Academic Positions
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- 2025-present, Assistant Professor (RTT), Department of Economics, University of Bologna
- 2023: Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, New York University
- 2020-2025: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, IGIER, Bocconi University
Education
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- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bologna, 2020
- M.Res. in Economics, University College London, 2011
- M.Sc. in Economics, University College London, 2009
Fields of Interest
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Urban economics and Economic geography, Political economy, Economics of immigration
Refereed Publications
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Discrimination and Assimilation: Evidence from Anti-Chinese Sentiments in the United States (with S. Lazzaroni, P. Masella, and M. P. Squicciarini), Journal of Public Economics, 249, 2025
Do Bishops Matter for Politics? Evidence from Italy (with S. Lazzaroni, P. Masella, and M. P. Squicciarini), Journal of Public Economics, 238, 2024
Spatial and Historical Drivers of Fake News Diffusion: Evidence From Anti-Muslim Discrimination in India (with S. Abraham, S. Lazzaroni, P. Masella, and M. P. Squicciarini) Journal of Urban Economics, 141, 2024
Market Areas in General Equilibrium (with M. Santacesaria), Journal of Economic Theory, 211, 2023
Tourism, Amenities, and Welfare in an Urban Setting (with G. Alfredo Minerva), Journal of Regional Science, 59, 452-479, 2019
Educational Achievement of Second Generation Immigrants: An International Comparison (with Christian Dustmann and Tommaso Frattini), Economic Policy, 27(69) 143-185, 2012
Teaching
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2025, Microeonomics, University of Bologna (Undergraduate)
