Assistant Professor of Economics
at the BI Norwegian Business School
CEPR Research Affiliate (MG and POLECON Research Groups)
You may download my CV and contact me at:
BI Norwegian Business School Department of Economics
0442 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47-981-92125
email: alessia.russo@bi.no
Research Interests: Political Economy, Public Finance, Macroeconomics.
Publications:
• Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Investments: Evidence from the US, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12(3): 76–106. (joint with Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, and Francesco Lancia),, [pdf]
CEPR Working Paper DP12332 [link]
Featured in AEA Research Highlights "Boosting the Youth Vote" [link]
Featured in Voxeu.org "The Fiscal Impact of Empowering the Voters of Tomorrow" [link]
Highlighted in Nytimes "When youth voter turnout rises, so does state government spending on education" [link]
• Compliance Technology and Self-Enforcing Agreements, the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(1): 1–29. Lead article, (joint with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia), [pdf]
Featured in Dagens Næringsliv [link]
• Sustaining Cooperation through Strategic Self-Interested Actions, the B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2): 1–11. Lead article, (joint with Francesco Lancia), [pdf]
• Public Education and Pensions in Democracy: A Political Economy Theory, the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14(5), 1038-1073, (joint with Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
Working paper [pdf], Technical Appendix [pdf]
Featured in NEP-DGE Blog [pdf]
Work in Progress:
• NEW: Policies and Instruments for Self-Enforcing Treaties (joint with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
CEPR Working Paper DP15044 [link]
• Optimal Sustainable Intergenerational Insurance (joint with Francesco Lancia and Tim Worrall) [pdf] [new draft available soon]
• Partisan Conflicts, Public Debt and Growth (joint with Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
• Gender Reforms and Female Leadership (joint with Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia) [draft available upon request]
• Political Violence in Electoral Procurement Cycles (joint with Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia) [analysis in progress]
at the BI Norwegian Business School
CEPR Research Affiliate (MG and POLECON Research Groups)
You may download my CV and contact me at:
BI Norwegian Business School Department of Economics
0442 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47-981-92125
email: alessia.russo@bi.no
Research Interests: Political Economy, Public Finance, Macroeconomics.
Publications:
• Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Investments: Evidence from the US, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12(3): 76–106. (joint with Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, and Francesco Lancia),, [pdf]
CEPR Working Paper DP12332 [link]
Featured in AEA Research Highlights "Boosting the Youth Vote" [link]
Featured in Voxeu.org "The Fiscal Impact of Empowering the Voters of Tomorrow" [link]
Highlighted in Nytimes "When youth voter turnout rises, so does state government spending on education" [link]
• Compliance Technology and Self-Enforcing Agreements, the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(1): 1–29. Lead article, (joint with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia), [pdf]
Featured in Dagens Næringsliv [link]
• Sustaining Cooperation through Strategic Self-Interested Actions, the B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2): 1–11. Lead article, (joint with Francesco Lancia), [pdf]
• Public Education and Pensions in Democracy: A Political Economy Theory, the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14(5), 1038-1073, (joint with Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
Working paper [pdf], Technical Appendix [pdf]
Featured in NEP-DGE Blog [pdf]
Work in Progress:
• NEW: Policies and Instruments for Self-Enforcing Treaties (joint with Bård Harstad and Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
CEPR Working Paper DP15044 [link]
• Optimal Sustainable Intergenerational Insurance (joint with Francesco Lancia and Tim Worrall) [pdf] [new draft available soon]
• Partisan Conflicts, Public Debt and Growth (joint with Francesco Lancia) [pdf]
• Gender Reforms and Female Leadership (joint with Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia) [draft available upon request]
• Political Violence in Electoral Procurement Cycles (joint with Arcangelo Dimico and Francesco Lancia) [analysis in progress]
