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My research interests are multidisciplinary, with a focus on corruption and distributive politics. I have received a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego under the suprevision of Dr. Robert Engle.
My book "Rethinking Corruption. Reasons Behind the Failure of Anti-Corruption Efforts" (Cambridge University Press; 2024) received the 2025 "Best Book Award" from the International Public Policy Association.
My work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science; Research Policy; The Review of Economics and Statistics; and The World Bank Economic Review. I am also the author of "Reputation-based Governance" (Stanford University Press, 2011).
I have worked with, or consulted for, international organizations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, and the United Nations, as well as several branches of the Italian government, including the Prime Minister's Office and the Italian Anti-Corruption Authority.
However, I believe that my greatest contribution so far has been outside of academia, but in the field of hiking - broadly defined.
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