Lucia Dalla Pellegrina

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)

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1.

Microfinance and Investment: A Comparison between Group Lending, Bank Lending and Informal Credit

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2008
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Microfinance, Banks, Informal lending, Investment

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The Risk Based Approach in the New European Anti-Money Laundering Legislation: A Law and Economics View

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2008-22
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Jul 2008
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Donato Masciandaro
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Money Laundering, Regulation, Risk Based Approach, EU Third Money Laundering

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New Microfinance? Informal Credit and Group Lending in Competitive Markets

Universita di Lecce Economics Working Paper No. 39/20
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Dec 2003
Donato Masciandaro and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Government, Central Bank and Banking Supervision Reforms: Does Independence Matter?

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Government, Central Bank and Banking Supervision Reforms: Does Independence Matter?

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2010-74
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2010
Donato Masciandaro, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Rosaria Vega Pansini
Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Bocconi University - BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money, and Regulation
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Banking supervision, central bank independence, monetary policy

New Advantages of Tying One’s Hands: Supervision, Monetary Policy and Central Bank Independence

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Jul 2010
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Donato Masciandaro and Rosaria Vega Pansini
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University - BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money, and Regulation
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Banking supervision, central bank independence, monetary policy

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Capitalization Requirements, Efficiency and Governance: A Comparative Experiment on Islamic and Western Banks

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Aug 2006
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Islamic Banks, Capital, Governance

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Politicians and Financial Supervision Architectures: Trends and the Italian Case

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Oct 2007
Donato Masciandaro and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Financial Supervision, Politicians, Italy

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Posted Workers: Complements or Substitutes for Local Employment? Empirical Evidence from the EU

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2013-136, Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2013-34, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-08
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2014
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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Posting of Workers Directive, employment, displacement, labour cost, productivity

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Estimating Judicial Ideal Points in Latin America: The Case of Argentina

Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS 14-17
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2014
Juan Gonzalez Bertomeu, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Nuno Garoupa
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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constitutional court, constitutional review, empirical analysis, ideal point, Argentina

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Securities Class Actions in the US Banking Sector: Between Investor Protection and Bank Stability

CLEA 2009 Annual Meeting Paper, Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2009-61
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2009
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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securities class action, bank safety, corporate governance, market governance

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An Empirical Analysis of Judicial Transformation in Turkey

American Journal of Comparative Law, Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-20
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
Ozan O. Varol, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Nuno Garoupa
Lewis & Clark Law School, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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Turkey, Turkish Constitutional Court, Judicial Review, Constitutional Review, Constitutional Court, Court Packing

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Good Bye Light Touch? Macroeconomic Resilience, Banking Regulation and Institutions

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2011-109
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Nov 2011
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Donato Masciandaro
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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New Advantages of Tying One’s Hands: Financial Supervision, Monetary Policy and Central Bank Independence

Finlawmetrics 2010 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jan 2010
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Donato Masciandaro and Rosaria Vega Pansini
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University - BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money, and Regulation
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Banking Supervision, Central Bank Independence, Monetary Policy

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Does Capitalization Enhance Efficient Risk Undertaking? A Comparison between Islamic and Conventional Banks

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2012-121
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Jul 2012
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Islamic banks, capital structure, capital adequacy, stochastic efficiency frontier

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Can Shareholder Litigation Discipline CEO Bonuses in the Financial Sector? The Role of Securities Class Actions

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2012-99, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2012-09, Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2012-132
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2012
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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CEO compensation, securities class actions, financial sector, corporate governance

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Solidarity and Microfinance

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2016
Vittoria Cerasi and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Bicocca University - Department of Economics, Management & Statistics (DEMS) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Micro-Finance; Social Networks; Intertemporal Consumption.

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Improving Bankruptcy Proceedings or Strengthening Sanctions? An Assessment on Anti-Usury Policies

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2008-30, CLEA 2008 Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2011
Lisa Crosato and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Statistics and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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illegal financial markets, usury, judicial efficiency, transition economies, lognormal distribution

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Does Bank Size Matter in Financing Small Business Innovation?

Baffi Center Research Paper No. 2013-142
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Nov 2013
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Serena Frazzoni, Zeno Rotondi and Andrea Vezzulli
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), affiliation not provided to SSRN, UNICREDIT and UECE - Research Unit on Complexity in Economics
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credit rationing, informed finance, innovative firms

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Migration Policy: When an Emergency Rule Becomes the Rule Evidence from Italy

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Migration Policy: When an Emergency Rule Becomes the Rule Evidence from Italy

Baffi Center Research Paper No. 2013-144, Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2016-58, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-04
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Margherita Saraceno and Mattia Suardi
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), University of Pavia - Department of Law and Paolo Baffi Center - Bocconi University
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Migration Policy: When an Emergency Rule Becomes the Rule: Evidence from Italy

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jul 2014
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Margherita Saraceno and Mattia Suardi
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), University of Pavia - Department of Law and Paolo Baffi Center - Bocconi University
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Choosing between the Government and the Regions: An Empirical Analysis of the Italian Constitutional Court Decisions

European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 52, 2013, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS13-05, Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2135621
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Aug 2012
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Nuno Garoupa
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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judicial behavior, constitutional court, comparative judicial politics, Italy

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Money Management and Entrepreneurial Training in Microfinance: Impact on Beneficiaries and Institutions

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 296
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Emanuele Rusinà, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Giorgio Di Maio and Paolo Landoni
University of California, Berkeley, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP)
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microfinance, training programs, money management, entrepreneurship, difference in-differences

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Detecting the Fifty Shades of Grey: Local Crime, Suspicious Transaction Reporting and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation

BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2018-93
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Nov 2018
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Donato Masciandaro, Giorgio Di Maio and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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Money laundering; Suspicious transaction reporting; Vulnerability

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Estimating Judicial Ideal Points in the Spanish Supreme Court: The Case of Administrative Review

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Jul 2014
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Nuno Garoupa and Fernando Gomez-Pomar
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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career judges, judicial behavior, empirical legal studies, Spanish Supreme Court, ideal point, ideology

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Judicial Ideal Points in New Democracies: The Case of Taiwan

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Judicial Ideal Points in New Democracies: The Case of Taiwan

National Taiwan University Law Review, 2012, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS12-05
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2012
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Nuno Garoupa and Shirley Ching Ping Lin
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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constitutional court, constitutional review, empirical analysis, Grand Justice, ideal point, Judicial Yuan, Taiwan

Judicial Ideal Points in New Democracies: The Case of Taiwan

National Taiwan University Law Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 123~165, 2012, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-14
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2012
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Nuno Garoupa and Shirley Ching-ping Lin
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Constitutional Court, Constitutional review, empirical analysis, grand justice, ideal point, Judicial Yuan, Taiwan

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Vulnerability to Money Laundering and Crime Deterrence: Evidence from Italy

BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2017-66
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Dec 2017
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Giorgio Di Maio, Donato Masciandaro and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Bocconi University - Department of Economics and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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Money laundering, vulnerability, suspicious transaction reporting

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Friends, Family and Fools: Cosigners and Repayment Performance in Microcredit

Baffi Center Research Paper No. 2014-151
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Feb 2014
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Antonio Scollo
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Findomestic Banca S.p.A.
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microfinance, cosigner, repayment, loan default

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Crime Deterrence and Courts Efficiency (An Application to Crimes Against Property in Italy)

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Aug 2006
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Criminal Law, Illegal Behavior, Enforcement of Law

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A Study on Judicial Ideal Points in a Bidimensional Court

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2018
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Nuno Garoupa and Marian Gili Saldaña
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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judicial behavior, empirical legal studies, ideal point, ideology, dissent suppression

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Group Meeting Frequency and Borrowers’ Repayment Performance in Microfinance: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in South Africa

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 374
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Dec 2017
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Angela De Michele, Giorgio Di Maio, Paolo Landoni and Susanna Parravicini
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), The Small Enterprise Foundation, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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Microfinance; Group lending; Group meetings; Quasi-natural experiment; Repayment delay; Savings.

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Activating Women Cognitive Abilities: Impact of a Financial Literacy Pilot Program in India

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 412, May 2019
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 May 2019
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Giorgio Di Maio, Paolo Landoni and Beatrice Rama
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP) and Polytechnic University of Milan
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microfinance; financial literacy; randomized control trial, repayment performance; savings

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Consensus and Ideology in Courts: An Application to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 430
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Feb 2020
Sofia Amaral-Garcia, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Nuno Garoupa
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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Fostering Savings by Commitment: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment at the Small Enterprise Foundation in South Africa

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 411, May 2019
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 31 May 2019
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Angela De Michele, Giorgio Di Maio and Paolo Landoni
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), The Small Enterprise Foundation, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP)
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microfinance; quasi-natural experiment; savings

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Does the ‘Open-Cell Regime’ Foster Inmates’ Legal Capability? Evidence From Two Italian Prisons

University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 433
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Feb 2020
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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access to justice, legal needs, prison

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Safe Credit to the Poor: The Role of Anti‐Usury Policies

Development Policy Review, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 423-449, 2019
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Lisa Crosato and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)
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illegal financial markets, income distribution, institutional arrangements, usury

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Access to Credit for Small Innovative Businesses

Economic Notes, Vol. 46, Issue 3, pp. 411-458, 2017
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Serena Frazzoni and Andrea Vezzulli
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), affiliation not provided to SSRN and UECE - Research Unit on Complexity in Economics
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Can Shareholder Litigation Discipline CEO Bonuses in the Financial Sector? The Role of Securities Class Actions

Economic Notes, Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 3-36, 2016
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Jan 2016
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina and Margherita Saraceno
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and University of Pavia - Department of Law
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Solidarity and Microfinance

Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Vol. 3, December 2013
Posted: 18 Dec 2013
Vittoria Cerasi and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Bicocca University - Department of Economics, Management & Statistics (DEMS) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)

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Microfinance, Social Networks, Intertemporal Consumption

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'New' Microfinance? Informal Credit and Group Lending in Competitive Markets

Bocconi University, Paolo Baffi Centre Working Paper No. 156
Posted: 06 Jun 2003
Donato Masciandaro and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)

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microfinance, group lending, informal credit, competitive markets