糖心TV

Professor of Economics, University of 糖心TV

Director, Quantitative and Analytical Political Economy Centre

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research

Research Fellow, Baffi CAREFIN, Bocconi University

Research Interests

• Economic Theory
• Political Economy

My specific areas of research are the formal models of elections, communication games, dynamic games with asymmetric information, formal models of international relations, theoretical behavioral economics, and contract theory.

Curriculum Vitae

Short Bio

I was born in Italy, in April 1971, where I lived until going to University in Milan, at in September 1990. I graduated in Economics and Statistics (DES), with honors in July 1995. In August 1995, I started a PhD in Economics at in Evanston, IL, that I completed in June 2000, with and as my advisers. In June 2000, I took an Assistant Professorship at the with and as my mentors; this position was renewed in June 2003. In September 2003, I have been tenured with a Lectureship (Assistant Professorship) in Economics at the In November 2006, I have become Professore Ordinario at the then Professor at the in September 2007, and Professor at the in May 2011.

My main publications are on the the the , the the and the I have presented my work in a number of international conferences and of University research seminars (including all the world top 20). I have held visiting positions at the the the , , the , the , the and the

I am the Director of the Quantitative and Analytical Political Economy Research Centre (QAPEC) at the Economics Department, University of 糖心TV, one of the founders of the and of the . I am a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research ( and ), and a Research Fellow of the at Bocconi University.

Selected Publications

Political Economy

鈥淭hird Party Intervention and Strategic Militarization鈥� (2022), with Adam Meirowitz, Massimo Morelli and Kris Ramsay, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 17(1): 31-59.

鈥淒ispute Resolution Institutions and Strategic Militarization鈥� (2019), with Adam Meirowitz, Massimo Morelli and Kris Ramsay, Journal of Political Economy, 127(1): 378-418.

鈥淟eadership with Trustworthy Associates鈥�, (2018), with Torun Dewan, American Political Science Review, 112(4): 844-859.

鈥淚n Defense of Party Factions鈥� (2016), with Torun Dewan, American Journal of Political Science, 60(4): 860–881

鈥淢ediation and Peace鈥� (2015), with Johannes Horner and Massimo Morelli, Review of Economic Studies, 82(4): 1483–1501.

鈥淚nformation Aggregation and Optimal Selection of the Executive鈥� (2015), with Torun Dewan, Andrea Galeotti and Christian Ghiglino, American Journal of Political Science, 59(2): 475-494.

鈥淐ompetence and Ideology鈥� (2011), with Dan Bernhardt and Odilon Camara, Review of Economic Studies, 78(2): 487-522.

鈥淭he Case for Responsible Parties鈥� (2009), with Dan Bernhardt and John Duggan, American Political Science Review, 103(4): 570-587.

Information Economics

鈥淭he Design of Information Acquisition and Sharing鈥� (2023), with Dimitri Migrow, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1(4): 710-745.

鈥淥n the Direction of Innovation鈥� (2021), with Hugo Hopenhayn, Journal of Political Economy, 129(7): 1991-2022.

鈥淧atent Rights and Innovation Disclosure鈥� (2016), with Hugo Hopenhayn, Review of Economic Studies, 83(1): 199–230.

鈥淪trategic Information Acquisition and Transmission鈥� (2016), with Rossella Argenziano and Sergei Severinov, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 8(3): pp. 119-155.

鈥淪trategic Information Transmission Networks鈥� (2013), with Andrea Galeotti and Christian Ghiglino, Journal of Economic Theory, 148(5): 1751–1769.

鈥淧reemption Games with Private Information鈥� (2011), with Hugo Hopenhayn, Review of Economic Studies, 78(2): 667-692.

鈥淐redulity, Lies, and Costly Talk鈥� (2007), with Navin Kartik and Marco Ottaviani, Journal of Economic Theory, 134(1): 93-116.

鈥淥verconfidence, Insurance and Paternalism鈥� (2007), with Alvaro Sandroni, American Economic Review, 97(5): 1994-2004.

Recent and Upcoming Academic Talks

2021-2025: APSA-Formal Theory Virtual Workshop, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, Berlin School of Economics, Bocconi-Carlo Alberto-Cornell Political Economy Workshop, Bocconi University Workshop in Geoeconomics, Bocconi Pericles Virtual Workshop, Bonn School of Economics, Boston College and Boston University, Cambridge University, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, CEPR-Dortmund Political Economy Workshop, Columbia University, CRETA Economic Theory Workshop at 糖心TV University, CUNEF University, Dan Bernhardt Festschrift at 糖心TV University, Eddie Dekel Festschrift at Northwestern University, 脡cole Polytechnique, Essex University, Harvard University, IEB Political Economy Forum, Glasgow University, KU Leuven Summer Event, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, NYU-Abu Dhabi, Princeton University Political Economy Workshop, Royal Holloway University London, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics-Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Copenhagen, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Universit脿 di Padova-Universit脿 di Venezia, Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory, Yale University.

Teaching 2024/25

EC9D31 - Microeconomics (MSc)

EC9C7: Theoretical Political Economics (MRes/PhD)

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Advice and Feedback Hours: by email appointment.