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Political Budget Cycles: Evidence from Italian Cities. Alberto Alesina, September 2014, Paper. "The introduction of a new real estate tax in Italy in 2011 created a well designed…
Culture and Institutions. Alberto Alesina, September 1, 2014, Paper. "A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture…
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor. Alberto Alesina, May 27, 2014, Paper. "To be efficient, flexible labor markets require geographically mobile workers. Otherwise firms…
The output effect of fiscal consolidation plans. Alberto Alesina, May 2014, Paper. "We show that the correct experiment to evaluate the effects of a scale adjustment is the…
Ethnic Inequality. Alberto Alesina, April 2014, Paper. "This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity economic inequality across countries. First,…
Regulation versus Taxation. Alberto Alesina, September 16, 2013, Paper. "We study which policy tool and at what level a majority chooses in order to reduce activities with…
Immigration, diversity, and economic prosperity. Alberto Alesina, August 22, 2013, Paper. "With aging populations in the rich nations and booming labour forces in poor nations,…
Ethnic Inequality. Alberto Alesina, July 2013, Paper. "This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity economic inequality both across and within countries.…
On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough. Alberto Alesina, Nathan Nunn, May 2013, Paper. "The study examines the historical origins of existing cross-cultural…
Austerity: The Relative Effects of Tax Increases versus Spending Cuts. Alberto Alesina, March 7, 2013, Paper. "In a recent New Yorker article, John Cassidy declared, 'It is…