Sergio Galletta

ETH Zürich

Rämistrasse 101

ZUE F7

Zürich, 8092

Switzerland

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

24

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11,233

TOTAL CITATIONS

202

Scholarly Papers (24)

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, Public Policy Group, Tel Aviv University and ETH Zürich
Downloads 2,498 (12,394)
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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 University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 2,119 (15,886)
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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 University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 378 (169,340)
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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 - Department of Economics, ETH Zürich and University of Salerno - Dept. of Economics and Statistics
Downloads 1,328 (33,149)
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; Mortality Rate Estimation; Pandemic; Italy; Lombardia

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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 University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 1,063 (45,777)
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Inequality, Spanish Flu, Pandemic, Italy, World War I

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Media Slant is Contagious

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 02 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2025
Paris School of Economics (PSE), ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 793 (68,578)

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media slant, text as data, local news markets

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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 653 (88,166)
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public budget, partisan media, local governments

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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 - Department of Economics and ETH Zürich
Downloads 459 (136,831)
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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 327 (200,438)
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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 283 (233,887)
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Climate Change Attitudes, Media Influence, Cable Television, Instrumental Variable (IV) Approach

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BallotBot: Can AI Strengthen Democracy?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 May 2025
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Giacomo Opocher
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and University of Bologna
Downloads 215 (310,005)

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Voter information, Survey Experiment, Direct Democracy, LLMs

War Violence Exposure and Tax Compliance

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2025
Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 144 (439,030)

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war, tax compliance, state capacity, Italy

War Violence Exposure and Tax Compliance

CESifo Working Paper No. 11230
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Downloads 43 (934,169)

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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 94 (610,376)
Citation 92

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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 46 (906,280)
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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 121 (503,488)
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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 - Department of Economics, ETH Zürich and University of Salerno - Dept. of Economics and Statistics
Downloads 105 (560,259)

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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
Downloads 102 (572,242)

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direct democracy, local public expenditure, vertical interaction

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''One Person, One Vote'': The Effect of Direct Elections on U.S. Senators

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Adriano Amati and Sergio Galletta
Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia and ETH Zürich
Downloads 84 (647,656)

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Machine-Learning, 17th Amendment, United States congressional elections, Representative democracy, Congressional Record, Text analysis

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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 82 (656,846)
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Voter Preferences, Decision-Making Institutions, Switzerland, Direct Democracy

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From Viewers to Voters: Tracing Fox News' Impact on American Democracy

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Dec 2024
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and George Washington University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 72 (707,467)
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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 71 (712,935)
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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
Downloads 58 (793,081)

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construction, competition, tenders, public works

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The Unintended Consequences of Pandemic Lockdowns: Evidence on Domestic Violence in Italy

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Nov 2024
University of Bergamo - Department of Economics, University of Bergamo, University of Cagliari - Department of Economics and ETH Zürich
Downloads 56 (807,180)

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domestic violence, lockdown, COVID-19

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The Partisan Divergence in U.S. Local Policy, 1972-2017

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Nov 2024
Elliott Ash and Sergio Galletta
ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
Downloads 39 (950,222)

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Fiscal Policy, Policy Polarization, Machine Learning

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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