Digital technology and regional income inequality: are better institutions the solution? (with C. Burlina and A. Rodriguez-Pose), PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE, 2025, 104(2), 100079, 2025.

Linking FDI and trade network topology with the Covid-19 pandemic (with G. De Masi and G. Ricchiuti), JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC INTERACTION AND COORDINATION, 18, 807-833, 2023.

Inward FDI and the quality of domestic institutions: a cross-country panel VAR analysis (with J. Mondolo), ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, 47(3), 101078.

Robots and the productivity of local manufacturing systems in Emilia-Romagna: the mediating role of occupational similarity and complexity (with L. Cattani and G. Pedrini), EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES, 31(7), 1397-1421, 2023.

Education, routine, and complexity-biased Key Enabling Technologies: evidence from Emilia-Romagna, Italy, INDUSTRY & INNOVATION, 2023, 30(1), 103-134 (with L. Cattani, F. Gambarotto and G. Pedrini).

Exploring the entropy-complexity nexus. Evidence from Italy, ECONOMIA POLITICA - JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, 2023, 40, 257-283 (with C. Burlina).

The wealth of nations and the first wave of COVID-19 diffusion, ITALIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 9(1), 61-83, 2023 (with F. Fontini and P. Falbo)

The world trade network: country centrality and the COVID-19 pandemic, APPLIED NETWORK SCIENCE, 7(18), 2022 (with P. Falbo, F. Fontini, R. Grassi and G. Rizzini).

Going beyond relatedness: regional diversification trajectories and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) in Italian regions, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, 97(2), 187-207, 2021 (with S. Montresor).

From FDI to economic complexity: a panel Granger causality analysis, STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS, vol. 56, 225-239, 2021(with C. Franco)

Social capital, resilience, and regional diversification in Italy, INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE, vol. 30(3), 762-777, 2021 (with R.A. Boschma)

The role of industry variety in the creation of innovative start-ups in Italy, SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, 54, 561-573, 2020. BEST PAPER AWARD, 20th Uddevalla Symposium, Trollhattan, 15-17 June 2017 (with F. Gambarotto).

Does energy price affect energy efficiency? Cross-country panel evidence, ENERGY POLICY, 129, 896-906, 2019 (with F. Fontini).

Governing offshoring in a stringent environmental policy setting: evidence from Made in Italy firm, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 155(2), 103-113, 2017 (with V. De Marchi and E. Di Maria).

Book chapters

Economic complexity: local and global impacts. In: S.S. Johdka, and B. Rehbein (Eds.), Global Handbook of Inequality, Springer, pp. 1527-1546, 2024.

Economic complexity and income inequality: evidence from Italian regions. In: L. Lazzeretti, T. Ozeki, S.R. Sedita, F. Capone (Eds.), Rethinking Clusters in Times of Uncertainty: Japanese and European Perspectives, Edward Elgar, 2024 (with D. Fanton).