Published Papers

Labor Supply Effects of the Recent Social Security Benefit Cuts: Empirical Estimates Using Cohort Discontinuities, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 93, Issues 11-12, December 2009, Pages 1224-1233 (an extended WP Version)

Heterogeneity in Intra-Monthly Consumption Patterns, Self-Control, and Savings at Retirement, with Matt Weinberg, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 1(2): 163–89, August 2009

The Euro Changeover and Its Effects on Price Transparency and Inflation, with Wioletta Dziuda, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 41(1), 101-129, February 2009

Micro Modeling of Retirement Decisions in Germany, with A. Börsch-Supan, R. Schnabel and S. Kohnz in "Social Security and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation", NBER, Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise, editors, Chicago University Press, 2004

Public Pensions in Italy and Germany: A Comparison based on Panel Data, Rivista di Politica Economica, October 2000

Working Papers

Do Social Security Recipients Smooth Consumption Between Checks? Evidence Using New Data With Variation in Pay Dates, with Matt Weinberg, January 2010 (NEW)

The Role of Information for Retirement Behavior: Evidence Based on the Social Security Statement, January 2010 (NEW)

Migration Restrictions and Criminal Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, with Paolo Pinotti, November 2009  (NEW)

Everybody Stay Cool, This Is a Robbery! (NEW)

The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence From Several Italian Collective Pardons, with Alessandro Barbarino, September 2007

The Social Security Earnings Test Removal. Money Saved or Money Spent by the Trust Fund?, August 2006

Political Economy of the Social Security Disability Insurance, with Radha K. Iyengar

Does Social Cohesion Affect Mortality?, March 2003

Work-in-Progress

Hyperbolic Consumption and Health, with Matt Weinberg
Externalities in Bank Security Systems and Crime
Recidivism Rates
The Flipside of the Reduction in the Gender Gap, with Roberto Leombruni, Mario Pagliero and Tiziano Razzolini
Informational Costs vs. Myopia: Evidence from the Social Security Statement
Recycling and Social Capital, with Paolo Buonanno