A summary of our paper (forthcoming at JLE) on what happens when you forbid fresh drivers to use high-power vehicles. Summary of the summary: they cause fewer crashes, even after the restriction period expires. Link to the WP here: tinyurl.com/2w54du42

MEP Karima Delli is under fire for proposing that new drivers in the EU should wait 2 years before driving heavy vehicles such as SUVs. Yet the idea of giving new drivers a cooling-off period before they can drive the most powerful cars is not new. In Italy, in 2011, the

Keynote speech by Alessio Moro at the last session of the 21st Brucchi Luchino workshop at Università degli Studi di Cagliari Thanks to the scientific committee and to all participants for the great program & presentations!

🆕 Educational disparities between children begin at home. Today on VoxDev, Michele Giannola (Unina Federico II CSEF) outlines evidence from #India on how parents decide how to split investments in education between their children. Read here: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

Grazie a Mirco Tonin che - a proposito del dibattito su divieti e sicurezza - cita un nostro articolo su una norma di sicurezza stradale che, in Italia, ha funzionato davvero.

Our paper on power restrictions and road accidents is finally out in the Journal of Law and Economics Chicago Journals (w/Silvia Balia & Rinaldo Brau). Also, in this issue we are in the great company of Roberto Nisticò You can read it (freely) here: journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/X79MASS…

Thanks LSE Hubequalrep for having us! Great workshop and initiative.

🏅Congratulations to Fabio Cerina, Elisa Dienesch, Alessio Moro and Michelle Rendall Monash University for winning the 2023 The Economic Journal #RESPrize for 'Spatial Polarisation'. Read👉bit.ly/3wSCdep #EconTwitter #RESPrizes CEPR Università degli Studi di Cagliari

We are very happy to announce the second “Antonio Pigliaru” Workshop, next Friday in Cagliari, on “From Sardinia to the World: The Impact of Malaria …,“ with Claudio Deiana, Luigi Guiso, Mario Macis, Marco Nieddu, Francesco Pigliaru

Tomorrow, from 9am (CEST), join us for the II "Antonio Pigliaru" Workshop, this year on malaria control and the impact of infectious diseases on health and economic development. Attend online (us06web.zoom.us/j/81338311492) or join us in person at Piazza Arsenale 1, Cagliari.

Now live, from the II Antonio Pigliaru Workshop on the Sardinian Project (& beyond) . Zoom streaming here us06web.zoom.us/j/81338311492

Session 2 of the “Antonio Pigliaru” Workshop starting now. Mario Macis, @MarcellaAlsan, Elisa Maffioli, @jessicaleecohen on fighting infectious diseases today. Zoom link to the live streaming here us06web.zoom.us/j/81338311492

Third session of the “Antonio Pigliaru workshop” on how infectious diseases shape(d) the economy and societies, with @buonanno_paolo, Claudio Deiana, Sergio Galletta, and Mounu Prem. Now the final discussion on future challenges. Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/81338311492

Very happy to share that I’ll be visiting Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for the next term (Feb–May). Looking forward to meeting colleagues and friends in DC (starting with Mario Macis) and beyond. If you’ll be around - or know someone who will - feel free to DM or share! Johns Hopkins University