Domenico Rossignoli- Ph. D, MSc.
- Professor (Associate) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Domenico Rossignoli
- Ph. D, MSc.
- Professor (Associate) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Introduction
I'm an Economist, currently working at the Department of International Economy, Institutions and Development (DISEIS), and at the Cognitive Science and Communication research Centre (CSCC) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy).
My research work mostly focuses on Institutional Economics, and Behavioural Economics.
For more details visit https://www.domenicorossignoli.it/
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Position
- Research Associate
September 2013 - December 2017
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- Post Doctoral fellowship in Political Economy. Main research topics: - political economy of institutions (demorcracy, institutions, development; large and updated dataset); - behavioral economics
Publications
Publications (47)
Growth and democracy represent two profound aspirations of mankind: prosperity and freedom. This book is an attempt to offer empirical evidence, theoretical analysis and further perspectives on the effects of democracy on economic growth. As to the empirical evidence, over the last three decades democracy and growth have run in parallel, as most co...
Food security and inclusive institutions are increasingly acknowledged as fundamental dimensions of development, given their role in promoting long-run economic growth and stability. This paper examines the nexus between achievements in democratization processes, implying the establishment of more inclusive institutions, and food security in low an...
The relationship between democracy and economic growth has been widely debated in the social sciences with contrasting results. We apply a meta-analytical framework surveying 188 studies (2047 models) covering 36 years of research in the field. We also compare the effect of democracy on growth with the effect of human capital on growth in a sub-sam...
This paper provides a novel contribution on the relation between school performance and cheating behavior by analyzing a sample of 157 pupils in 10 primary schools located in the outskirts of Goma (Congo, DR). In two subsequent school years, children were administered a questionnaire that included a modified Dice Rolling Task (DRT) and a Dictator G...
We present first results from an experimental evaluation of a high dosage math tutoring program implemented in a secondary school for pre-vocational education located in a low-income neighborhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From a pool of 98 students in their first year of secondary school (aged 12-13) 49 were randomly assigned to receive 2-on-1...
Long‐term imprisonment often results in negative psychological and behavioural effects that hinder effective reintegration into society, exacerbating antisocial behaviour and increasing recidivism rates. In response to a Supreme Court mandate, California, the state with the second‐largest prison population in the United States, embarked on a signif...
Within the turmoil of the Norman Conquest, did religious institutions affect the economic outcomes of their land? Exploiting historical data about the changes in holdings’ lordship that occurred after the Conquest, we compare the economic performance of estates controlled by different types of lords. Holdings controlled by Benedictine monasteries (...
This article investigates the attribution of mental state (AMS) to an anthropomorphic robot by humans in a strategic interaction. We conducted an experiment in which human subjects are paired with either a human or an anthropomorphic robot to play an iterated Prisoner's Dilemma game, and we tested whether AMS is dependent on the robot "consistency,...
The paper, based on an experiment in which human subjects are paired with either another human or an anthropomorphic robot, when playing an iterated prisoner’s dilemma, investigates whether (and how) the level of mental state attributed to an anthropomorphic robot by subjects depends on the the “earnestness” of the robot, i.e. the correspondence of...
This paper provides new evidence on the impact on educational attainment of an international child support (ICS) program, implemented in ten primary schools located in the peri-urban districts of the city of Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo). Using original micro data from a sample of 309 children (treated, 121; control, 188), we explore, through...
We present experimental evidence on a high-dosage tutoring (HDT) program implemented in three primary schools in a low-income neighborhood in the Netherlands. We document treatment effects of 0.28 national population standard deviations in math achievement scores (p<0.01) after one school year. These treatment effects are sizable and can account fo...
The investigation of emerging adults' expectations of development of the next generation of robots is a fundamental challenge to narrow the gap between expectations and real technological advances, which can potentially impact the effectiveness of future interactions between humans and robots. Furthermore, the literature highlights the important ro...
In the past years, the field of collaborative robots has been developing fast, with applications ranging from health care to search and rescue, construction, entertainment, sports, and many others. However, current social robotics is still far from the general abilities we expect in a robot collaborator. This limitation is more evident when robots...
The paper presents the results of a behavioral experiment conducted between February 2020 and March 2021 at Universit\`a Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus in which students were matched to either a human or a humanoid robotic partner to play an iterated Prisoner's Dilemma. The results of a Logit estimation procedure show that subjects are mor...
We present first results from an experimental evaluation of a high dosage math tutoring program implemented in a secondary school for pre-vocational education located in a low-income neighborhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From a pool of 98 students in their first year of secondary school (aged 12-13) 49 were randomly assigned to receive 2-on-1...
The effectiveness of social robots has been widely recognized in different contexts of humans’ daily life, but still little is known about the brain areas activated by observing or interacting with a robot. Research combining neuroscience, cognitive science and robotics can provide new insights into both the functioning of our brain and the impleme...
Is competition in the mass media market an effective deterrent against media capture? Does it prevent political groups from influencing reporting? This paper shows that in some cases it does not. Building on the literature on media capture, the model highlights that, under fairly generic assumptions, high competition in the media market can drive t...
Does it matter, in terms of economic performance, whether it is a secular or a religious ruler who exercises political power? To answer this question, we have used data on land ownership and economic productivity in Medieval England, characterised by institutional variation at local level. Exploiting the Norman conquest of England as a historical e...
This paper provides a novel contribution on the relation between school performance , cheating behaviour and pro-social attitudes by analyzing a sample of 170 pupils in 10 primary schools located in the outskirts of Goma (Congo, DR). Children were administered a questionnaire-that included a Dictator Game (DG) and a modified Dice Rolling Task (DRT)...
The paper presents the results of a Longitudinal Lab-in-the-Field Experiment implemented between September 2015 and July 2016 performed in two State Prisons in California (USA) to measure change in prosocial preferences. A subset of eligible inmates willing to undertake GRIP (Guiding Rage Into Power) program, were randomly assigned to it. The paper...
This paper investigates the relationship between players’ wages and sport performance in the Italian top professional football league—Serie A. The analysis focuses on 14 seasons from 2001/2002 to 2014/2015. Findings show that aggregate wage expenditure is a robust predictor of success for Italian professional football teams. We first exploited a fi...
This paper explores the role of state capacity in affecting the probability of being attacked by another country. We measure state capacity as the effectiveness of state sovereignty over its territory (from the Variety of Democracy dataset) and focus on high intensity episodes of Militarized Interstate Disputes (MID). The analysis is performed thro...
While an extensive literature based on analysis conducted in developed countries shows that primary school children develop prosocial attitudes as they grow older, with school acting as the main driver of the socialisation process, there is little evidence of what may happen in very different socio-cultural and economic context. The paper aims at t...
This paper highlights Richard Stone’s contribution to input-output analysis, the relevance, originality and effectiveness of which are closely tied to the international and national positions he held during his professional life, especially in relation to the development of an international standard system of national accounts and the development o...
This paper explores the intertwined relationship between democracy and state capacity, i.e. the effectiveness of state sovereignty over its territory and population, in affecting the probability of civil wars’ onset. This work aims at providing a fresh new look on this relationship by exploiting the recent release of a new dataset of institutional...
La sempre più frenetica rincorsa dell’opinione è divenuta una costante anche degli ultimi esecutivi italiani e rischia di trasformare la nostra democrazia in una sondocrazia, una Repubblica fondata sul mutevole umore dei cittadini, non sempre correttamente informati.
This article empirically investigates the determinants of sport success in the Italian football top league (Serie A). The analysis focuses on the availability of talent, approximated by each team's total wage expenditure for players, in order to assess the contribution of this factor to the overall sport performance. We analysed data for 41 teams t...
An increasing number of scholars argue that income inequality is related to institutional and cultural factors, as well as economic ones. I rely on Mancur Olson (1965)'s theories on the effect of group activities on economic performance to explore the possible link between the number of special- interest groups (SIGs) and the level of income inequa...
The paper highlights long run political and economic trends in Latin American countries, showing an overall strong acceleration of democratization with a sluggish growth. The mix "globalization with stagnation" is tentatively explained by insitutional factors, such as high inequality and the low degree of institutional inclusiveness. inequality may...
Questions
Question (1)
The MCQ is a tool used to elicit individual intertemporal discount rates k, providing a set of alternative choices between lower more immediate amounts of money vs. higher delayed amounts of money. An estimate of the respondent’s discounting rate can be calculated as the geometric mean of the k at indifference between the two questions that reflect when the respondent changes between choosing the delayed reward versus the immediate reward. However sometimes the respondents are not consistent, i.e. they provide multiple switching points. How can you calculate an estimate of k in that cases? Many thanks
