Sergio Galletta

ETH Zürich

Rämistrasse 101

ZUE F7

Zürich, 8092

Switzerland

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

20

DOWNLOADS

9,619

SSRN CITATIONS

111

CROSSREF CITATIONS

148

Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

The Effect of Fox News on Health Behavior During COVID-19

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2020
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Tel Aviv University and ETH Zürich
Downloads 2,294 (11,340)
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A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 1,315 (26,345)
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algorithmic decision-making, corruption policy, local public finance

A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy

CESifo Working Paper No. 9015
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Apr 2021
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 347 (149,244)
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Estimating the Severity of COVID-19: Evidence From the Italian Epicenter

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 31 May 2021
Paolo Buonanno, Sergio Galletta and Marcello Puca
University of Bergamo, ETH Zürich and University of Bergamo
Downloads 1,298 (27,277)
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; Mortality Rate Estimation; Pandemic; Italy; Lombardia

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The Effect of Fox News Channel on U.S. Elections: 2000-2020

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 May 2021 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and George Washington University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 1,117 (33,925)
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The Effect of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Income Inequality: Evidence from Italy

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2020
Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 993 (40,194)
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Inequality, Spanish Flu, Pandemic, Italy, World War I

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How Cable News Reshaped Local Government

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 May 2019 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2022
Sergio Galletta and Elliott Ash
ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 538 (90,152)
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public budget, partisan media, local governments

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Media Slant is Contagious

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Philine Widmer, Sergio Galletta and Elliott Ash
University of St.Gallen, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 514 (95,137)

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media slant, text as data, local news markets

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Fighting Violence Against Women: The Role of Female Political Representation

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2023
Alena Bochenkova, Paolo Buonanno and Sergio Galletta
University of Bergamo, University of Bergamo and ETH Zürich
Downloads 369 (140,516)
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female politicians, gender, femicide, violence, Brazil, RDD

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Measuring Judicial Sentiment:Methods and Application to U.S. Circuit Courts

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2021
Sergio Galletta, Elliott Ash and Daniel L. Chen
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
Downloads 269 (195,582)
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Law Enforcement, Municipal Budgets and Spillover Effects: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Italy

IEB Working Paper N. 2016/01
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2016
Sergio Galletta
ETH Zürich
Downloads 78 (532,396)
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Horizontal interaction, Italy, mafia, corruption

Law Enforcement, Municipal Budgets and Spillover Effects: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Italy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5707
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Feb 2016
Sergio Galletta
ETH Zürich
Downloads 29 (826,844)
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horizontal interaction, Italy, mafia, corruption

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Abandon Ship? Party Brands and Politicians’ Responses to a Political Scandal

IEB Working Paper N. 2018/03
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Gianmarco Daniele, Sergio Galletta and Benny Geys
University of Milan - Faculty of Law, ETH Zürich and BI Norwegian Business School
Downloads 95 (466,440)
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accountability, corruption, party cues, brands, multi-level governance

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Spatial Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and Reduced Risk of Contagion: Evidence from the Second Italian Epidemic Wave

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Nov 2020
Paolo Buonanno, Sergio Galletta and Marcello Puca
University of Bergamo, ETH Zürich and University of Bergamo
Downloads 91 (479,529)

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COVID-19; Sars-Cov-2; Diffusion models; Containment measures

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How to Tame Two Leviathans? - Revisiting the Effect of Direct Democracy on Local Public Expenditure

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3982
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Nov 2012
Sergio Galletta and Mario Jametti
ETH Zürich and University of Lugano
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direct democracy, local public expenditure, vertical interaction

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Form of Government and Voters' Preferences for Public Spending

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2021
Sergio Galletta
ETH Zürich
Downloads 60 (605,236)
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Voter Preferences, Decision-Making Institutions, Switzerland, Direct Democracy

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Popularity Shocks and Political Selection

IEB Working Paper N. 2018/04
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
PUC-Rio, University of Milan - Faculty of Law and ETH Zürich
Downloads 51 (653,079)
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political selection, corruption, competence, local election, political parties

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Highway to Economic Growth? Competition in Public Works Tenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4048
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jan 2013
Sergio Galletta, Mario Jametti and Agustin Redonda
ETH Zürich, University of Lugano and University of Lugano
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construction, competition, tenders, public works

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Media Bias and Climate Change Skepticism

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Elliott Ash, Anton Boltachka, Sergio Galletta and Matteo Pinna
ETH Zürich, affiliation not provided to SSRN, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 34 (787,198)

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Climate Change Attitudes, Media Influence, Cable Television, Instrumental Variable (IV) Approach

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War Violence Exposure and Tax Compliance

Posted: 04 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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war, tax compliance, state capacity, Italy

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On the Determinants of Happiness: A Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Approach

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2016
Posted: 09 Jan 2017
Sergio Galletta
ETH Zürich

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Happiness, Classification Trees, Italy

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How to Tame Two Leviathans? Revisiting the Effect of Direct Democracy on Local Public Expenditure in a Federation

European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 39, 2015
Posted: 13 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016
Sergio Galletta and Mario Jametti
ETH Zürich and University of Lugano

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Direct democracy, Local public expenditure, Vertical interaction