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Country Survey: Military Expenditure And Its Impact On Productivity In Italy, 1988–2008 (with Francesco Addesa), Defence and Peace Economics (2011)

This paper analyses the military expenditures in Italy over the period 1988–2008. The estimation of...

 

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The Socio-Economic determinants of terrorism and political violence in Western Europe (1994-2007) (with Friedrich Schneider), European Journal of Political Economy (2011)

The main objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the socio-economic causes of terrorism...

 

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On the Nature of Peace Economics, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (2010)

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the definition of “peace economics.” The...

 

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Crime and Sport Participation Evidence from Italian Regions over the period 1997-2003., Journal of Socio-economics (2010)

What is the impact of sport participation on society? This paper is tackling this point...

 

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International Relative Prices and Civil Wars in Africa: A Note, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (2010)

The key idea of this paper is that the relative price of primary commodities in...

 

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Butter, Guns and Ice-Cream, Theory and Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Defence and Peace Economics (2010)

This paper is intended to complement the existing literature on civil wars. First, it presents...

 

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Reciprocity in the Shadow of Threat, International Review of Economics (2008)

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two agents differently evaluate a...

 

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Deadly contests: An economic note on al Qaeda's reward system (with Andrea Locatelli), The Economics of Peace and Security Journal (2008)

The article applies insights of contest theory to al Qaeda's recruitment process. Al Qaeda can...

 

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Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A note, Economics Bulletin (2007)

This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the...

 

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The Basics Economics of Match-Fixing in Sport Tournaments, Economic Analysis and Policy (2007)

Match-fixing is a recurring phenomenon of sport contests. This paper presents a simple formal model...

 

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The Impact of International Economic Sanctions on Trade: An Empirical Analysis, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (2007)

International economic sanctions appear to be a common and recurring feature of political interactions between...

 

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A Trade Institution as a Peaceful Institution? A Contribution to Integrative Theory, Conflict Management and Peace Science (2006)

Recent studies emphasize the occurrence of conflict as a rational economic activity along with production...

 

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Conflict and Conflict Management with Interdependent Instruments and Asymmetric Stakes, (The Good-Cop and the Bad-Cop Game), Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (2006)

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral...

 

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Una gara al massacro: incentivi, premi e prestazioni dei gruppi terroristici legati ad al Qaeda (with Andrea Locatelli), Il Politico (2006)

Abstract: L’obiettivo di questo lavoro è di applicare un modello economico, la 'contest theory', per...

 

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Il Calcio tra Mercato, Relazioni e Coercizione, Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport (2006)

Il punto di partenza di questo breve saggio è la consapevolezza che - in termini...

 

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Information and Global Security, A Cautionary Tale, EPS quarterly (2006)
 

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Asimmetrie negli incentivi, equilibrio competitivo e impegno agonistico, distorsioni in presenza di doping e combine, Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport (2005)
 

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To Lift or not to Lift? A few Notes on the lifting of the European Arms Embargo on China, Crossroads (2005)

In the last years many european politicians proposed to lift the arms embargo on CHina....

 

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Partite di fine stagione, taciti accordi o combine?, Ticonzero.info (2004)

Giancarlo Alessandrelli chi era costui? Uno sfortunato portiere di riserva o lo strumento per ‘aggiustare’...

 

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The Probability of Military Rule in Africa, 1970-2007 (with Roberto Ricciuti) (2011)

In this paper we empirically analyze the socio-economic determinants of the existence of military dictatorships...

 

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Life is now! Time discounting and attitude to crime, Evidence from Italian Regions (2001-2007) (with Sergio Beraldo and Gilberto Turati) (2011)

This paper tests the relationship between time preferences and crime rates as posited by Davis...

 

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FINMECCANICA AMID INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND STATE CONTROL (with Andrea Locatelli) (2011)

Finmeccanica is the eighth largest arms manufacturer on a world scale. The article explains and...

 

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International Relative Prices and Civil Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa. Theory and Evidence over the period 1995-2006 (2011)

This paper presents first a theoretical model of conflict between two agents characterized by a...

 

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A Model of Conflict, Appropriation and Production in a two-sector economy (2007)

This paper presents a two-sector economy. In a contested sector two agents struggle to appropriate...

 

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Where Economics Has Been Headed? Multiple Identities and Diversity in Economic Literature, Evidence from Top Journals over the Period 2000-2006, a first note (with Luigi Campiglio) (2007)

This short paper presents some preliminary results of an ongoing research work focusing on richness...

 

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A Model of Conflict and Conflict Management with Asymmetric Stakes (The Good Cop and the Bad Cop, Part II) (2007)

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral...

 

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International Institutions and Peace, An Economic Approach to conflict and integrative activities, Phd Manuscipt (2005)

This is my Phd Dissertation.