Research

Job Rotation in the Public Sector: Why the Anticorruption Authority Deemed a SDA Bocconi Project a Best Practice

The guidelines used in Sesto San Giovanni to implement a new organizational model led to high engagement and no controversy and gained a citation in the 2016 AntiCorruption Plan

Informing is Half the Battle. How Information Can Change Attitudes towards Immigrants

Diego Ubfal and two colleagues show that people provided with true figures about immigration tend to reduce their hostility. Especially if they are Republicans

The Press Matters. How the British Media Affects People's Perception of Immigrants

An experiment conducted by Bocconi's Anne Marie Jeannet and a colleague proves that even subtle differences in the media's words and phrasing can influence perceptions and policy preferences

Brexit: Data Shows that Globalization Malaise, and not Immigration, Determined the Vote

Disaggregating the referendum outcome in regional areas of the UK, Colantone and Stanig find that there is no relationship with any immigration issue, while the exposure of the areas to Chinese imports is decisive

Ancient Rome Stock Exchange Is a Myth

Manuela Geranio, in a paper with Geoffrey Poitras, shows that modern claims of the existence of a market for shares of the societates publicanorum in the late Roman Republic are not supported by primary sources

Assets Under Management +25.5bn: SWFs Don't Beat a Retreat

According to Bocconi's Sovereign Investment Lab 2015 Report, published today, the collapse of oil prices has affected central banks and stabilization funds, but it did not stop the advance of sovereign funds. The Eurozone surpasses the UK