New year, new merch! We’re giving away some #Stata goodies to celebrate the new year and semester. To enter: • Comment below the year you started using Stata • Click the ❤️ below • Be sure you’re following us. Entries close at 10:00 a.m. CT on 22 February

📢 Applications are now open for the Naples Summer School in Economics and Finance Speakers: Ricardo Alonso LSE Tullio Jappelli Unina Federico II Maarten Lindeboom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief) Shanker Satyanath New York University Apply here by May 5 goo.gl/forms/swHSxa8Z… For info Luca Picariello

Can we use publicly accessible data to map our levels of #social #capital? With @DrDeanKyne we did just this in our Social Capital Index (SoCI), the data for which are available for all to use researchgate.net/publication/33…

🖋️Fiscal Federalism in Italy twenty years after the #ConstitutionalReform: an appraisal ✍️andrea filippetti Costanza Giannantoni @sandrondi & Fabrizio Tuzi 📄Special issue:#FiscalFederalism and subnational finance after the great recession and COVID-19 pandemic 👉bitly.ws/LUvG

"Diversity in banking and new firm formation. Insights from the Italian local credit markets" - new paper out in the International Review of Economics and Finance, with Lucia Errico & Francesco Trivieri sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #BankingDiversity #FirmFormation

New WP with Errico Sandro Rondinella and 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓪 𝓒𝓲𝓬𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲. We show that Italian municipalities facing heightened environmental risks tend to exhibit increased income inequality. However, earthquake risk appears to alleviate income inequality, particularly in the South. desf.unical.it/media/medias/2…

New #article from Castriota, Sandro Rondinella and @mircotonin: Social Capital and Hit-and-Run Road Accidents: Evidence from Italy TL;DR: strong negative correlation between social capital and the decision to run away after an accident link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Publishing in economics journals takes nearly twice as long as journals from comparable fields in other social sciences. We spoke with Dan Hamermesh of UT Austin about why the pace of publishing in economics is slow and how to fix it. #ResearchHighlight aeaweb.org/research/publi…

"Ethnic minorities and income inequality: the Albanian community in Italy" with Lucia Errico &  Andrea Mosca just published on Journal of Economic Studies - emerald.com/insight/conten… #ethnicminority #inequality #migration #arbëreshë

Lucia Errico, Sandro Rondinella and I find that Albanian villages tend to experience a lower level of income concentration compared to similar Italian municipalities. This paper supports evidence on the long-term impact of immigration on income inequality. emerald.com/insight/conten…

Just out "Innovative SMEs in Italy. Explaining profitability patterns in inner areas" with Francesco Aiello and Lucia Errico. We find huge regional disparities, indicating the need for geographically tailored policies. emerald.com/insight/conten… #Innerareas #Innovation #NorthSouthdivide

In questo articolo, Francesco Aiello e altri colleghi esplorano il caso della bassa profittabilita' per le PMI nelle aree interne, soprattutto al Sud. Le aree interne, poco studiate, su cui occorre indirizzare politiche di sviluppo specifiche.

Does referee gender shape decisions on the field? ⚽ Our just published study finds that male referees are slightly more influenced by home pressure, showing a small home bias regardless of crowd size. Intrigued? Dive into the findings 👇 #genderstudies #sporteconomics

Just out: "Do climate extreme events stimulate or hinder green innovation? Evidence from the Italian manufacturing sector". We find that climate disasters hinder green innovation in the short and medium term. Time to rethink how industries adapt! 🌍💡 doi.org/10.1016/j.stru…

Excited to share "Assessing the efficacy of mitigation strategies on the COVID-19 outbreak", now in Economic Modelling. Testing & tracing emerged as the best long-term approach — curbing cases, deaths, and transmission. doi.org/10.1016/j.econ… #COVID19 #PandemicResponse

Happy to share that our new publication, with Lucia Errico and Sandro Rondinella, is now available in the Italian Economic Journal. We analyze how environmental risks affect inequality in Italian Municipalities. search.app/yx5Juh4VNxA6x3…