Economics - Bocconi University

Information Makes Us Inclusive. But not if We Are Populist

An experiment conducted by Boeri and Morelli shows that providing simple information succeeds in increasing public knowledge about demographic trends and the pension system, but attitudes toward migrants improve only among non populist voters

When Religion, Science and Progress Intertwine

Mara Squicciarini is the new Avvocato Giovanni Agnelli Associate Professor in Economics

The Case for Regulating the Bonuses of Advisors

In a new model developed by Marco Ottaviani and colleagues, bonus payments are shown to distort the market, while increasing advisors' liability may be ineffective

Cutting the Cost of Education Alone Is Not Enough to Prevent Dropout

LEAP PhD student Raphaelle Aulagnon reports on the recent LEAP Seminar with Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics)

How to Use the Internet to Promote Learning

LEAP PhD student Timm Greis reports on the recent LEAP Seminar with Pedro Souza (Queen Mary University, London)

What Life Is Like Where a Populist Mayor Is in Power

Debt repayment slows down, costs rise, and qualified personnel is substituted with less educated staff, according to a study in the American Journal of Political Science