Cycle: XXXI

Curriculum: ECON

Email: alessandra.foresta@unito.it; foresta.alessandra@gmail.com

Office Location: Collegio Carlo Alberto, Room 222B (2nd Floor)

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Research Interests

Political Economics, Public Economics, Crime Economics, Applied Economics

Education

  • PhD “Vilfredo Pareto” in Economics, University of Turin (2015 – present)
  • MSc. in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (2014)
  • BSc. in International Economics and Management, University of Padua (2011)

Work in Progress

  • Impatience and crime. Evidence from the NLSY97. (with Basiglio S., and Turati G.).
  • The new, the old and the populist: the rise of (right-wing) populists’ parties in the aftermath of Tangentopoli.
  • Women and Corruption Scandals: Evidence from Female Mayors in Italy.