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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

Formal Political Theory I

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2017 – 2018 Game theory is widely used in political science to analyze strategic interactions in different settings. Each subfield – to a varying degree – has seen game-theoretic concepts enter its vocabulary, and students entering the profession need to grasp the potential and limits of game theory. …

Social Capital and Political Accountability

We investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability.
Joint with Andrea Stella, Guido Tabellini, and Ugo Troiano

The Political Resource Curse

The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of politicians, both with theory and data.
Joint with Fernanda Brollo, Roberto Perotti, and Guido Tabellini