Research

Scars Are Forever. Corruption Episodes Haunt Democracies for Decades

Study reveals that trust in democratic institutions is still lower than average among the Italians who voted for the first time during the Clean Hands investigation in the Nineties, and support for populist parties is stronger

Research That Targets Gender Inequalities

The AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality presents today the results of a year of work on the subject of gender inequalities. The case of a French law on the gender pay gap

The Sky of Math Is Full of Stars

And the star of Erio Castagnoli keeps shining. A recent paper based on the ideas of the late lamented Bocconi professor investigates starshaped risk measures and illustrates their application to finance and decision theory

Scanning Social Networks to Understand Political Polarization and Fake News

The outcomes of the EPO WG project, funded by CIVICA Research, do not end with the study of political polarization in Europe; a new network of computational social scientists is also emerging

The Issue with a Gift Horse Is not the Mouth, but the Passport

Public perception of the motives behind Western funded aid programs in Egypt reduces their rate of approval, Renu Singh and Scott Williamson observe

Aiding Breast Cancer Patients to Make Informed Decisions

A tool developed within a project devised and coordinated by CERGAS provides patients with high quality information about risks and benefits of treatment options