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Working Papers

2023

1. Conditional Political legislation cycles
   Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy
2. Education, fake news and the Political Budget Cycle
   Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy
3. Evaluating the quality of UNESCO World Heritage List: a comparison with the Baedeker's guidebooks
   Post-Print, HAL

2022

4. More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants, Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2021

5. Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
   Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?, Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
6. How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2020)
   See also Journal Article How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2020

7. Comparing governments' efficiency at supplying income redistribution
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2018)
   See also Journal Article Comparing governments’ efficiency at supplying income redistribution, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
8. How do governments actually use environmental taxes?
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
   Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2018)
   See also Journal Article How do governments actually use environmental taxes?, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
9. Is beauty defined by victors? An analysis of colonial sites of the UNESCO WHL
   Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (1)
10. More is worse: Decreasing marginal quality of the Unesco World Heritage list
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy
11. Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (33)
    Also in ILE Working Paper Series, University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (2019) View citations (13)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2020) View citations (21) (2020)

2018

12. Derterminants and consequences of the stringency of environmental policies: an empirical test
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy
13. How defense shapes the institutional organization of states
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2017)
    See also Journal Article How defense shapes the institutional organization of states, Public Choice, Springer (2018) (2018)

2017

14. Ideology and Public Policies: A Quasi-Experimental Test of the Hypothesis that Left-Wing Governments Spend More
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (2)
15. Ideology or Voters? A Quasi-Experimental Test of Why Left-Wing Governments Spend More
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Ideology or voters? A quasi-experimental test of why left-wing governments spend more, Public Choice, Springer (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
16. Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
    Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2016) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2017) View citations (6) (2017)

2016

17. How do Governments Fare about Redistribution? New Evidence on the Political Economy of Redistribution
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
18. The political drivers of renewable energies policies
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (118)
    See also Journal Article The political drivers of renewable energies policies, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (130) (2016)

2015

19. How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?, Economics of Governance, Springer (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
20. Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2015) View citations (14) (2015)
21. Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2014)
    See also Journal Article Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2015) (2015)
22. The Political Economy of Renewable Energies
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (4)
23. What do you know about your mayor? Voters’ information and jurisdiction size
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy

2014

24. Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2014) View citations (15) (2014)
25. Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions, Public Choice, Springer (2014) View citations (4) (2014)
26. The Dual Political Legislation Cycle in France
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (4)

2013

27. Do fiscal decentralization and government fragmentation affect corruption in different ways? Evidence from a panel data analysis
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    Also in International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2012) View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Do fiscal decentralization and government fragmentation affect corruption in different ways? Evidence from a panel data analysis, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2013) (2013)
28. Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions, European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC) (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
29. Parliaments
    Post-Print, HAL
    See also Chapter Parliaments, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2013) (2013)
30. The Dictatorship of the Popes
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Dictatorship of the Popes, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
31. When and how politicians take 'scandalous' decisions?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article When and how politicians take ‘scandalous’ decisions?, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2012

32. A Theory of Cyclical Production of Laws and Decrees
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (4)
33. Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?, Public Choice, Springer (2013) View citations (20) (2013)
34. Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis, Public Choice, Springer (2013) View citations (30) (2013)
35. Fairness and decentralization: a tale of two countries
    Post-Print, HAL
36. Fiscal rules vs. political culture as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (6)
37. Redistribution through a "Leaky Bucket". What explains the Leakages?
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (3)
38. The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
39. The opposite Cycles of Laws and Decrees
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (4)
40. Theocracy is just another Form of Dictatorship: Theory and Evidence from the Papal Regimes
    Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen), Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS View citations (1)

2011

41. Causes and Consequences of Bailing out Expectations of Subcentral Governments: Theory and Evidence from the Italian Regions
    Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen), Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS View citations (3)
42. From Taxes to Politics, from Politics to Taxes: Evidence of Yardstick Competition in the Italian Municipalities
    Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (3)
43. Strategic delegation and "judicial couples" in the Italian Constitutional Court
    Post-Print, HAL
    See also Journal Article Strategic delegation and “judicial couples” in the Italian Constitutional Court, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
44. The strategic interactions between central and local governments and their impact on local public finances
    Post-Print, HAL

2010

45. "...and I now pronounce you justice president and justice reporter". Creation and dissolution of judical couples in the italian constitutional court
    Post-Print, HAL
46. Public Choice and Political Economy
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (6)

2008

47. The Political Competition-Economic Performance Puzzle: Evidence from the OECD Countries and the Italian Regions
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (5)

2005

48. Sustainability and Determinants of Italian Public Deficits before and after Maastricht
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2023

1. More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2023, 47, (1), 71-96 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants, Post-Print (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2021

2. Comparing governments’ efficiency at supplying income redistribution
   Constitutional Political Economy, 2021, 32, (1), 68-97 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Comparing governments' efficiency at supplying income redistribution, Post-Print (2020) (2020)
3. Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?
   Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2021, 48, (1), 37-51 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?, Post-Print (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
4. How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 69, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea, Post-Print (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2020

5. How do governments actually use environmental taxes?
   Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (48), 5263-5281 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper How do governments actually use environmental taxes?, Post-Print (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
6. Ideology or voters? A quasi-experimental test of why left-wing governments spend more
   Public Choice, 2020, 182, (1), 17-48 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Ideology or Voters? A Quasi-Experimental Test of Why Left-Wing Governments Spend More, Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
7. Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 65, (C) View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata, Post-Print (2020) View citations (33) (2020)

2018

8. How defense shapes the institutional organization of states
   Public Choice, 2018, 175, (1), 111-134
   See also Working Paper How defense shapes the institutional organization of states, Post-Print (2018) (2018)

2017

9. Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2017, 173, (3), 470-497 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System, Post-Print (2017) View citations (8) (2017)

2016

10. The political drivers of renewable energies policies
    Energy Economics, 2016, 56, (C), 261-269 View citations (130)
    See also Working Paper The political drivers of renewable energies policies, Post-Print (2016) View citations (118) (2016)

2015

11. How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?
    Economics of Governance, 2015, 16, (3), 273-305 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?, Post-Print (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
12. Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2015, 178, (3), 705-723 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain, Post-Print (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
13. Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2015, 43, (C), 56-66
    See also Working Paper Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court, Post-Print (2015) (2015)

2014

14. Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 34, (C), 459-477 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?, Post-Print (2014) View citations (15) (2014)
15. Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions
    Public Choice, 2014, 161, (1), 11-29 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions, Post-Print (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2013

16. Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (3), 631-651 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?, Post-Print (2012) View citations (3) (2012)
17. Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (3), 491-516 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis, Post-Print (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
18. Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions
    European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 10, (3), 317-354 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions, Post-Print (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
19. The Dictatorship of the Popes
    Kyklos, 2013, 66, (3), 365-377 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Dictatorship of the Popes, Post-Print (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
20. When and how politicians take ‘scandalous’ decisions?
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2013, 24, (4), 336-351 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper When and how politicians take 'scandalous' decisions?, Post-Print (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2012

21. Strategic delegation and “judicial couples” in the Italian Constitutional Court
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2012, 32, (2), 215-223 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Strategic delegation and "judicial couples" in the Italian Constitutional Court, Post-Print (2011) (2011)
22. The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28, (3), 324-340 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy, Post-Print (2012) View citations (17) (2012)

2009

23. Political competition and economic performance: evidence from the Italian regions
    Public Choice, 2009, 138, (3), 263-277 View citations (36)
24. The time-varying independence of Italian peak judicial institutions
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2009, 20, (3), 230-250 View citations (10)

2008

25. The political legislation cycle
    Public Choice, 2008, 134, (3), 201-229 View citations (20)

2007

26. A nonlinear principal component analysis of the relationship between budget rules and fiscal performance in the European Union
    Public Choice, 2007, 130, (3), 401-436 View citations (15)
27. The Determinants of Judiciary Independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court (1956-2002)
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2007, 163, (4), 683-705 View citations (8)

2004

28. Government Grants to Private Cultural Institutions–The Effects of a Change in the Italian Legislation
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2004, 28, (4), 303-315 View citations (1)

2003

29. Corporatism, policies and growth
    Economics of Governance, 2003, 4, (3), 245-260 View citations (5)
30. Judicial Branch, Checks and Balances and Political Accountability
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2003, 14, (1), 47-70 View citations (18)

2002

31. A Comparative Test of Alternative Theories of the Determinants of Italian Public Deficits (1950-1998)
    Public Choice, 2002, 113, (1-2), 37-58 View citations (5)
32. Comparing the growth effects of marginal vs. average tax rates and progressivity
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 18, (3), 529-544 View citations (44)

2001

33. Direct and Indirect Effects of Corporatism on Economic Growth
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2001, 91, (5), 5-32
34. Tax Rates and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries (1950-1990)
    Economic Inquiry, 2001, 39, (1), 44-57 View citations (60)
35. Wars of Attrition in Italian Government Coalitions and Fiscal Performance: 1948-1994
    Public Choice, 2001, 109, (1-2), 15-54 View citations (30)

2000

36. A Model of the Representation of Interests in a Compound Democracy
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2000, 11, (1), 5-25 View citations (2)

Books

2007

1. The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (21)

Edited books

2008

1. Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (18)

Chapters

2013

1. Do fiscal decentralization and government fragmentation affect corruption in different ways? Evidence from a panel data analysis
   Chapter 5 in The Challenge of Local Government Size, 2013, pp 121-147
   See also Working Paper Do fiscal decentralization and government fragmentation affect corruption in different ways? Evidence from a panel data analysis, HAL (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
2. Parliaments
   Chapter 10 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 153-178
   See also Working Paper Parliaments, HAL (2013) (2013)

2009

3. Theocracy, Natural Spiritual Monopoly, and Dictatorship
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. Would You Trust an Italian Politician? Evidence from Italian Regional Politics
   Springer View citations (3)

2008

5. Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities: What the Data Say
   Springer View citations (2)
6. Thirty Years of Reforms to Budget Rules in Italy: An Econometric Evaluation
   Springer