Financial Times
INTERNATIONAL PRESSThe pros and cons of ejecting mobsters from City Hall
Coverage associated with All Is Not Lost: Organized Crime and Social Capital Formation (with Irene Ferrari and Alessandro Saia).
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Media &
public writing.
Selected coverage of my research in the national and international press, together with articles and commentaries written for broader audiences.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Research in the media.
Journalistic articles and independent blog discussions that report or examine specific research findings. These entries are distinct from articles authored by me.
Harvard Business Review
INTERNATIONAL PRESS · 2014Italy’s Government Unwittingly Helped Spread the Mafia to Northern Cities
Discussion of Migrating Mafias, a study with Matteo Pazzona on the diffusion of organised crime in northern Italy.
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Discussion of Do Immigrants Cause Crime? (with Milo Bianchi and Paolo Pinotti).
Property rights and the economic origins of the Sicilian mafia
Cardiff Garcia discusses On the Historical and Geographic Origins of the Sicilian Mafia, with Ruben Durante, Giovanni Prarolo and Paolo Vanin, drawing on the NEP-HIS review.
Mafianomic history
Independent review by Chris Colvin of the working paper on the economic origins of the Sicilian mafia.
C’è l’indulto dietro il boom e lo sboom della criminalità
Francesco Daveri cites research with Milo Bianchi and Paolo Pinotti on immigration and crime in Italy.
Immigrazione? Non è tutto bianco o nero
Riccardo Puglisi discusses early evidence from Do Immigrants Cause Crime? and its place in the economic debate on immigration.
ARTICLES & COMMENTARY
Public writing.
Articles and commentaries written for non-specialist audiences, including contributions based on original research and interventions in public debate.
L’AI non cambia solo la didattica ma anche il valore della laurea
With Sergio Galletta. An article on how generative AI affects university teaching and the value of a degree.
Lessons from history: How removing barriers to knowledge can spur innovation
With Francesco Cinnirella, Elona Harka and Marcello Puca.
The role of female political representation in fighting violence against women
With Alena Bochenkova and Sergio Galletta. A research-based column on Brazilian municipal elections and violence against women.
Cross-country correlation analysis for research on COVID-19
With Paolo Pinotti, Roberto Galbiati, Francesco Drago and Marianna Belloc.
Altro che indulto, ecco tre soluzioni per i detenuti
An intervention on prison overcrowding, deterrence and the evaluation of prison policy.
Più avvocati, più cause
With Matteo Maria Galizzi. Analysis of competition in the legal profession and litigation.
Crimini e immigrati
With Paolo Pinotti and Milo Bianchi. Empirical evidence on immigration and crime in Italy.
Perché l’Italia si divide sulla raccolta differenziata
With Giovanni Mastrobuoni. An analysis of social capital and regional differences in recycling in Italy.