Articles
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...
Il Calcio tra Mercato, Relazioni e Coercizione, Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport (2008)
Il punto di partenza di questo breve saggio è la consapevolezza che - in termini...
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...
Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A note, Economics Bulletin (2007)
This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the...
Partite di fine stagione, taciti accordi o combine?, Ticonzero.info (2007)
Giancarlo Alessandrelli chi era costui? Uno sfortunato portiere di riserva o lo strumento per ‘aggiustare’...
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...
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...
A Trade Institution as a Peaceful Institution? A Contribution to Integrative Theory , Conflict Managment and Peace Science (2006)
Recent studies emphasize the occurrence of conflict as a rational economic activity along with production...
Asimmetrie negli incentivi, equilibrio competitivo e impegno agonistico, distorsioni in presenza di doping e combine, Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport (2005)
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....
Unpublished Papers
RELATIONAL GOODS AT WORK!CRIME AND SPORT PARTICIPATION IN ITALY. EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA REGIONAL ANALYSIS FOR THE PERIOD 1997-2003. (2009)
What is the broad impact of sport participation and sport activities in a society? The...
AL QAEDA AND JIHADIST TERRORISM IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEST THEORY, A THEORETICAL NOTE AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OVER THE PERIOD 2004-2008 (with Friedrich Schneider) (2009)
This paper finds an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding...
Butter, Guns and Ice-Cream, Theory and Evidence from Sub-saharan Africa (2009)
This paper is intended to complement the existing literature on civil wars. First, it presents...
Butter, Guns and Ice-Cream, Policy Implications of Economic Theories of Conflict (2008)
This shor paper highlights some tentative policy implications of economic theories of conflict. A particular...
AL QAEDA AS A TOURNAMENT: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE (2008)
This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a...
Il pensiero di Kenneth Boulding, Economista Irenico, Relazioni Sociali tra scambio, dono e coercizione (2008)
[italian]Oggetto di questo saggio è la teoria ‘triangolare’ delle interazioni sociali di Kenneth Boulding. La...
Una gara al massacro: incentivi, premi e prestazioni dei gruppi terroristici legati ad al Qaeda (with Andrea Locatelli) (2008)
Abstract: L’obiettivo di questo lavoro è di applicare un modello economico, la teoria dei contest,...
SPESA PUBBLICA E CRIMINALITÀ ORGANIZZATA IN ITALIA, EVIDENZA EMPIRICA SU DATI PANEL NEL PERIODO 1997-2003 (2008)
[ENGLISH]This work presents original results regarding the relationship between economic life and organised crime in...
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...
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...
The Economics of Match-Fixing (2007)
The phenomenon of match-fixing does constitute a constant element of sport contests. This paper presents...
Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A note (2007)
This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the...
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...
Reciprocity in the Shadow of Threat (2007)
This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral...