Procurement managers and effective public tendering in Italy, with Enza Maltese, Tommaso Orlando and Gabriele Rovigatti,  2023, Bank of Italy Working Paper No. 803.

Women in Economics. The Role of Gendered References at Entry in the Profession, 2022, with Alessandra Casarico and Lucia Rizzica, CEPR Discussion Paper No.17474.

Fast Tracks to Boardrooms: Director Supply and Board Appointments, with Egle Karmaziene, 2024, updated draft, Bank of Italy Working Paper No. 1278, CEPR Discussion Paper No.15828, Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Corporate Finance.

Board Composition and Performance of State-owned Enterprises: Quasi-experimental Evidence, 2023, with Mario Cannella, Sauro Mocetti and Giacomo Roma, forthcoming at the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.

Managerial Talent and Managerial Practices: Are They Complements?, 2023, with Giulia Bovini and Sauro Mocetti, Journal of Corporate Finance, 79, 102348.

Discretion and Supplier Selection in Public Procurement, 2021, with Cristina Giorgiantonio, Sauro Mocetti and Tommaso Orlando, the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 37(1):134-166.

Let the Voters Choose Women, 2019, with Alessandra Casarico, Paola Profeta, and Giulia Savio, at the Journal of Public Economics, 180, 104085.

Political Contributions and Public Procurement: Evidence from Lithuania, 2020, Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2): 541-582.

Affirmative Action and the Power of the Elderly, 2015, with Alessandra Casarico and Paola Profeta, CESifo Economic Studies, 61(1).

Gender Quotas and the Quality of Politicians, 2014, with Piera Bello, Alessandra Casarico and Paola Profeta, Journal of Public Economics, 118: 62-74.

Il ricorso all’inversione procedimentale nell’affidamento dei contratti pubblici (Reverse Procedure in Public Procurement)

with T. Orlando, G. Rovigatti, V. Ragozini and I. Pizzolla,  Bank of Italy Occasional Paper, 2023.

Ownership, governance, management and firm performance: evidence from Italian firms

with S. Formai, A. Linarello and  S. Mocetti - Italian Economic Journal, 2023.

The implementation of public works in Italy: institutional features and regional characteristics, 

with T. Orlando and G. Rovigatti,  Bank of Italy Occasional Paper, 2021. 

Ownership structure and governance of the Italian firms: new evidence and effects on firm performance

with E. Brodi and S. Mocetti, Bank of Italy Occasional Paper, 2019