School Closures Disproportionately Hit Disadvantaged Students in the US
by Fabio Todesco
Zachary Parolin analyzed the distribution of school closures due to COVID and concluded that racial minorities, students in need and with already poor academic performance have been more likely to be engaged in remote schooling since September 2020
The COVID pandemic may have marked a halt to the rise of populist parties across the world, but the recovery phase may be rich with opportunities for them, argue Catherine De Vries and Sara Hobolt in the second episode of Clarity in a Messy World
Machine Learning Helps Us Understand Legislative Texts
by Umberto Platini
Automated methods to analyze legislation have been independently developed by Massimo Morelli and Anthony Bertelli. They confirm that more detailed texts can be used by law makers as a constraint to bureaucratic discretion in the US. In the EU, abundance of details correlates with qualified majority voting
The Clarity in a Messy World series is for an intellectually curious, internationally oriented audience, eager to get to the roots of the most confounding issues of our time
Only Equality in the Household Will Allow Us to Complete the Gender Revolution
by Fabio Todesco
New research by Paola Profeta, Director of the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi, shows that the man's involvement in housework raises by 62% the chances for a working mother to have a second child with him and continue to work
Commuting Flows, Not the Transport Mode, Help COVID Spread
by Fabio Todesco
Two Bocconi studies indicate that there would have been 2,300 fewer deaths between March and April 2020 if commuter flows in Italian cities were 10% lower. At flow parity, public and private transport are equally dangerous
Why We Can Better Control Politicians in a Bipolar Party System
by Umberto Platini
When two distinct blocks are identifiable, incumbents can be easily sanctioned with the vote. When strong centrist parties exist, on the contrary, they can create multiple coalitions and remain in government despite electoral defeats, especially in proportional electoral systems, Anthony Bertelli explains in a new paper
How Political Parties Bargain for Goods That Voters Can't Even See
by Fabio Todesco
Lanny Martin observes that voters evaluate parties using readily available information on very visible aspects, such as the number of ministries in a coalition government. In order to make a positive impression on their supporters, parties with low bargaining power trade away less visible goods for ministerial positions, thus escaping accountability
A New Tool Detects Emotions in Italian Social Media Posts
Federico Bianchi, Debora Nozza, and Dirk Hovy released a freely available package for sentiment analysis and emotion recognition in Italian, overcoming the linguistic and economic limitations of similar tools
The Real Effects of Accounting
Accounting is no more just about bookkeeping or double entry: it's about information. Reporting rules affect both managerial behavior and our lives, according to Annalisa Prencipe, KPMG Chair in Accounting
Beyond the Selfie: COVID19 and the Museum Sector
According to Alex Turrini, the pandemic acted as a digital transformation accelerator, as never before
When the Pandemic Leads to Food Insecurity
Two recent studies on food systems in Europe and the pandemic highlight just how vulnerable to disruption these systems are
Real Time Maps of COVID Trends in Italy
From the homepage of Bocconi COVID Crisis Lab readers can go to a mapping app developed by Marco Bonetti and Ugofilippo Basellini and monitor the epidemic in Italy
Don't Fear Zombies. At Least, Not Yet
New research by Guido Tabellini shows that the risk of creating a hidden subsidy for uncompetitive firms should not hold back governments and banks from providing firms with credit during the COVID19 pandemic
Demand for Performance Goods: Import Quotas in the Chinese Movie Market Applied Microeconomics
Marc Rysman (Boston University)
Webinar
The Effect of Online Competition on Local Newspapers and Politics: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist in the U.S. Political Economy - Joint with the Department of Social and Political Sciences
Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
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Bond markets in Spring 2020 and the response of the Federal Reserve
Paper
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Berkeley Haas
In order to receive the invitation link for the online streaming, please contact dip.fin@unibocconi.it
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Enabling rapid financial response to disasters: Knotting and reknotting multiple paradoxes in inter-organizational systems
Paula Jarzabkowski (Cass Business School)
For information or to receive the invitation link contact daniela.cereda@unibocconi.it
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