Research

Economic Analysis Can Help Fight Viruses

A 2016 study by Jerome Adda highlights the connection between the business cycle and the spread of viruses, showing that restricting transportation is an effective measure to halt the spread of infective diseases

Educational Choices at the Root of the Skill Mismatch in the Labor Market

The results of New Skills at Work, a three year project by Bocconi and JP Morgan. According to international studies, Italy pays a cost for the mismatch between available skills and market demands with a 9% penalty on wages. Better information for families could make the difference

Never at a LOSS Again in Understanding the Support for Conservative Political Agendas

The ERC winning project by Catherine De Vries, a new Full Professor at Bocconi's Department of Social and Political Sciences, investigates the link between economic hardship and the support for far right parties

Paolo Pinotti Awarded an ERC Grant to Study Crime

The project, funded with euro 1.8 million, will study criminal phenomena in Italy, the Netherlands and the United States through quantitative tools and economic methodology

MINTS, a New Research Unit on Monetary Innovation

The research unit and an observatory will be launched on Wednesday 18 December, with the conference The Future of Money, which will analyze the implications of innovation on central banks and their monetary policies

Firms Can Do Little to Defeat Local Protest. At Most, Protesters Change Target

New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their goals, they galvanize; when they fail, mobilization does not fade away, but spills over to other industries