Contact Details

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie
Facoltà di Economia
C.so Unione Sovietica 218bis
10134 Torino, Italia
Phone: +39 011 6706066
Fax:  +39 011 6706062

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, London Business School, 2005.
• Master of Science in Economics, University College London, 1999.
• Laurea in Economics, University of Turin, 1998.

Positions Held

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Turin.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2005-2006.
• Research Affiliate, Collegio Carlo Alberto, and CHILD (Centre for Hausehold, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics).
  

Working Papers and Work in Progress

• "The Demand for Adoption", with Alex Tetenov.
• "Behavioral Pricing in the Performing Arts", with Pascal Courty.
• "Occupational Licensing in the European Legal Market", with Edward Timmons.
  
• "Interim Rank, Risk Taking and Performance in Dynamic Tournaments", with Christos Genakos, CEP Discussion Paper No. 928, 2009.
• Press Coverage: Centerpiece, CEP, Winter 2008/9; La Repubblica, January 31, 2009, R2; Economic and Social Research Council, "Britain in 2009, The State of the Nation"; Kathimerini, April 26, 2008 (in greek!).

• "The Impact of Potential Labor Supply on Licensing Exam Difficulty", Carlo Alberto Notebook No. 53.
  
• "Price Discrimination in the Concert Industry", with Pascal Courty, January 2009. CEPR Discussion Paper 7143.

Publications

• "The Impact of Price Discrimination on Revenue: Evidence from the Concert Industry", Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming, with Pascal Courty.
• "What is the Objective of Professional Licensing? Evidence from the US Market for Lawyers", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 29, 4, 2011.
• "Does Responsive Pricing Smooth Demand Shocks?", Applied Economics, 43, 30, 2011, with Pascal Courty. (Additional Material)
• "Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission", Economics Letters, 108, 2, 2010, with Pascal Courty.
  
• "Licensing Exam Difficulty and Entry Salaries in the US Market for Lawyers", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48, 4, 2010.
• "Price Variation Antagonism and Firm Pricing Policies", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 75, 2, 2010, with Pascal Courty.
• "Responsive Pricing", Economic Theory, 34, 2, 2008, with Pascal Courty.
  
• "Do Consumers Care about How Prices Are Set?", International Journal of the Economics of Business, 15, 1, 2008, with Pascal Courty.
  
• "Strategic Interaction on the UK Gas Transportation System: the St. Fergus and Bacton Constraints", Energy Economics, 25, 4, July 2003.
• "Are Italians also Fiscal Conservatives?", Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 1999, XVII, with Kenneth Greene.

Other papers

• "Musicians are Leaving Money on the Concert Floor", with Pascal Courty, VOX, February 2009.
  

Courses

• Microeconomics, University of Turin, (Klips).
  
• Financial Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2005-2006.