Roberta Di Stefano
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Affiliation
Dipartimento di Metodi e modelli per l'economia, il territorio e la finanza (MEMOTEF)
Facoltà di Economia
"Sapienza" Università di Roma
Roma, Italyhttps://web.uniroma1.it/memotef/
RePEc:edi:dmrosit (more details at EDIRC)
Research output
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- Mellace, Giovanni & Crudu, Frederico & Di Stefano, Roberta & Tiezzi, Silvia, 2022.
"The Gray Zone,"
Discussion Papers on Economics
5/2022, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
- Federico Crudu & Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace & Silvia Tiezzi, 2022. "The Gray Zone," Department of Economics University of Siena 874, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2021.
"What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?,"
Working Papers
2/21, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2023. "What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 552-582, June.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Was there a COVID-19 harvesting effect in Northern Italy?," Papers 2103.01812, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2021.
- Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace, 2020.
"The inclusive synthetic control method,"
Working Papers
21/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Stefano, Roberta di & Mellace, Giovanni, 2020. "The inclusive synthetic control method," Discussion Papers on Economics 14/2020, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
- Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace, 2024. "The inclusive Synthetic Control Method," Papers 2403.17624, arXiv.org.
- Cerqua, Augusto & Di Stefano, Roberta, 2020.
"When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?,"
MPRA Paper
102944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano, 2022. "When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 31(1), pages 181-195, March.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography
2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Working Papers 14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Di Stefano, Roberta & Resce, Giuliano, "undated". "The Determinants of Missed Funding: Predicting the Paradox of Increased Need and Reduced Allocation," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp23092, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
Articles
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2023.
"What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?,"
Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 552-582, June.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2021. "What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?," Working Papers 2/21, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano, 2022.
"When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?,"
Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 31(1), pages 181-195, March.
- Cerqua, Augusto & Di Stefano, Roberta, 2020. "When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?," MPRA Paper 102944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Working Papers 14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- G. Pellegrini & R. Di Stefano, 2017. "National and Regional Smart Specialization Strategy in Italy: A Consistency Analysis," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 4, pages 959-980.
Citations
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As found on the RePEc Biblio, the curated bibliography of Economics:- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Working Papers
14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
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Working papers
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2021.
"What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?,"
Working Papers
2/21, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2023. "What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 552-582, June.
Cited by:
- Lucie Coufalová & Fanny Dellinger & Peter Huber & Stepan Mikula, 2024.
"Borders and Population Growth: Evidence from a Century of Border Regime Changes on the Austrian-Czech Border,"
WIFO Working Papers
680, WIFO.
- Lucie Coufalová & Fanny H. Dellinger & Peter Huber & Štěpán Mikula, 2024. "Borders and Population Growth: Evidence from a Century of Border Regime Changes on the Austrian-Czech Border," MUNI ECON Working Papers 2024-03, Masaryk University.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021.
"Was there a COVID-19 harvesting effect in Northern Italy?,"
Papers
2103.01812, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2021.
Cited by:
- Manuela Fritz, 2022. "Wave after wave: determining the temporal lag in Covid-19 infections and deaths using spatial panel data from Germany," Journal of Spatial Econometrics, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-30, December.
- Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace, 2020.
"The inclusive synthetic control method,"
Working Papers
21/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Stefano, Roberta di & Mellace, Giovanni, 2020. "The inclusive synthetic control method," Discussion Papers on Economics 14/2020, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
- Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace, 2024. "The inclusive Synthetic Control Method," Papers 2403.17624, arXiv.org.
Cited by:
- Dan S. Rickman & Hongbo Wang, 2023. "Creating and maintaining film clusters: Synthetic control method analysis of the enactment and repeal of US state film incentives," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 102(2), pages 363-392, April.
- Aleksandar Kešeljević & Rok Spruk, 2024.
"Estimating the effects of Syrian civil war,"
Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 66(2), pages 671-703, February.
- Aleksandar Keseljevic & Rok Spruk, 2022. "Estimating the Effects of Syrian Civil War," Papers 2209.03046, arXiv.org.
- Tello-Pacheco, Mario, 2023. "Los “spillovers” del COVID-19 sobre el empleo y el ingreso en Perú," Apuntes del Cenes, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, vol. 42(75), pages 161-195, January.
- David Gilchrist & Thomas Emery & Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2023. "Synthetic Control Method: A tool for comparative case studies in economic history," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 409-445, April.
- Dan S. Rickman & Hongbo Wang, 2024. "Estimating the economic effects of US state and local fiscal policy: A synthetic control method matching‐regression approach," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(2), June.
- Giulio Grossi & Marco Mariani & Alessandra Mattei & Patrizia Lattarulo & Ozge Oner, 2020. "Direct and spillover effects of a new tramway line on the commercial vitality of peripheral streets. A synthetic-control approach," Papers 2004.05027, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2023.
- Cerqua, Augusto & Di Stefano, Roberta, 2020.
"When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?,"
MPRA Paper
102944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano, 2022. "When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 31(1), pages 181-195, March.
Cited by:
- Andrea Ascani & Alessandra Faggian & Sandro Montresor, 2020.
"The geography of COVID-19 and the structure of local economies: the case of Italy,"
Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography
2020-01, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Apr 2020.
- Andrea Ascani & Alessandra Faggian & Sandro Montresor, 2021. "The geography of COVID‐19 and the structure of local economies: The case of Italy," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(2), pages 407-441, March.
- G. Alleva & G. Arbia & P. D. Falorsi & V. Nardelli & A. Zuliani, 2023. "Optimal two-stage spatial sampling design for estimating critical parameters of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic: Efficiency versus feasibility," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 32(3), pages 983-999, September.
- Magdalena Kachniewska & Anna Para, 2023. "Feminine vs. Masculine: Expectations of Leadership Styles in Hotels during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-24, July.
- Izabela Sobiech Pellegrini, 2022. "Untimely Reopening? Increase in the Number of New COVID‐19 Cases After Reopening in One Brazilian State," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 84(4), pages 675-693, August.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Working Papers
14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
- Fabrizio Cedrone & Giuseppe Buomprisco & Mucci Nicola & Giuseppe La Torre & Hector Nieto & Roberto Perri & Vincenzo Montagna & Emilio Greco & Simone De Sio, 2022. "Alcohol Use during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Healthcare and Office Workers in Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-10, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography
2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Working Papers 14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
Cited by:
- Gert Bijnens & Shyngys Karimov & Jozef Konings, 2023. "Does Automatic Wage Indexation Destroy Jobs? A Machine Learning Approach," De Economist, Springer, vol. 171(1), pages 85-117, March.
- Mellace, Giovanni & Crudu, Frederico & Di Stefano, Roberta & Tiezzi, Silvia, 2022.
"The Gray Zone,"
Discussion Papers on Economics
5/2022, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
- Federico Crudu & Roberta Di Stefano & Giovanni Mellace & Silvia Tiezzi, 2022. "The Gray Zone," Department of Economics University of Siena 874, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
- Resce, Giuliano & Vaquero-Piñeiro, Cristina, 2023. "Taste of home: Birth town bias in Geographical Indications," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp23089, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
- Binelli, Chiara & Comi, Simona Lorena & Meschi, Elena & Pagani, Laura, 2024.
"Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining: The Role of Study Time and Class Recordings on University Students' Performance during COVID-19,"
IZA Discussion Papers
17173, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Binelli, Chiara & Comi, Simona & Meschi, Elena & Pagani, Laura, 2024. "Every cloud has a silver lining: The role of study time and class recordings on university students’ performance during COVID-19," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 225(C), pages 305-328.
- Roy Cerqueti & Raffaella Coppier & Alessandro Girardi & Marco Ventura, 2022.
"The sooner the better: lives saved by the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak. The case of Italy,"
The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 25(1), pages 46-70.
- Roy Cerqueti & Raffaella Coppier & Alessandro Girardi & Marco Ventura, 2021. "The sooner the better: lives saved by the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak. The case of Italy," Papers 2101.11901, arXiv.org.
- Roy Cerqueti & Raffaella Coppier & Alessandro Girardi & Marco Ventura, 2022. "The sooner the better: lives saved by the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak. The case of Italy," Post-Print hal-03789141, HAL.
- Resce, Giuliano, 2022. "The impact of political and non-political officials on the financial management of local governments," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(5), pages 943-962.
- Millimet, Daniel L. & Parmeter, Christopher F., 2021.
"COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths,"
IZA Discussion Papers
14116, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Daniel L. Millimet & Christopher F. Parmeter, 2022. "COVID‐19 severity: A new approach to quantifying global cases and deaths," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 185(3), pages 1178-1215, July.
- Andrea Ascani & Alessandra Faggian & Sandro Montresor & Alessandro Palma, 2021. "Moving (within and across) spatial labour markets in times of COVID-19: evidence from Facebook mobility data on Italian labour market areas," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2021-01, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Jan 2021.
- Caravaggio, Nicola & Resce, Giuliano, 2023. "Enhancing Healthcare Cost Forecasting: A Machine Learning Model for Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Regions," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp23090, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
- Resce, Giuliano & Vaquero-Pineiro, Cristina, 2022.
"Predicting Agri-food Quality across Space: A Machine Learning Model for the Acknowledgment of Geographical Indications,"
Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers
esdp22082, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
- Resce, Giuliano & Vaquero-Piñeiro, Cristina, 2022. "Predicting agri-food quality across space: A Machine Learning model for the acknowledgment of Geographical Indications," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
- Pietro Perotti & Paola Bertuccio & Stefano Cacitti & Silvia Deandrea & Lorenza Boschetti & Simona Dalle Carbonare & Stefano Marguati & Simona Migliazza & Eleonora Porzio & Simona Riboli & Ennio Cadum , 2022. "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Pavia, Northern Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-10, May.
- Marco Delogu & Raffaelle Lagravinese & Dimitri Paolini & Giuliano Resce, 2020.
"Predicting dropout from higher education: Evidence from Italy,"
DEM Discussion Paper Series
22-06, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
- Delogu, Marco & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Paolini, Dimitri & Resce, Giuliano, 2024. "Predicting dropout from higher education: Evidence from Italy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
- Cerqua, Augusto & Letta, Marco, 2022.
"Local inequalities of the COVID-19 crisis,"
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
- Cerqua, Augusto & Letta, Marco, 2021. "Local inequalities of the COVID-19 crisis," GLO Discussion Paper Series 875, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021. "Was there a COVID-19 harvesting effect in Northern Italy?," Papers 2103.01812, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2021.
- Resce, Giuliano, 2022. "Political and Non-Political Officials in Local Government," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp22079, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
- Ascani, Andrea & Faggian, Alessandra & Montresor, Sandro & Palma, Alessandro, 2021. "Mobility in times of pandemics: Evidence on the spread of COVID19 in Italy's labour market areas," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 444-454.
- Mauro Caselli & Andrea Fracasso & Sergio Scicchitano, 2022. "From the lockdown to the new normal: individual mobility and local labor market characteristics following the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 35(4), pages 1517-1550, October.
- Di Stefano, Roberta & Resce, Giuliano, "undated". "The Determinants of Missed Funding: Predicting the Paradox of Increased Need and Reduced Allocation," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp23092, University of Molise, Department of Economics.
- Cerqua, Augusto & Letta, Marco, 2020. "Local economies amidst the COVID-19 crisis in Italy: a tale of diverging trajectories," MPRA Paper 104404, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Articles
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2023.
"What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?,"
Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 552-582, June.
See citations under working paper version above.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Guido Pellegrini, 2021. "What kind of region reaps the benefits of a currency union?," Working Papers 2/21, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano, 2022.
"When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?,"
Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 31(1), pages 181-195, March.
See citations under working paper version above.
- Cerqua, Augusto & Di Stefano, Roberta, 2020. "When did coronavirus arrive in Europe?," MPRA Paper 102944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2021.
"Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,"
Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1189-1217, October.
See citations under working paper version above.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2020-06, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2020.
- Augusto Cerqua & Roberta Di Stefano & Marco Letta & Sara Miccoli, 2020. "Local mortality estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy," Working Papers 14/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
- G. Pellegrini & R. Di Stefano, 2017.
"National and Regional Smart Specialization Strategy in Italy: A Consistency Analysis,"
Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 4, pages 959-980.
Cited by:
- Costin LIANU & Corina GUDEI, 2017. "Economic Diplomacy And Community In Macro-Regional Perspective - The Case Of Danube Region," International Conference on Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Spiru Haret University, vol. 4(1), pages 241-251, November.
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- NEP-BIG: Big Data (3) 2020-08-24 2021-04-19 2024-01-01. Author is listed
- NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (2) 2021-03-15 2024-01-01
- NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2021-04-19
- NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2022-07-18
- NEP-EEC: European Economics (1) 2021-03-08
- NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2021-03-08
- NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (1) 2021-03-08
- NEP-OPM: Open Economy Macroeconomics (1) 2021-03-08
- NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-12-14
- NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2024-01-01
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