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Persuasion and gender: experimental evidence from two political campaigns

We investigate differential responses by gender to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. We implemented a survey and a field experiment during two mayoral elections in Italy. Eligible voters were exposed to a positive or negative campaign by an opponent. The survey experiment used on-line videos and slogans. The field experiment …
Tommaso Nannicini, Vincenzo Galasso
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Genitori alla pari. Tempo, lavoro, libertà

Da pochi giorni è uscito in libreria il mio libro con Alessandra Minello edito da Feltrinelli “Genitori alla pari. Tempo, lavoro, libertà”. A questo link è possibile ordinarlo. Ogni anno una madre lavoratrice, rispetto a un padre lavoratore, passa due mesi in più a prendersi cura della famiglia, mentre lui …

Historical Roots of Political Extremism: The Effects of Nazi Occupation of Italy

The Italian civil war and the Nazi occupation of Italy occurred at a critical juncture, just before the birth of a new democracy and when, for the first time in a generation, Italians were choosing political affliations and forming political identities. In this paper we study how these traumatic events …
Joint with Nicola Fontana and Guido Tabellini

Positive Spillovers from Negative Campaigning

We study the effect of negative advertising in electoral races with more than two candidates with a large scale field experiment.
Joint with Vincenzo Galasso and Salvatore Nunnari