Research

Indirect Lobbying:The Italian Case between Advertising and Politics

The study by Eliana La Ferrara that won the AEJ Best Paper Award for 2017 analyzes the increase of Mediaset advertising revenues at the expense of the RAI channels between 1993 and 2009 and estimates at two billion euro the related political benefits for companies

Companies and Hockey Teams Use Dirty Tricksters. Here's Why They Shouldn't

By analyzing the illicit role of the enforcer in National Hockey League teams, Moore and Stuart find that including shady characters in a firm is a bad strategy for sustainable competitive advantage and a source of vulnerability for resilient performance

We Buy What We Grasp: How Our Hands Lead Us to Choose Certain Products

We are more likely to buy things similar in shape to whatever we have in our hands while shopping, studies by Zachary Estes and Mathias Streicher conclude

Europe's Malaise Has Origins in Beijing

Higher exposure to Chinese imports translates into greater support for nationalist parties, according to a study by Italo Colantone and Piero Stanig

The US financial bubble was also fueled by imports

The impact of globalization on the event that triggered the recession is investigated by a study by Julien Sauvagnat

The sense of fear is not enough to explain the new populisms

Why do they emerge now, compared to previous periods of crisis? The reasons investigated by a study by Massimo Morelli