MILLS Workshop 2012

“The quality of politicians: empirical evidence from Italy”

Economics Department, University of Milan – Bicocca

Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1 – Milan

Aula Consiglio di Facoltà, Building U7, 4° floor

The one-day workshop concludes, as usual, the MILLS seminars series. It was held on June 15th at Università Bicocca (Aula Consiglio di Facoltà). Six economists presented the following papers:

• Marco Leonardi (University of Milan)
  “Gains from Early Support of a New Political Party” (joint with Battista Severgnini)

• Francesco D’Acunto (University of California at Berkeley)
  “Election Outcomes with Pervasive Media Bias”

• Gaia Narciso (Trinity College – Dublin)
  “Telecracy” (joint with Guglielmo Barone)

• Massimo Bordignon (Università Cattolica – Milan)
  “Fiscal Federalism and Political Selection: Evidence from Italy” (joint with Gilberto Turati and Matteo Gamalerio)

• Stefano Gagliarducci (Università Tor Vergata – Rome)
  “Tenure in Office and Public Procurement” (joint with Decio Coviello)

• Tommaso Nannicini (Università Bocconi – Milan)
  “How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign” (joint with Francesco Trebbi)