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04/02/24

Large-scale field experiment and survey experiment during the electoral campaign for the September 2020 referendum in Italy

We ran a large-scale field experiment and a survey experiment during the electoral campaign for the September 2020 referendum in Italy. A constitutional law was passed in 2019, which reduced the number of MPs from 630 to 400 in the Lower House and from 315 to 200 in the Senate. …

Joint with Vincenzo Galasso

#ricerca

12/11/15

A large-scale field experiment during the 2015 mayoral election in Cava de’ Tirreni

In 2015, together with my coauthor Vincenzo Galasso, we implemented a large-scale field experiment involving positive and negative canvassing during a mayoral election in a midsize southern Italian town.

Joint with Vincenzo Galasso

22/09/13

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

#communication #politics

12/11/11

A survey experiment in the field during the 2011 mayoral election in Milan

We implemented a survey experiment in the field involving the administration of different campaign materials to voters who accepted to participate in online surveys.

Joint with Vincenzo Galasso

02/01/11

A large-scale field experiment during the 2011 mayoral election in Arezzo

We implemented a large-scale field experiment involving the administration of different informational treatments to voters via both mail and phone.

Joint with Chad Kendall and Francesco Trebbi

12/11/08

Measures of social capital for Italian provinces and municipalities

The following data set collects measures of social capital commonly used in the economics and political science literature. The measures refer to Italy and vary either at the province or at the municipality level.

Dataset used in different papers

12/11/08

Dataset on the Italian Members of Parliament from 1987 to 2008

We collected information on the demographic characteristics, political and work experience, legislative accomplishments of the universe of Italian members of Parliament from 1987 to 2008.

Joint with Stefano Gagliarducci and Paolo Naticchioni