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Professor Luigi Pascali (UPF and BSE) has been awarded a Leonard Grant by the BBVA Foundation. Leonardo Grants support mid-career researchers whose work demonstrates "highly innovative scientific, technological or cultural production."

Pascali's project is called "Coordinating against the mafia: experimental evidence from an anti-extortion policy in Sicily." As he explained in an interview at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, he will analyze why businesses in Sicily are not able to coordinate and jointly refuse to pay the “pizzo,” an average monthly payment of about 880 euros that is extorted from them by the mafia.

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University of Chicago podcast: "Does Bad Government Breed Populism?"

Professor Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF and BSE) spoke about his research on this subject with the University of Chicago Harris...

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In memoriam: Robert E. Lucas (1937-2023)

The Barcelona School of Economics community mourns the loss of Robert E. Lucas, long-time member of the BSE Scientific Council...

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Forthcoming publications by BSE Affiliated Professors

See a list of forthcoming publications by BSE Affiliated Professors and search papers already published

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Forecasting armed conflict for prevention: conflictforecast.org

Hannes Mueller (IAE-CSIC and BSE) and Christopher Rauh (University of Cambridge) have relaunched conflictforecast.org, a site that...

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