Massimo Morelli

Massimo Morelli is a Professor at Bocconi University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, previously professor at Columbia University and EUI, fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and earlier associate and assistant professor at Ohio State and Iowa State. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1996. His research interests are in game theory, mechanism design, political economy, governance institutions, development economics, behavioral and public economics, comparative politics and international relations.

Research interests

My research interests are in game theory, mechanism design, political economy, governance institutions, development economics, behavioral and public economics, comparative politics and international relations.

Latest publications

GRATTON G., MORELLI M. Optimal Checks and Balances Under Policy Uncertainty International Economic Review, 2022, vol.63, no. 2, pp.549-569

HERRERA H., MORELLI M., NUNNARI S. A Theory of Power Wars Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2022, vol.17, no. 1, pp.1-30

ASH E., MORELLI M., VANNONI M. Divided government, delegation, and civil service reform Political Science Research and Methods, 2022, vol.10, no. 1, pp.82-96

MEIROWITZ A., MORELLI M., RAMSAY K. W., SQUINTANI F. Third-Party Intervention and Strategic Militarization Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2022, vol.17, no. 1, pp.31-59

SASSO G., MORELLI M. Bureaucrats under Populism Journal of Public Economics, 2021, vol.202, pp.104497

OSNABRÜGGE M., ASH E., MORELLI M. Cross-Domain Topic Classification for Political Texts Political Analysis, 2021, pp.1-22