Research

Published Papers

IN ENGLISH


Human Health Care and Selection Effects. Understanding Labour Supply in the Market for Nursing 2012, joint with Gilberto Turati (University of Torino), Health Economics 21(4), 477- 483. An old and more detailed version here.

Genetic Information: Comparing Alternative Regulatory Approaches when Prevention Matters 2011, joint with Dominique Henriet (Ecole Centrale Marseille, Egim, Idep), Journal of Public Economic Theory 13(1), 23-46.

Emotional Decision-Makers and Anomalous Attitudes towards Information 2010, joint with Rosella Levaggi (University of Brescia), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (40), 255-280.

With A Little Help From My Enemy: Comparative Advertising as a Signal of Quality 2009, joint with Paolo Garella (University of Milan) and Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim); Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 18(4), 1071-1094.

Emotions in Physician Agency 2008, joint with Rosella Levaggi (University of Brescia), Health Policy 88, 1-14 .

The Signaling Effect of Tax Policy 2006, joint with Bertrand Villeneuve (University of Toulouse), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 8(4), 611-630.

Comparative Advertising and Competition Policy 2006, joint with Martin Peitz (International University in Germany), in Recent Developments in Antitrust: Theory and Evidence, edited by Jay Pil Choi, MIT Press, chapter 8, 215-263.

Price vs Quantity in Health Insurance Reimbursement 2006, the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 6(3), 191-213.

Supplementary Insurance with Ex-post Moral Hazard: Efficiency and Redistribution 2006, Les Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, N°83-84 (July-December), 295-325.

Reimbursing Preventive Care 2004, the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 29(2), 165-186.

The Public-Private Mix in Health Insurance 2003, in Antitrust, Regulation and Competition, M.Baldassarri and L.Lambertini eds., Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Ltd for the series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory & Policy, 217-248.

IN ITALIAN

Tra economia e psicologia: recenti sviluppi nell'analisi della relazione medico-paziente 2007, joint with Rosella Levaggi (University of Brescia), Politiche Sanitarie, 8(3), 118-128.

Assicurazione sanitaria, Rivista di Politica Economica, Settembre-Ottobre 2006, 217-256.

Il fumo nuoce gravenmente alla salute. La credibilità delle campagne informative, joint with Bertrand Villeneuve (University of Toulouse), in Intervento pubblico e architettura dei mercati, D. Piacentino e G. Sobbrio eds, Franco Angeli, 2002, 219-237.

Working Papers

"Credit Markets with Ethical Banks and Motivated Borrowers” (2011), with Piero Tedeschi (Università Cattolica, Milano), working paper n.786, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

Adverse Selection in a Labor Market with Motivated Workers” (2011), with Davide Raggi (University of Bologna), mimeo, University of Bologna.

Cooperation in risk-sharing agreements” (2011), with Renaud Burlés (Ecole Centrale Marseille, Egim, Idep), Dominique Henriet (Ecole Centrale Marseille, Egim, Idep), Giuseppe Pignataro (University of Bologna), working paper n.765, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

Advertising and Prices as Signals: Competing against a Renown Brand 2006 (preliminary), joint with Paolo Garella (University of Milan) and Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim)

Influencing the Misinformed Misbehaver: an Analysis of Public Policy towards Uncertainty and External Effects 2003, joint with Bertrand Villeneuve (University of Toulouse), working paper n.404, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.