Alice Guerra
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4619635 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alice Guerra |
| NOMBRES | Alice |
| APELLIDO | Guerra |
| FIRMA | GUERRA A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1956-0270 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The regional effects of Unesco heritage on property values
This paper estimates the effect of UNESCO World Heritage Site designation on local property values by examining the 2009 inscription of the Dolomites. Using municipality–semester panel data for the period 2005:2–2022:2 and a synthetic control design, we estimate the impact on ordinary dwellings, luxury dwellings and commercial properties. We find a persistent increase in residential property values that grows steadily for more than a decade after…
Does anti-immigrant sentiment decrease support for redistribution? Evidence from two online experiments
This study examines a relationship that has been implied by years of correlational research: that natives’ support for welfare redistribution declines when benefits are allocated to immigrants rather than natives—a phenomenon known as welfare chauvinism. We conducted two online experiments ( N 1 = 273, N 2 = 1060) involving redistribution to unemployed people through real donations to charity, framed as tax compliance decisions within a simulated…
Information-signaling in pre-trial bargaining
The impact of Covid-19 on tourism expenditures
We investigate the impact of COVID-19 on tourism expenditures by analyzing survey data collected from participants of one of the major amateur cycling races in Italy—the Nove Colli. We gathered information from different types of participants (tourists, residents, day-trippers) about their travel expenses, accommodation, food and beverage, and side goods such as sports equipment. The survey covers three race editions: pre-COVID-19 in 2016, post-l…
How Leaders Influence (un)Ethical Behaviors Within Organizations
We use a lab experiment to examine whether and how leaders influence workers’ (un)ethical behavior through financial reporting choices. We randomly assign the role of leaders or workers to subjects, who can choose to report an outcome via automatic or self-reporting. Self-reporting allows for profitable and undetectable earnings manipulation. We vary the leaders’ ability to choose the reporting method and to punish workers. We show that workers a…
Deterrence, settlement, and litigation under adversarial versus inquisitorial systems
In this paper, we compare deterrence, settlement, and litigation spending under adversarial and inquisitorial systems. We present a basic litigation model with three sequential stages—care, settlement, litigation—and we test the predictions on experimental data. In line with our theoretical expectations, we find that, compared with the adversarial system, the inquisitorial system is associated with lower litigation spending, lower rates of cases …
Access to evidence in private international law
This Article analyzes the interaction between the burden of proof and evidentiary discovery rules. Both sets of rules can affect incentives for prospective injurers to invest in evidence technology (i.e., ex ante investments that increase the quantity and quality of evidence in case an accident occurs). This interaction becomes acutely important in the private international law setting, where jurisdictions are split on the question whether the bu…
Do presumptions of negligence incentivize optimal precautions
In most jurisdictions, the burden of producing evidence on a contested issue traditionally falls on plaintiffs. In a tort claim, this de facto creates a presumption of non-negligence in favor of injurers. Some legal systems in Europe placed renewed attention on “presumed liability” rules, which instead create a presumption of negligence against injurers. In this paper, we analyze the effects of alternative legal presumptions on parties’ care ince…
Gender and deception
We examine gender differences in adolescent gamblers' deception behavior towards their parents. The analysis is based on a unique cross‐sectional survey conducted in 2014 in Italy including high school students aged 13 to 22 years old. We consider a subset of adolescents who actively played gambling games in 2013 (5,435 observations). We find that females are less likely to deceive than males, but they do so to a greater extent, i.e., they are mo…
Do experienced subjects bias experimental results? Evidence from 16 laboratories in six countries
This paper addresses an area of growing concerns for laboratory researchers: is subjects’ behaviour affected by prior experiences in laboratory experiments? We address the question with a large and highly diverse international dataset and an operationalisation strategy that allows our findings to cohere with previous work while shedding new light on future research. The findings presented in this article are drawn from original data gathered as p…
Regional variation in tax compliance and the role of culture
This research note analyzes the role of culture on individuals’ tax compliance by focusing on regional differences within a single country: Italy. Southern Italy has long been a focus of research interest, not only for its high rates of tax evasion, but for a host of other social and political ills, all usually attributed to regional culture. Our laboratory tax compliance experiment, conducted in provinces of the northern and southern regions, re…
Do women always behave as corruption cleaners
We use experimental data to explore the conditions under which males and females may differ in their tendency to act corruptly and their tolerance of corruption. We ask if males and females respond differently to the tradeoff between the benefits accrued by corrupt actors versus the negative externality imposed on other people by corruption. Our findings reveal that neither males nor females uniformly are more likely to engage in, or be more tole…
Vote buying and redistribution
Vote buying is a form of political clientelism involving pre-electoral transfers of money or material benefits from candidates to voters. Despite the presence of secret ballots, vote buying remains a pervasive phenomenon during elections in developing countries. While prior literature has focused on how vote buying is enforced by parties and political candidates and which types of voters are most likely targeted, we know much less about the behav…
Productive and unproductive competition
Gordon Tullock and the Virginia School of Law and Economics
Vote buying and redistribution
Vote buying is a form of political clientelism involving pre-electoral transfers of money or material benefits from candidates to voters. Despite the presence of secret ballots, vote buying remains a pervasive phenomenon during elections in developing countries. While prior literature has focused on how vote buying is enforced by parties and political candidates and which types of voters are most likely targeted, we know much less about the behav…
Gordon Tullock and the Virginia School of Law and Economics
Deterrence, settlement, and litigation under adversarial versus inquisitorial systems
In this paper, we compare deterrence, settlement, and litigation spending under adversarial and inquisitorial systems. We present a basic litigation model with three sequential stages—care, settlement, litigation—and we test the predictions on experimental data. In line with our theoretical expectations, we find that, compared with the adversarial system, the inquisitorial system is associated with lower litigation spending, lower rates of cases …
Regional variation in tax compliance and the role of culture
This research note analyzes the role of culture on individuals’ tax compliance by focusing on regional differences within a single country: Italy. Southern Italy has long been a focus of research interest, not only for its high rates of tax evasion, but for a host of other social and political ills, all usually attributed to regional culture. Our laboratory tax compliance experiment, conducted in provinces of the northern and southern regions, re…
Do women always behave as corruption cleaners
We use experimental data to explore the conditions under which males and females may differ in their tendency to act corruptly and their tolerance of corruption. We ask if males and females respond differently to the tradeoff between the benefits accrued by corrupt actors versus the negative externality imposed on other people by corruption. Our findings reveal that neither males nor females uniformly are more likely to engage in, or be more tole…
Gordon Tullock and the Virginia School of Law and Economics
Productive and unproductive competition
Access to evidence in private international law
This Article analyzes the interaction between the burden of proof and evidentiary discovery rules. Both sets of rules can affect incentives for prospective injurers to invest in evidence technology (i.e., ex ante investments that increase the quantity and quality of evidence in case an accident occurs). This interaction becomes acutely important in the private international law setting, where jurisdictions are split on the question whether the bu…
Do presumptions of negligence incentivize optimal precautions
In most jurisdictions, the burden of producing evidence on a contested issue traditionally falls on plaintiffs. In a tort claim, this de facto creates a presumption of non-negligence in favor of injurers. Some legal systems in Europe placed renewed attention on “presumed liability” rules, which instead create a presumption of negligence against injurers. In this paper, we analyze the effects of alternative legal presumptions on parties’ care ince…
Gender and deception
We examine gender differences in adolescent gamblers' deception behavior towards their parents. The analysis is based on a unique cross‐sectional survey conducted in 2014 in Italy including high school students aged 13 to 22 years old. We consider a subset of adolescents who actively played gambling games in 2013 (5,435 observations). We find that females are less likely to deceive than males, but they do so to a greater extent, i.e., they are mo…
Do experienced subjects bias experimental results? Evidence from 16 laboratories in six countries
This paper addresses an area of growing concerns for laboratory researchers: is subjects’ behaviour affected by prior experiences in laboratory experiments? We address the question with a large and highly diverse international dataset and an operationalisation strategy that allows our findings to cohere with previous work while shedding new light on future research. The findings presented in this article are drawn from original data gathered as p…
Regional variation in tax compliance and the role of culture
This research note analyzes the role of culture on individuals’ tax compliance by focusing on regional differences within a single country: Italy. Southern Italy has long been a focus of research interest, not only for its high rates of tax evasion, but for a host of other social and political ills, all usually attributed to regional culture. Our laboratory tax compliance experiment, conducted in provinces of the northern and southern regions, re…
Do women always behave as corruption cleaners
We use experimental data to explore the conditions under which males and females may differ in their tendency to act corruptly and their tolerance of corruption. We ask if males and females respond differently to the tradeoff between the benefits accrued by corrupt actors versus the negative externality imposed on other people by corruption. Our findings reveal that neither males nor females uniformly are more likely to engage in, or be more tole…
Vote buying and redistribution
Vote buying is a form of political clientelism involving pre-electoral transfers of money or material benefits from candidates to voters. Despite the presence of secret ballots, vote buying remains a pervasive phenomenon during elections in developing countries. While prior literature has focused on how vote buying is enforced by parties and political candidates and which types of voters are most likely targeted, we know much less about the behav…
How Leaders Influence (un)Ethical Behaviors Within Organizations
We use a lab experiment to examine whether and how leaders influence workers’ (un)ethical behavior through financial reporting choices. We randomly assign the role of leaders or workers to subjects, who can choose to report an outcome via automatic or self-reporting. Self-reporting allows for profitable and undetectable earnings manipulation. We vary the leaders’ ability to choose the reporting method and to punish workers. We show that workers a…
Deterrence, settlement, and litigation under adversarial versus inquisitorial systems
In this paper, we compare deterrence, settlement, and litigation spending under adversarial and inquisitorial systems. We present a basic litigation model with three sequential stages—care, settlement, litigation—and we test the predictions on experimental data. In line with our theoretical expectations, we find that, compared with the adversarial system, the inquisitorial system is associated with lower litigation spending, lower rates of cases …
The impact of Covid-19 on tourism expenditures
We investigate the impact of COVID-19 on tourism expenditures by analyzing survey data collected from participants of one of the major amateur cycling races in Italy—the Nove Colli. We gathered information from different types of participants (tourists, residents, day-trippers) about their travel expenses, accommodation, food and beverage, and side goods such as sports equipment. The survey covers three race editions: pre-COVID-19 in 2016, post-l…
Does anti-immigrant sentiment decrease support for redistribution? Evidence from two online experiments
This study examines a relationship that has been implied by years of correlational research: that natives’ support for welfare redistribution declines when benefits are allocated to immigrants rather than natives—a phenomenon known as welfare chauvinism. We conducted two online experiments ( N 1 = 273, N 2 = 1060) involving redistribution to unemployed people through real donations to charity, framed as tax compliance decisions within a simulated…
Information-signaling in pre-trial bargaining
The regional effects of Unesco heritage on property values
This paper estimates the effect of UNESCO World Heritage Site designation on local property values by examining the 2009 inscription of the Dolomites. Using municipality–semester panel data for the period 2005:2–2022:2 and a synthetic control design, we estimate the impact on ordinary dwellings, luxury dwellings and commercial properties. We find a persistent increase in residential property values that grows steadily for more than a decade after…
Economics (10 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Microeconomics (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Public economics (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras) · Accounting (3 obras)