Research

Research interests

Development economics, conflict, industrial policy, international trade


 

My research papers are available at 

[Google Scholar]      [IDEAS]             [EconPapers] 


 

Working Papers


Firms amid conflict: Performance, production inputs, and market competition (with Davide Del Prete and Aminur Rahman) R&R (2nd round) Journal of Development Economics


Trade Liberalization, Economic Activity, and Political Violence in the Global South: Evidence from PTAs (with Francesco Amodio, Leonardo Baccini, and Giorgio Chiovelli) R&R (2nd round) Economic Policy [PDF]


Conflict exposure and labour market outcomes: Evidence from longitudinal data for the Gaza Strip (with Valerio Leone Sciabolazza) R&R Labour Economics


Finance, informal competition, and expectations: A firm-level analysis (with Emanuele Brancati and Aminur Rahman) IZA DP 15440 R&R World Development


Weather shocks affect trade policy: Evidence from PTAs (with Francesco Amodio, Leonardo Baccini, and Giorgio Chiovelli) [submitted]


Conflict and firms' performance: Geo-localised evidence from a global dataset (with Emanuele Brancati, Roberta Gatti, Asif Islam, and Aminur Rahman)


News sentiment and migration choices: Evidence from Libya (with Nelly Elmallakh and Valerio Leone Sciabolazza)




Permanent Working Papers


Product market competition and the labour market: Evidence from South Africa (with Francesco Amodio, Yifan Li, and Patrizio Piraino). WIDER WP 2020/39 [PDF]


Heterogeneous entrepreneurs, government quality, and the effectiveness of industrial policy (with Giorgio Fabbri and Vincenzo Lombardo)



Survey of Economists' Opinions on the Economy 

 

Website of the Survey of Economists' Opinions on the Economy