Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto

CREI, UPF and BSE

PhD, Harvard University

Research interests

  • Political Economy
  • International Trade
  • Urban Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics
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Teaching at the Barcelona School of Economics

Giacomo Ponzetto is a senior researcher at CREI and an affiliated professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the BSE, as well as a research affiliate of CEPR and an associate editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association. His research lies at the intersection of Political Economy and International and Regional Economics. He has written on political and legal institutions, on the political economy of trade policy, on federalism and political centralization, and on entrepreneurship and the spatial distribution of economic activity. His research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Public Economics and Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.

In 2016, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his project, “Citizens, Institutions and Globalization.”

Awards, Grants, and Honors

Working Papers

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Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation

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Leonardo D’Amico,Edward L. Glaeser,Joseph Gyourko,William Kerr, andGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 1467
November 2024
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Do Incompetent Politicians Breed Populist Voters? Evidence from Italian Municipalities

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Federico Boffa,Vincenzo Mollisi, andGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 1388
March 2023
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A Theory of Economic Unions

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Gino Gancia,Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, andJaume Ventura
BSE Working Paper 1110
September 2019
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The Political Economy of Transportation Investment

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 1057
October 2018
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Fundamental Errors in the Voting Booth

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 985
September 2017
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Securing Property Rights

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A. Patrick Behrer,Edward L. Glaeser,Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, andAndrei Shleifer
BSE Working Paper 930
September 2016
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Globalization and Political Structure

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Gino Gancia,Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, andJaume Ventura
BSE Working Paper 878
February 2016
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Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions

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Nava Ashraf,Edward L. Glaeser, andGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 873
February 2016
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Urban Networks: Spreading the Flow of Goods, People, and Ideas

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Edward L. Glaeser,Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, andYimei Zou
BSE Working Paper 841
September 2015
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Contract Innovation and Legal Evolution under Imperfect Enforcement

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Nicola GennaioliandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 836
September 2015
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Optimally Vague Contracts and the Law

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Nicola GennaioliandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 747
September 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights and Efficient Firm Organization

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Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 668
September 2015
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Shrouded Costs of Government: Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions Data

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 660
September 2015
Working Paper

Should Different People Have Different Governments?

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Federico Boffa,Amedeo Piolatto, andGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 656
September 2015
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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth

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Giacomo A.M. PonzettoandUgo Troiano
BSE Working Paper 612
September 2015
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The Dracula Effect: Voter Information and Trade Policy

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Ruben Enikolopov,Maria Petrova, andGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 596
September 2015
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Asymmetric Information and Trade Policy

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Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
BSE Working Paper 514
September 2015
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The Varieties of Regional Change

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Edward L. Glaeser,Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, andKristina Tobio
BSE Working Paper 472
September 2015

Publications

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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth

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Giacomo A.M. PonzettoandUgo Troiano
Journal of the European Economic Association

April 2025
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Globalization and Political Structure

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Gino Gancia, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Jaume Ventura
Journal of the European Economic Association

November 2021
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Securing Property Rights

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A. Patrick Behrer, Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Andrei Shleifer
Journal of Political Economy

January 2021
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A Theory of Economic Unions

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Gino Gancia, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Jaume Ventura
Journal of Monetary Economics

January 2020
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Politics and infrastructure policy

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto

March 2019
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Your voice, your vote

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto

February 2018
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The political economy of transportation investment

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Economics of Transportation

November 2017
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Political Centralization and Government Accountability

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Federico Boffa, Amedeo Piolatto, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Quarterly Journal of Economics

January 2017
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Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions

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Nava Ashraf, Edward L. Glaeser, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings

January 2017
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Video: Citizens, Institutions, and Globalization (ERC Starting Grant)

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Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto

November 2016
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Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People and Ideas

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Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Yimei Zou
Papers in Regional Science

April 2016
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Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People and Ideas

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Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Yimei Zou

January 2016
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Cities, Skills and Regional Change

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Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Kristina Tobio
Regional Studies

December 2015
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Shrouded Costs of Government: the Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions

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Edward L. GlaeserandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Journal of Public Economics

October 2015
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Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Substance

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Patrizio A. FernandezandGiacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

January 2012
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Clusters of Entrepreneurship

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Edward L. Glaeser, William Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Journal of Urban Economics

January 2010

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