Paolo Roberti

Economist

[Paolo Roberti @paoloroberti]

In this research, we try to understand why citizens often demand bad policies. Initial findings suggest people fail to understand even basic incentive schemes (video in Italian):

https://t.co/hMLpdDqtTl

[Federico Boffa @federico_boffa]

The 7th edition of our #Bruneck Workshop on #political #economy this year will be on Nov 18th and 19th. If interested, here you can find the call for papers. https://t.co/mLe3fE7nxH

[Paolo Roberti @paoloroberti]

Do parties in coalition governments keep their promises? Short Answer: surprisingly YES

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

Do parties in coalition governments keep their promises? Random allocation of votes in local elections shows that parties leverage their higher bargaining power to shift budget spending toward their electoral platforms by appointing key cabinet members https://t.co/OLxrYoISgZ

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

Do parties in coalition governments keep their promises? Random allocation of votes in local elections shows that parties leverage their higher bargaining power to shift budget spending toward their electoral platforms by appointing key cabinet members https://t.co/OLxrYoISgZ

[Paolo Roberti @paoloroberti]

A cool paper is out ;)

[Giorgio Gulino @giorgio_gln]

Glad to share our new working paper: "Misvoting in the Ballot: Random Power to Parties and its Effect on Politicians and Policies" (with Matteo Cervellati and @paoloroberti) (1/2) https://t.co/jYLfXZ4P2q

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :

"Optimal Leniency and the Organization Design of Group Crime"
Vol 191 (Nov 2020)

by Giovanni Immordino, Salvatore Piccolo (@salvapicc ), & Paolo Roberti (@paoloroberti )

https://t.co/ZDvjdkiGdW

[Paolo Roberti @paoloroberti]

The BBC reports that the 2020 US election campaigns smashed all spending records.

In "Vote buying in the US Congress" with Ulrich Matter and @MichaelaSlotwi1 we find that money effectively buys votes in the US Congress.

https://t.co/5DUgnCvYMP

https://t.co/n2CfA8F8JJ

[Federico Boffa @federico_boffa]

We are hiring a three-year #PostDoc (RTD A) in #political #science at the Free University of Bolzano. We are particularly looking for people interested in #political #economics. PhD is required at the time of application. The call is here:
https://t.co/b6rC4yNdHy
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