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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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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

Formal Political Theory I

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2017 – 2018 Game theory is widely used in political science to analyze strategic interactions in different settings. Each subfield – to a varying degree – has seen game-theoretic concepts enter its vocabulary, and students entering the profession need to grasp the potential and limits of game theory. …

Social Capital and Political Accountability

We investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability.
Joint with Andrea Stella, Guido Tabellini, and Ugo Troiano