Francesco Drago

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University of Catania

Francesco Drago is Professor in Economics at the University of Catania. His research interests are in applied microeconometrics in the fields of the economics of crime and political economy.

Email: francesco.drago@unict.it
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Francesco Drago

Department of Economics Corso Italia,

55 95129 Catania (Italy)

Recent publications

  • Marianna Belloc, Francesco Drago, Mattia Fochesato, and Roberto Galbiati, Multigenerational Transmission of Wealth: Florence, 1403–1480,

    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, vol. 16(2), pp. 99-129 [link]

  • Drago F., R. Galbiati and F. Sobbrio, The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,

    Forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association

  • Drago F., F. Mengel and C. Traxler , Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment,

    Forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

  • Belloc M., F. Drago and R. Galbiati, Earthquakes, Religion, and Transition to Self-Government in Italian Cities,

    Forthcoming in: the Quarterly Journal of Economics