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I’m a full professor of political economy at the European Univerity Institute, currently on leave from Bocconi University. My research interests encompass political economy, applied econometrics, comparative politics, labor and social policy. I’ve published in top-tier journals such as the American Economic Review, the American Political Science Review, and the American Journal of Political Science, among many others. In 2014, I received a Consolidator ERC grant for the project: “Political Mind: Understanding Politicians’ and Voters’ Behavior.”

 

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Public Choice - 200 (2024)

Persuasion and gender: experimental evidence from two political campaigns

We investigate differential responses by gender to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. We implemented a survey and a field experiment during two mayoral elections in Italy. Eligible voters were exposed to a positive or negative campaign by an opponent. The survey experiment used on-line videos and slogans. The field experiment …
Tommaso Nannicini, Vincenzo Galasso
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Journal of Comparative Economics

Historical Roots of Political Extremism: The Effects of Nazi Occupation of Italy

The Italian civil war and the Nazi occupation of Italy occurred at a critical juncture, just before the birth of a new democracy and when, for the first time in a generation, Italians were choosing political affliations and forming political identities. In this paper we study how these traumatic events …
Joint with Nicola Fontana and Guido Tabellini

American Journal of Political Science

Positive Spillovers from Negative Campaigning

We study the effect of negative advertising in electoral races with more than two candidates with a large scale field experiment.
Joint with Vincenzo Galasso and Salvatore Nunnari

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VoxEU.org

Persuasive communication: Men and women react differently

The perceived tone of a product or political advertisement affects public response – even holding constant the content of the message. This column provides evidence that men and women react differently to positive and negative tones in electoral advertisements. Negative advertising increases voter turnout among men but not women; positive …
Tommaso Nannicini, Vincenzo Galasso
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Teaching

Below you can find my teaching portfolio

ENGLISH COURSES
ITALIAN COURSES

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Sono più poveri gli autonomi o i dipendenti?

Bio: Andrea Dili è dottore commercialista e vicepresidente di Confprofessioni. Scrive sul Sole 24 Ore. Tommaso Nannicini è professore ordinario di economia all’Università Bocconi e all’European University Institute. È il direttore scientifico dell’Osservatorio delle Libere Professioni. Sintesi: Il lavoro povero non riguarda solo i dipendenti, si annida anche nel lavoro …
Andrea Dili e Tommaso Nannicini

il Mulino

L’era del postpopulismo

Il postpopulismo è un’idea controversa. Politologi e filosofi litigano su come definirlo. Economisti e sociologi litigano su quali ne siano le cause. Rispetto alle definizioni, potremmo cavarcela dicendo che il populismo è un po’ come il carisma: nessuno sa bene che cosa sia, ma tutti lo riconoscono quando lo incontrano. …
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Dal populismo al post-populismo: che Europa sarà?

Con il populismo l’idea di Europa, di una sovranità sovranazionale, è finita sotto accusa. Soprattutto in Italia, abbiamo visto versioni di varia natura del fenomeno. Ma l’ondata populista potrebbe presto esaurirsi, per lasciar spazio a una nuova fase, quella del post-populismo. Non è il caso di farsi cogliere impreparati.
Tommaso Nannicini