Publications

War, Socialism and the Rise of Fascism: An Empirical Exploration (2022)

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 137, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 1233-1296
Joint with Daron Acemoglu, Giuseppe De Feo and Giacomo De Luca
Published Version NBER Working Paper
VoxEU Marginal Revolution The Economist Il Domani (In Italian) A Correction Team Podcast

Working Papers

The Trade-Offs of Nation-Building through Transitional Justice (2025)

Funded by STEG-CEPR and UNU-WIDER
Joint with Thomas Gautier and Daniela Horta-Saenz
Working Paper

Socializing Alone: How Online Homophily Has Undermined Social Cohesion in the US (2025)

Joint with Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova and David Yanagizawa-Drott
Working Paper SSRN Working Paper

Outmigration and Economic Development: Evidence from the Italian Mass Migration

Joint with Nicola Fontana, Marco Manacorda and Marco Tabellini
Working Paper

Media and Assimilation: Evidence from the Golden Age of Radio (2024)

Working Paper SSRN Working Paper Radio Appendix

Regulating Child Labor: Evidence from the US Progressive Era (2020)

Joint with James Feigenbaum
Working Paper

Work in Progress

Diversity and Conflict in New Democracies

Joint with Silvia Farina, Thomas Gautier and Daniela Horta-Saenz

Ideology, Conformity and Performance

Joint with Francesco Barilari