2024
Italy’s long-term economic performance: GDP estimates from 1300 to 1861, CEPR Discussion Paper, DP 19406, 2024 [with G. Federico, A. Nuvolari and L. Ridolfi].
2022
Whither Education? The Long Shadow of Pre-Unification School Systems into Italy’s Liberal Age (1861-1911), CEPR Discussion Paper, DP 16976, 2022 [with M. Bozzano and G. Cappelli].
Human capital in Europe, 1830s-1930s: towards a new spatial dataset, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 873, 2022, University of Siena, [with G. Cappelli, L. Ridolfi and J. Westberg].
2021
Persistence studies: a new kind of economic history?, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 859, 2021, University of Siena, [with M. Cioni and G. Federico].
The state of the art of economic history: the uneasy relation with economics, Division of Social Science Working Paper Series, n. 067, 2021, University of New York – Abu Dhabi, [with M. Cioni and G. Federico].
2020
British-French technology transfer from the Revolution to Louis Philippe (1791-1844): evidence from patent data, CEPR Discussion Paper, DP 15620, 2020 [with A. Nuvolari and G. Tortorici].
Inequality in pre-Industrial Europe (1260-1850): evidence from the labour share, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 835, 2020, University of Siena, [with G. Federico and A. Nuvolari].
Three tribes: the uneasy relations between economics and economic history, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 842, 2020, University of Siena, [with M. Cioni and G. Federico].
The two Revolutions in Economic History, EHES Working Paper No. 192, August 2020 [with M. Cioni and G. Federico].
A “Silent Revolution”: school reforms and Italy’s educational gender gap in the Liberal Age (1861-1921), EHES Working Paper No. 176, February 2020 [with G. Cappelli].
2019
Three different tribes: how the relationship between economics and economic history has evolved in the 21st century, CEPR Discussion Paper, DP 14192, 2019 [with M.Cioni and G. Federico].
Can school centralisation foster human capital accumulation? A quasi-experiment from early XX century Italy, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 802, 2019, University of Siena, [with G. Cappelli].
2018
Ninety years of publications in Economic History: evidence from the top five field journals (1927-2017), Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 791, 2018, University of Siena, [with M. Cioni and G. Federico].
2017
The origins of the Italian Regional Divide: Evidence from real wages, 1861-1913, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 748, 2017, University of Siena, [with G. Federico and A. Nuvolari].
2016
What makes a successful entrepreneur? Historical evidence from Italy (XIX-XX centuries), Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 727, 2016, University of Siena, [with A. Nuvolari and P.A. Toninelli].
2015
The geography of innovation in Italy, 1861-1913: evidence from patent data, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 724, 2015, University of Siena, [with A. Nuvolari].
The enduring logic: the history of business groups in Italy, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 723, 2015, University of Siena, [with A. Colli].
What do we really know about protection before the Great Depression: evidence from Italy, CEPR discussion paper series, n. 10522 (April 2015) [with G. Federico].
2014
Discovering the dark heart of Italian capitalism: a perspective from Supreme Court legal cases and business consultants’ analyses (1950s-1970s), Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 698, 2014, University of Siena, [with P. Di Martino].
2013
Independent invention in Italy during the Liberal age, 1861-1913, LEM Working Papers Series, no. 2013-20, [with A. Nuvolari].
A counterfactual analysis of the bank-industry relationship in Italy, 1913-1936, DEMB Working Paper Series, n. 13, 2013, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, [with C. Drago, R. Ricciuti, A. Rinaldi].
2012
Passive Modernization? The New Human Development Index and Its Components in Italy’s Regions (1871-2007), Unitat d’Història Econòmica UHE Working Paper, n. 10, 2012, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [with E. Felice].
The Ghost in the Attic? The Italian National Innovation System in Historical Perspective, 1861-2011, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 665, 2012, University of Siena, [with A. Nuvolari].
Happy 150th birthday Italy? Institutions and economic performance since 1861, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 662, 2012, University of Siena, [with P. Di Martino].
2011
Opening the black box of Entrepreneurship: the Italian case in a historical perspective, Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper, n. 628, 2011, University of Siena, [with P.A. Toninelli].
2009
Was industrialization an escape from the commodity lottery? Evidence from Italy, 1861-1940, Department of Economics Working Paper, n. 573, 2009, University of Siena, [with G. Federico].
Italian export capacity in the long run perspective (1861-2009): a tortuous path to keep the position, Department of Economics Working Paper, n. 572, 2009, University of Siena.
2008
The Italian Corporate Network, 1952-1983: New Evidence Using the Interlocking Directorates Technique, RECent WP n. 24, 2008, [with A. Rinaldi].
2007
Size, Structure, and Strategies: Insolvency and ‘The Nature of the Firm’ in Italy, 1920S-1970S, Department of Economics Working Paper, n. 515, 2007, University of Siena, [with P. Di Martino].
The Human Development Index in Historical Perspective: Italy from Political Unification to the Present Day, WP Department of Economics, University of Siena, n. 491, 2007, [with L. Conte e G. Della Torre].
