Research

Research interests

Development economics, conflict, industrial policy, international trade

My research papers are available at 

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Working Papers

Weather shocks affect trade policy: Evidence from PTAs (with Francesco Amodio, Leonardo Baccini, and Giorgio Chiovelli) R&R American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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 

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