in the United States (with Christoph Pfeufer) - Versione italiana per la voce
US politics: midterm elections have handed Joe Biden a divided Congress - history tells us that's bad for good government (with Christoph Pfeufer)
A better understanding of pay-as-you-go pension systems leads to more positive attitudes toward migrants (with Tito Boeri, Matteo Gamalerio and Margherita Negri)
Information Makes Us Inclusive. But not if We Are Populist (with Michele Tito Boeri)
Teaching
30334 International Relations
20610 Decisions and Organizations