Andrea Mattozzi>Research

 

Published and Forthcoming Papers (*Financial support from National Science Foundation grant SES-0617901)

  1. "The Pro-Competitive Effect of Campaign Limits in Non-Majoritarian Elections"  joint with M. Iaryczower, Economic Theory, forthcoming*

  2. "Personal Influence: Social Context and Political Competition" joint with A. Galeotti, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2011*

  3. "Quorum and Turnout in Referenda" joint with H. Herrera, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010. An earlier version with additional results can be found here*

  4. "Policy Uncertainty, Electoral Securities and Redistribution" International Economic Review, 2010

  5. "The Labor Market of Italian Politicians" joint with V. Galasso, M. Landi and A. Merlo, in The Ruling Class: Management and Politics in Modern Italy, Oxford University Press 2010 (Italian version La Classe Dirigente: L'Intreccio tra Business e Politica, Egea 2010)*

  6. "Membership in Citizen Groups" joint with S. Barbieri, Games and Economic Behavior, 2009

  7. "Can We Insure Against Political Uncertainty? Evidence from the U.S. Stock Market" Public Choice, 2008. Business Week on this paper

  8. "Many Enemies, Much Honor? On the Competitiveness of Elections in Proportional Representation Systems" joint with M. Iaryczower, in The Political Economy of Democracy, BBVA, 2008*

  9. "Political Careers or Career Politicians?" joint with A. Merlo, Journal of Public Economics, 2008*

  10. "Voter Rationality and Democratic Government" joint with R. Kiewiet, Critical Review, 2008

  11. "The Transparency of Politics and the Quality of Politicians" joint with A. Merlo, American Economic Review (P & P), 2007*

  12. "Moving Skills from Hands to Heads" joint with G. Barba Navaretti and M. Galeotti, Research Policy, 2004

Working Papers

  1. "On the Nature of Competition in Alternative Electoral Systems" joint with M. Iaryczower, under review. An earlier version of this paper was circulated under the title "Ideology and Competence in Alternative Electoral Systems"*

  2. "Mediocracy" joint with A. Merlo, under review*

  3. "Good Old Spendthrift. The Fiscal Effects of Political Tenure"  joint with M. Iaryczower and D. Iorio (in progress)*

  4. "Choosing Records" joint with M. Iaryczower (in progress)

  5. "The Personality of Politicians" joint with E. Snowberg (in progress)