Publications

2020. "Responsiveness, If You Can Afford It: Policy Responsiveness in Good and Bad Economic Times." (With Lawrence Ezrow and Timothy Hellwig). Journal of Politics 82(3).

2018. "Income Inequality and Party (De)Polarization." ​West European Politics​ 40(6): 1262-1281.

Other Ongoing Projects

• "EU Elections and Ideological Extremism" (with Jonathan Slapin)
• "Party Behavior and Voters' Judgements in the EU" (with Daniel R. Kelemen and Jonathan Slapin)
• "Policy Responsiveness and Institutions" (with Lawrence Ezrow and Timothy Hellwig)
• "Globalisation and Public Preferences" (with Lawrence Ezrow and Timothy Hellwig)
• "Political Corruption and Democratic Quality"
• "LGBTQ Politics and Discrimination" (with Douglas Page)
• "LGBTQ Politics in the EU"
• "Women in Italian Politics" (with Federica Genovese, Stefano Costalli, and Andrea Ruggeri)
• "Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investments"

Current Research Interests

• Comparative political economy of inequality (particularly effect of inequality on voter and elite behavior);
• Government responsiveness (mainly what influences the likelihood of responsive governments);
• Ideological extremism and political behaviour;
• LGBTQ politics;
• Healthy policy and politics (particular emphasis on health inequalities in advanced economies and inequality of exposure to risk factors).

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