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I am an Assistant Professor (Rtd-A) at the Department of Economics and Finance, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. I am also affiliated with the Interuniversity Centre on Local and Regional Finance (CIFREL), the Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo), and with the Uppsala Centre for Fiscal Studies (UCFS).
I completed my Ph. D. in Economics at Uppsala University in 2021, and I was a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Economics, Harvard University in 2018/2019.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Electoral Cycles in Macroeconomic Forecasts (with André Reslow). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 202, 307-340, 2022.
  Links: WP version; Published version.
  Media: Dagens Industri (July 2021) – online version here
• Political Fragmentation and Government Stability. Evidence from Local Governments in Spain (with Felipe Carozzi and Luca Repetto). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 14(2), 23-50, 2022.
  Links: WP version; Published version; Online appendix; Replication package.
  Media: Nadaesgratis.es.
• To vote, or not to vote? Electoral Campaigns and the Spread of COVID-19 (with Marco Le Moglie). European Journal of Political Economy 72, 102118, 2022.
  Links: WP version; Published version.
  Media: Domani (May 2021) – online version here; Temi di Economia Pubblica SIEP (August 2022).
• Voting Systems and Fiscal Policy: Evidence from Runoff and Plurality Elections. National Tax Journal 74(2), 347-376, 2021.
  Links: WP version; Published version; Online appendix.

Working papers

• NEW: When Women Take All: Direct Election and Female Leadership
  Links: Latest version (January 2023)
  Awarded the SIEP Prize 2022
  Awarded the IIPF Young Economist Honorable Mention 2022
• Powers that Be? Political Alignment, Government Formation, and Government Stability (with Felipe Carozzi and Luca Repetto)
  Conditionally accepted at Journal of Public Economics
  Links: Latest version (October 2022); CESifo WP (November 2022)
• Gender Gaps in Political Careers: Evidence from Competitive Elections (JMP)
  Links: Latest version (January 2022); CESifo WP (May 2021)
  Nominated for the CESifo Distinguished Affiliate Award 2020
• Biased Forecasts and Voting: The Brexit Referendum Case (with André Reslow)
  Reject & Resubmit at The Economic Journal
  Links: Latest version (September 2021); Sveriges Riksbank WP (March 2019); Uppsala University WP (March 2019)
  Media: The Telegraph (Full article here); RT UK News (video); Citywire Financial Publishers; Brexit Central

Other publications

• Are Governments Inflating their Economic Forecasts Ahead of Elections? (with André Reslow). SUERF Policy Brief No. 452, 2022. Link
• Political Careers, Government Stability, and Electoral Cycles. Economic Studies 194, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, 2021. Link

Popular writing

• L’espansione del forfettario e i regimi fiscali di autonomi e dipendenti (with Massimo Bordignon, Leonardo Ciotti e Nicoletta Scutifero). Nota dell’Osservatorio sui Conti Pubblici Italiani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 21 dicembre 2022. Link
  Media coverage: Corriere della Sera; La Repubblica; Il Sole 24 Ore; Sky Tg 24; Il Fatto Quotidiano; Il Gazzettino; Quotidiano Nazionale; Today.it; Corriere del Veneto; Corriere dell’Economia; In Terris.