Massimo Morelli

4.5k total citations
101 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Massimo Morelli is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Morelli has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 40 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 39 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Massimo Morelli's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (28 papers), Media Influence and Politics (19 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers). Massimo Morelli is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (28 papers), Media Influence and Politics (19 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers). Massimo Morelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Massimo Morelli's co-authors include Francesco Caselli, Guillaume Fréchette, Helios Herrera, John H. Kagel, Luigi Guiso, Matthew O. Jackson, Dominic Rohner, Tommaso Sonno, François Maniquet and Maitreesh Ghatak and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Morelli

94 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Morelli Italy 26 1.1k 1.0k 677 416 241 101 2.3k
Antonio Merlo United States 23 1.4k 1.2× 759 0.8× 442 0.7× 256 0.6× 324 1.3× 76 2.0k
Konstantin Sonin United States 23 903 0.8× 976 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 130 0.3× 158 0.7× 109 2.5k
Richard Romano United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 318 0.3× 554 0.8× 359 0.9× 172 0.7× 57 2.2k
Giacomo Corneo Germany 26 1.3k 1.2× 462 0.5× 900 1.3× 256 0.6× 103 0.4× 87 2.5k
Miriam A. Golden United States 20 781 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 149 0.4× 57 0.2× 57 2.4k
William F. Shughart United States 23 1.0k 0.9× 396 0.4× 705 1.0× 128 0.3× 86 0.4× 134 1.9k
Harry C. Katz United States 25 567 0.5× 526 0.5× 590 0.9× 92 0.2× 89 0.4× 85 2.7k
Eliakim Katz Israel 21 1.1k 1.0× 145 0.1× 683 1.0× 409 1.0× 247 1.0× 74 1.8k
Lawrence W. Kenny United States 25 1.0k 0.9× 969 1.0× 455 0.7× 120 0.3× 39 0.2× 54 2.1k
Nicholas Charron Sweden 21 612 0.5× 779 0.8× 789 1.2× 100 0.2× 33 0.1× 51 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Morelli

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ash, Elliott, Massimo Morelli, & Matia Vannoni. (2025). More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from US States. Journal of Political Economy. 133(7). 2139–2179. 2 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2024). Intertemporal evidence on the strategy of populism in the United States. Electoral Studies. 92. 102853–102853.
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Boeri, Tito, et al.. (2024). Pay-as-they-get-in: attitudes toward migrants and pension systems. Journal of Economic Geography. 24(1). 63–78. 1 indexed citations
4.
Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2024). Polity Size and the Congested Budget: Evidence from Italian Municipalities. The Journal of Politics. 88(1). 438–443. 2 indexed citations
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Guiso, Luigi, Helios Herrera, Massimo Morelli, & Tommaso Sonno. (2024). Economic insecurity and the demand for populism in Europe. Economica. 91(362). 588–620. 21 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2023). A Costly Commitment: Populism, Economic Performance, and the Quality of Bureaucracy. American Journal of Political Science. 68(1). 193–209. 22 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2021). The Costs of Populism for the Bureaucracy and Government Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2021). Mobilization and the Strategy of Populism Theory and Evidence from the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Herrera, Helios, Massimo Morelli, & Salvatore Nunnari. (2021). A Theory of Power Wars. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 17(1). 1–30. 1 indexed citations
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Agur, Itai, Carola Binder, Cristina Bodea, et al.. (2020). Populism, Economic Policies and Central Banking. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Ash, Elliott, Massimo Morelli, & Matia Vannoni. (2020). Divided government, delegation, and civil service reform. Political Science Research and Methods. 10(1). 82–96. 4 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, et al.. (2020). Bureaucrats under Populism. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 3 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo, Moritz Osnabrügge, & Matia Vannoni. (2019). Legislative Activity and Private Benefits: A Natural Experiment in New Zealand. Political Science Research and Methods. 8(3). 565–570. 1 indexed citations
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Guiso, Luigi, Helios Herrera, Massimo Morelli, & Tommaso Sonno. (2018). Global crises and populism: the role of Eurozone institutions*. Economic Policy. 34(97). 95–139. 93 indexed citations
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Guiso, Luigi, Helios Herrera, Massimo Morelli, & Tommaso Sonno. (2017). Populism: Demand and Supply. SSRN Electronic Journal. 47 indexed citations
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Morelli, Massimo. (2012). Union Integration Paths. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7–28. 1 indexed citations
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Fréchette, Guillaume, François Maniquet, & Massimo Morelli. (2008). Incumbents' interests and gender quotas. Digital Access to Libraries. 98 indexed citations
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Caselli, Francesco & Massimo Morelli. (2003). Bad politicians. Journal of Public Economics. 88(3-4). 759–782. 275 indexed citations
20.
Ghatak, Maitreesh, Massimo Morelli, & Tomas Sjöström. (2001). Credit Rationing, Wealth Inequality, and Allocation of Talent. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 10 indexed citations

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