Michele Di Maio
Biographic Data
| ID | 711475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Di Maio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Di Maio |
| SIGNATURE | DI MAIO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Parthenope University of Naples |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2622-6780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Under pressure: Global evidence on conflict and firms
Facing displacement and a global pandemic: Evidence from a fragile state
We use novel survey data to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Libya. Our analysis compares the effects of the pandemic for displaced and non-displaced citizens, controlling for individual and household characteristics and geo-localized measures of economic activity and conflict intensity. In our sample, 9.5% of respondents report that a household member has been infected by COVID-19, while 24.7% …
Finance, informal competition, and expectations: A firm-level analysis
This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of informal firms are less likely to apply for a bank loan. This result is not due to sample selection, omitted variable bias, or reverse causality, and it is robust to different econometric specifications, including the use of an IV strategy. As for the mechanism explaining…
Firms amid conflict: Performance, production inputs, and market competition
We study the effect of conflict on firms’ economic performance and the underlying mechanisms. We develop a simple theoretical framework in which conflict reduces a firm’s output, induces input substitution, and increases firms’ exit. In our empirical analysis, we combine an original dataset of Libyan firms and geolocalized data on conflict events during the Second Libyan Civil War to show that, in line with the predictions of the model, conflict …
Migration in Libya: A spatial network analysis
Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators’ Support for Trade Agreements
Does comparative advantage explain legislators’ support for trade liberalization? We use data on potential crop yields as determined by weather and soil characteristics to derive a new, plausibly exogenous measure of comparative advantage in agriculture for each district in the US. Evidence shows that comparative advantage in agriculture predicts how legislators vote on the ratification of preferential trade agreements in Congress. We show that l…
Migration In Libya: A Spatial Network Analysis
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses this unique source of data, combining several techniques to analyze various dimensions of migration in Libya. First, the paper provides a detailed description of the demographic characteristics and national comp…
The effect of parental job loss on child school dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence From the Genocide in Rwanda
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the duration time to the first birth in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births per woman up to 15 years following the conflict. We use individual-level data from Demographic and Health Surveys, estimating survival and count data models. This article contributes to the literature on the demograph…
Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria
Making Do With What You Have: Conflict, Input Misallocation and Firm Performance
This article investigates whether conflict induces distortions in the functioning and accessibility of markets for production inputs and in their allocation among firms. We study firm operations and outcomes in the context of Palestine during the Second Intifada. We analyse input usage over time across districts experiencing differential changes in conflict intensity. Conflict induces firms to substitute domestically produced materials for import…
Are Mainstream and Heterodox Economists Different? An Empirical Analysis
We explore the differences between mainstream and heterodox economists based on the responses to a questionnaire from a representative sample of Italian economists. Using different definitions for mainstream and heterodox economics, we compare the individual and academic characteristics of the economists belonging to these groups. We measure the within and between disagreement for each group and we test whether belonging to one or the other group…
Consumer boycott, household heterogeneity, and child labor
The effect of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on child labor and school attendance in the West Bank
Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence From the Genocide in Rwanda
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the duration time to the first birth in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births per woman up to 15 years following the conflict. We use individual-level data from Demographic and Health Surveys, estimating survival and count data models. This article contributes to the literature on the demograph…
Making Do With What You Have: Conflict, Input Misallocation and Firm Performance
This article investigates whether conflict induces distortions in the functioning and accessibility of markets for production inputs and in their allocation among firms. We study firm operations and outcomes in the context of Palestine during the Second Intifada. We analyse input usage over time across districts experiencing differential changes in conflict intensity. Conflict induces firms to substitute domestically produced materials for import…
The effect of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on child labor and school attendance in the West Bank
Firms amid conflict: Performance, production inputs, and market competition
We study the effect of conflict on firms’ economic performance and the underlying mechanisms. We develop a simple theoretical framework in which conflict reduces a firm’s output, induces input substitution, and increases firms’ exit. In our empirical analysis, we combine an original dataset of Libyan firms and geolocalized data on conflict events during the Second Libyan Civil War to show that, in line with the predictions of the model, conflict …
Finance, informal competition, and expectations: A firm-level analysis
This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of informal firms are less likely to apply for a bank loan. This result is not due to sample selection, omitted variable bias, or reverse causality, and it is robust to different econometric specifications, including the use of an IV strategy. As for the mechanism explaining…
Migration in Libya: A spatial network analysis
The effect of parental job loss on child school dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Are Mainstream and Heterodox Economists Different? An Empirical Analysis
We explore the differences between mainstream and heterodox economists based on the responses to a questionnaire from a representative sample of Italian economists. Using different definitions for mainstream and heterodox economics, we compare the individual and academic characteristics of the economists belonging to these groups. We measure the within and between disagreement for each group and we test whether belonging to one or the other group…
Consumer boycott, household heterogeneity, and child labor
The effect of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on child labor and school attendance in the West Bank
Are Mainstream and Heterodox Economists Different? An Empirical Analysis
We explore the differences between mainstream and heterodox economists based on the responses to a questionnaire from a representative sample of Italian economists. Using different definitions for mainstream and heterodox economics, we compare the individual and academic characteristics of the economists belonging to these groups. We measure the within and between disagreement for each group and we test whether belonging to one or the other group…
Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria
Making Do With What You Have: Conflict, Input Misallocation and Firm Performance
This article investigates whether conflict induces distortions in the functioning and accessibility of markets for production inputs and in their allocation among firms. We study firm operations and outcomes in the context of Palestine during the Second Intifada. We analyse input usage over time across districts experiencing differential changes in conflict intensity. Conflict induces firms to substitute domestically produced materials for import…
The effect of parental job loss on child school dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence From the Genocide in Rwanda
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the duration time to the first birth in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births per woman up to 15 years following the conflict. We use individual-level data from Demographic and Health Surveys, estimating survival and count data models. This article contributes to the literature on the demograph…
Migration In Libya: A Spatial Network Analysis
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses this unique source of data, combining several techniques to analyze various dimensions of migration in Libya. First, the paper provides a detailed description of the demographic characteristics and national comp…
Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators’ Support for Trade Agreements
Does comparative advantage explain legislators’ support for trade liberalization? We use data on potential crop yields as determined by weather and soil characteristics to derive a new, plausibly exogenous measure of comparative advantage in agriculture for each district in the US. Evidence shows that comparative advantage in agriculture predicts how legislators vote on the ratification of preferential trade agreements in Congress. We show that l…
Migration in Libya: A spatial network analysis
Finance, informal competition, and expectations: A firm-level analysis
This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of informal firms are less likely to apply for a bank loan. This result is not due to sample selection, omitted variable bias, or reverse causality, and it is robust to different econometric specifications, including the use of an IV strategy. As for the mechanism explaining…
Firms amid conflict: Performance, production inputs, and market competition
We study the effect of conflict on firms’ economic performance and the underlying mechanisms. We develop a simple theoretical framework in which conflict reduces a firm’s output, induces input substitution, and increases firms’ exit. In our empirical analysis, we combine an original dataset of Libyan firms and geolocalized data on conflict events during the Second Libyan Civil War to show that, in line with the predictions of the model, conflict …
Facing displacement and a global pandemic: Evidence from a fragile state
We use novel survey data to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Libya. Our analysis compares the effects of the pandemic for displaced and non-displaced citizens, controlling for individual and household characteristics and geo-localized measures of economic activity and conflict intensity. In our sample, 9.5% of respondents report that a household member has been infected by COVID-19, while 24.7% …
Under pressure: Global evidence on conflict and firms
Economics (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (3 works) · Business (3 works)