The Bold, not the Capable, Make the Most of Big Cities
by Fabio Todesco
Self confidence, and not necessarily ability, drives young workers to locate in a big city, according to analysis by Ottaviano, De la Roca and Puga. With negative, longterm consequences for those who settle for small cities because of inaccurate self assessment
How Media Magnifies Terrorism's Damage to Human Capital
by Fabio Todesco
A study by Alfano and Goerlach found that households exposed to media in Kenya overestimated fatality risks by a factor of 11.8 and more often refrained from enrolling their kids in school during a terrorist wave in the late 2000s
Better Access to Public Services Can Save Millions of Lives in Developing Countries
by Andrea Costa
Erika Deserranno has won an ERC Starting Grant for investigating how technology can influence supply and demand of basic services to reduce inequalities and boost growth
One out of 1,400 US veterans who are prescribed opioids at an emergency room will eventually die of overdose. Two papers by Sarah Eichmeyer and Jonathan Zhang assess the risks of becoming an addict and worse.
Tito Boeri was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to study the conditions that limit workers' job mobility, leading to a monopsony situation with negative effects on wages and working conditions
Bocconi's Laboratory for Effective Anti Poverty Policies provides rigorous empirical evidence on the functioning of experimental educational initiatives, which could be replicated on a large scale to improve the quality of education
Mind the Assumptions to Obtain Meaningful Scientific Models
Emanuele Borgonovo looks at how scientific theories and model reliability relate to each other. He highlights the importance of measuring uncertainty and rigorously testing models for sensitivity
PRIN PNRR: 14 Bocconi Scholars Funded
The traditional call for projects of relevant national interest was joined this year by one reserved for research projects in line with the goals of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan
SUR Lab, Bocconi's Hub for Research on Sustainable Urban Development
A field of studies of growing importance can be approached in several ways
Bocconi Committed to Research Projects of National Interest
A positive result with 44 applications accepted, funded to the tune of nearly 4 million euros
Bocconi Hosts the 18th IAEE European Conference on Energy Transformation
Experts from around the world will arrive at Bocconi, from July 24 to 27, to participate in the European Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics
New Life for Energy Communities, Thanks to Self Generation and Sharing
A clearer regulatory framework helps these forms of voluntary aggregation make an increasingly strong impact toward a sustainable energy economy
IN TUTTE LE SUE FORME E APPLICAZIONI. I NUOVI CONFINI DEL DIRITTO DEL LAVORO Labour Law
MAURIZIO DEL CONTE - Università Bocconi ELENA GRAMANO - Università Bocconi TIZIANO TREU - Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano ADALBERTO PERULLI - Universita' Ca' Foscari Venezia ANNA ALAIMO - Universita' di Catania
Room 1.C3.01
Sasha Indarte, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania: Bad News Bankers: Underwriter Reputation and Contagion in Pre-1914 Sovereign Debt Markets
Alberto Alesina Seminar Room 5.e4sr04, Via Roentgen 1 Floor 5th
DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT: GIUSTIZIA PENALE NEGOZIATA DELLE SOCIETÀ ESPERIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E PROSPETTIVA ITALIANA
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