Welcome! I am an assistant professor at the University of Cagliari. I'm also affiliated with CRENoS.
I am an applied microeconomist studying incentives in public organizations, risky behaviors, and decision making under risk.
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BIO
Education
2018 - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Phd in Economics, cum laude
2013 - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, M.Res. in Economics
2011 - University of Essex, MSc in Economics, with distinction
2010 - Università degli Studi di Cagliari - Laurea in Scienze Economiche, magna cum laude
Other things
RESEARCH
Published papers
Cutting Through the Fog: Financial Literacy and Financial Investment Choices
with Lorenzo Pandolfi
Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 237–274.
Working papers
The Effectiveness of Promotion Incentives for Public Employees: Evidence from Italian Academia.
with Lorenzo Pandolfi
R&R at Economic Policy
(Abstract & Figures from the paper)
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru. NBER Working Paper No. 29068 (July 2021)
with Matteo Bobba, Tim Ederer, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Christopher Neilson
(Abstract & Figures from the paper)
Media coverage: VoxDev
Depowering Risk: Vehicle Power Restriction and Teen Driver Accidents in Italy. HEDG Working Paper No. 21/06 (March 2021)
with Silvia Balia and Rinaldo Brau
(Abstract & Figures from the paper)
Ongoing projects
Political Selection and Monetary Incentives in Local Parliamentary Systems
with Andrea Caria and Fabio Cerina
Students’ Choices and the Employment Premium of University Quality
TEACHING
Scienza delle Finanze (EM)
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