Nicola Persico

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Nicola Persico is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Persico has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Nicola Persico's work include Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (18 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (13 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 papers). Nicola Persico is often cited by papers focused on Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (18 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (13 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 papers). Nicola Persico collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Nicola Persico's co-authors include Alessandro Lizzeri, Dan Silverman, Andrew Postlewaite, Decio Coviello, Petra Todd, Andrea Ichino, Nicolas Sahuguet, Jan Eeckhout, Manolis Galenianos and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Persico

49 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Provision of Public Goods Under Alternative Electoral... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Provision of Public Goods Under Alternative Electoral Incentives
    2001 506 citations Alessandro Lizzeri, Nicola Persico American Economic Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicola Persico United States 21 1.4k 886 851 569 446 50 2.9k
Richard Romano United States 21 1.3k 0.9× 554 0.6× 318 0.4× 172 0.3× 359 0.8× 57 2.2k
Robert Dur Netherlands 24 1.1k 0.8× 444 0.5× 293 0.3× 167 0.3× 736 1.7× 117 2.1k
Erik Snowberg United States 19 809 0.6× 564 0.6× 474 0.6× 181 0.3× 313 0.7× 55 1.8k
Eleonora Patacchini Italy 28 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 201 0.2× 264 0.5× 323 0.7× 105 2.9k
Samuel Issacharoff United States 18 986 0.7× 535 0.6× 424 0.5× 110 0.2× 536 1.2× 98 2.3k
Peter Kuhn United States 25 1.6k 1.1× 922 1.0× 144 0.2× 142 0.2× 412 0.9× 101 2.9k
W. Bentley MacLeod United States 31 2.9k 2.0× 516 0.6× 161 0.2× 855 1.5× 1.0k 2.3× 108 4.1k
George-Marios Angeletos United States 22 2.2k 1.6× 627 0.7× 402 0.5× 160 0.3× 357 0.8× 63 3.3k
Caroline Hoxby United States 28 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 776 0.9× 155 0.3× 436 1.0× 75 4.5k
Franklin G. Mixon United States 24 1.1k 0.8× 691 0.8× 309 0.4× 87 0.2× 166 0.4× 293 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicola Persico

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicola Persico

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicola Persico

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Norman, Thomas, et al.. (2025). The Evolutionary Stability of Moral Foundations. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 140(3). 2459–2506. 1 indexed citations
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Coviello, Decio, Erika Deserranno, Nicola Persico, & Paola Sapienza. (2022). Effect of mood and worker incentives on workplace productivity. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization. 40(2). 362–393. 2 indexed citations
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Coviello, Decio, Erika Deserranno, & Nicola Persico. (2021). Counterproductive Worker Behavior After a Pay Cut. Journal of the European Economic Association. 20(1). 222–263. 14 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola, et al.. (2020). Cheap Talk With Endogenous Conflict of Interest. Econometrica. 88(6). 2663–2695. 5 indexed citations
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Minor, Dylan, et al.. (2016). Criminal Background and Job Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Bray, Robert, Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino, & Nicola Persico. (2015). Multitasking, Multi-Armed Bandits, and the Italian Judiciary. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Bar‐Gill, Oren & Nicola Persico. (2012). Exchange Efficiency with Weak Property Rights. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Knowles, John, Nicola Persico, & Petra Todd. (2010). Reconsidering Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence - eScholarship. 2 indexed citations
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Coviello, Decio, Andrea Ichino, & Nicola Persico. (2010). Don’t Spread Yourself Too Thin: The Impact of Task Juggling on Workers’ Speed of Job Completion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Eeckhout, Jan, Nicola Persico, & Petra Todd. (2010). A Theory of Optimal Random Crackdowns. American Economic Review. 100(3). 1104–1135. 55 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola & Alessandro Lizzeri. (2009). Electoral Incentives, Political Risk-Taking and Policy Reform. 3 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola & Petra Todd. (2008). The Hit Rates Test for Racial Bias in Motor‐Vehicle Searches. Justice Quarterly. 25(1). 37–53. 30 indexed citations
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Matthews, Steven A. & Nicola Persico. (2007). Information Acquisition and Refunds for Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola, et al.. (2005). Detecting Bias: Using Statistical Evidence to Establish Intentional Discrimination in Racial Profiling Cases. ˜The œUniversity of Chicago legal forum. 2005(1). 6. 6 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola & Petra Todd. (2004). Using Hit Rate Tests to Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement: Vehicle Searches in Wichita. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2 indexed citations
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Lizzeri, Alessandro & Nicola Persico. (2004). Why did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the Scope of Government, with an Application to Britain's "Age of Reform". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 119(2). 707–765. 428 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola. (2003). Committee Design with Endogenous Information. The Review of Economic Studies. 71(1). 165–191. 199 indexed citations
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Persico, Nicola. (2002). Racial Profiling, Fairness, and Effectiveness of Policing. American Economic Review. 92(5). 1472–1497. 87 indexed citations
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Lizzeri, Alessandro & Nicola Persico. (2001). The Provision of Public Goods Under Alternative Electoral Incentives. American Economic Review. 91(1). 225–239. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lizzeri, Alessandro & Nicola Persico. (2000). Uniqueness and Existence of Equilibrium in Auctions with a Reserve Price. Games and Economic Behavior. 30(1). 83–114. 102 indexed citations

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