Leone Leonida
Biographic Data
| ID | 282330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leone Leonida |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leone |
| FAMILY NAME | Leonida |
| SIGNATURE | LEONIDA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6721-8413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Autonomy in decision-making and freshmen’s performance at university: Evidence from Italy
Does autonomy in choosing university programs impact on freshmen’s academic performance? We exploit a unique dataset derived from a cohort of freshmen enrolled at the University of Messina in Italy. Our results show that students with higher levels of autonomy achieve on average higher academic grades, even after accounting for a comprehensive range of socio-demographic and personality factors. Our findings have significant policy implications fo…
Opportunism and MPs’ chances of re-election: An analysis of political transformism in the Italian parliament
We identify as political transformists the Italian members of parliament (MPs) who cross the aisle and vote for legislation opposed by their own political group—i.e., MPs who transform from the political opposition to the ruling parties (or from government supporters) into a force supporting the government (or opposition)—thus representing sources of party and governmental instability. Transformism, which characterized 471 MPs over the period con…
Local Public Corruption and Bank Lending Activity in the United States
Using a conviction-based measure, we find that local (state-level) public corruption exerts a negative effect on the lending activity of US banks. Our baseline estimations show that the difference in public corruption between, for example, Alabama, where corruption is high, and Minnesota, where corruption is low, implies that banks headquartered in the former state grant 0.55% less credit (or $3.52 million for the average bank) ceteris paribus. U…
Estimating the Wage Premium to Supervision for Middle Managers in Different Contexts: Evidence from Germany and the UK
The analysis of wage distribution has attracted scholars from different disciplines seeking to develop theoretical arguments to explain the upward or downward trend. In particular, how the middle management wage premium changes in different contexts is a relatively neglected area of research. This study argues that wage distribution changes in different contexts, representing different forms of capitalism. To shed light on this, we considered the…
Bureaucratic institutional design: The case of the Italian NHS
We propose a model where a regional government's choice of the number of bureaucratic agencies operating in a region depends upon the degree of substitutability and complementarity of the bureaucratic services being demanded. We show that, if the government perceives the citizens' demand as a demand for substitutable services, it will choose provision by two independent agencies. If the government perceives the citizens' demand as a demand for co…
O convergence, where art thou?’ Regional growth and industrialization in Italy 1
This paper shows that the Italian economy has two long-run equilibria, which are due to the different level of industrialization between the centre-north and the south of the country. These equilibria converge until 1971 but diverge afterwards; the end of the convergence process coincides with the slowing down of Italy's industrialization policy in the South. In this paper we argue that to address this problem effectively, an economic policy comp…
Opportunism and MPs’ chances of re-election: An analysis of political transformism in the Italian parliament
We identify as political transformists the Italian members of parliament (MPs) who cross the aisle and vote for legislation opposed by their own political group—i.e., MPs who transform from the political opposition to the ruling parties (or from government supporters) into a force supporting the government (or opposition)—thus representing sources of party and governmental instability. Transformism, which characterized 471 MPs over the period con…
Estimating the Wage Premium to Supervision for Middle Managers in Different Contexts: Evidence from Germany and the UK
The analysis of wage distribution has attracted scholars from different disciplines seeking to develop theoretical arguments to explain the upward or downward trend. In particular, how the middle management wage premium changes in different contexts is a relatively neglected area of research. This study argues that wage distribution changes in different contexts, representing different forms of capitalism. To shed light on this, we considered the…
O convergence, where art thou?’ Regional growth and industrialization in Italy 1
This paper shows that the Italian economy has two long-run equilibria, which are due to the different level of industrialization between the centre-north and the south of the country. These equilibria converge until 1971 but diverge afterwards; the end of the convergence process coincides with the slowing down of Italy's industrialization policy in the South. In this paper we argue that to address this problem effectively, an economic policy comp…
Bureaucratic institutional design: The case of the Italian NHS
We propose a model where a regional government's choice of the number of bureaucratic agencies operating in a region depends upon the degree of substitutability and complementarity of the bureaucratic services being demanded. We show that, if the government perceives the citizens' demand as a demand for substitutable services, it will choose provision by two independent agencies. If the government perceives the citizens' demand as a demand for co…
Estimating the Wage Premium to Supervision for Middle Managers in Different Contexts: Evidence from Germany and the UK
The analysis of wage distribution has attracted scholars from different disciplines seeking to develop theoretical arguments to explain the upward or downward trend. In particular, how the middle management wage premium changes in different contexts is a relatively neglected area of research. This study argues that wage distribution changes in different contexts, representing different forms of capitalism. To shed light on this, we considered the…
Local Public Corruption and Bank Lending Activity in the United States
Using a conviction-based measure, we find that local (state-level) public corruption exerts a negative effect on the lending activity of US banks. Our baseline estimations show that the difference in public corruption between, for example, Alabama, where corruption is high, and Minnesota, where corruption is low, implies that banks headquartered in the former state grant 0.55% less credit (or $3.52 million for the average bank) ceteris paribus. U…
Opportunism and MPs’ chances of re-election: An analysis of political transformism in the Italian parliament
We identify as political transformists the Italian members of parliament (MPs) who cross the aisle and vote for legislation opposed by their own political group—i.e., MPs who transform from the political opposition to the ruling parties (or from government supporters) into a force supporting the government (or opposition)—thus representing sources of party and governmental instability. Transformism, which characterized 471 MPs over the period con…
Autonomy in decision-making and freshmen’s performance at university: Evidence from Italy
Does autonomy in choosing university programs impact on freshmen’s academic performance? We exploit a unique dataset derived from a cohort of freshmen enrolled at the University of Messina in Italy. Our results show that students with higher levels of autonomy achieve on average higher academic grades, even after accounting for a comprehensive range of socio-demographic and personality factors. Our findings have significant policy implications fo…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Macroeconomics (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)