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Giancarlo Spagnolo is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these fields, their work touches on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research, Accounting, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research interests and main topics of work include Public Procurement and Policy, Auction Theory and Applications, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, Corporate Finance and Governance, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Corruption and Economic Development, and Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency.

Recent publications by Giancarlo Spagnolo cover a range of subjects in economics and policy. Notable papers include:

  • Relative performance evaluation, sabotage and collusion, 2023, Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Raising the Bar: Certification Thresholds and Market Outcomes, 2023, American Economic Journal Microeconomics
  • Past performance and entry in procurement: An experimental investigation, 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Leniency and Damages: Where Is the Conflict?, 2020, The Journal of Legal Studies
  • The impacts of stricter merger legislation on bank mergers and acquisitions: Too-Big-To-Fail and competition, 2020, Journal of Financial Intermediation

Giancarlo Spagnolo frequently collaborates with several co-authors. The most common collaborators include Catarina Marvão, Clarissa Lotti, Theo Nyreröd, Tommaso Valletti, and Sergey Kovbasyuk.

Their works are often published in certain venues, with recurring publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and American Economic Journal Microeconomics.

Best Publications

  • Leniency and Whistleblowers in Antitrust

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • SOCIAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION IN ORGANIZATIONS

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • COMPETITION POLICY AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT

    Paolo Buccirossi;Lorenzo Ciari;Tomaso Duso;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Designing Reputation (Feedback) Mechanisms

    Chrysanthos Dellarocas;Federico Dini;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • fines, leniency, and rewards in antitrust

    Maria Bigoni;Sven-Olof Fridolfsson;Chloé Le Coq;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Bank Mergers, Competition, and Liquidity

    Elena Carletti;Philipp Hartmann;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Divide et Impera: Optimal Leniency Programs

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Relational Contracts and Competitive Screening

    Giacomo Calzolari;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • The effect of discretion on procurement performance

    Decio Coviello;Andrea Guglielmo;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • ON INTERDEPENDENT SUPERGAMES : MULTIMARKET CONTACT, CONCAVITY, AND COLLUSION

    Giancarlo Spagnolo;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Equilibrium Selection in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma: Axiomatic Approach and Experimental Evidence

    Matthias Blonski;Peter Ockenfels;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Handbook of Procurement

    Nicola Dimitri;Gustavo Piga;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Leniency policies and illegal transactions

    Paolo Buccirossi;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Time Horizon and Cooperation in Continuous Time

    Maria Bigoni;Marco Casari;Marco Casari;Andrzej Skrzypacz;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Reputation, Competition, and Entry in Procurement

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Networks of relations and Word-of-Mouth Communication

    Steffen Lippert;Steffen Lippert;Giancarlo Spagnolo;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Optimal Leniency Programs

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Managerial incentives and collusive behavior

    Giancarlo Spagnolo;Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • Court Efficiency and Procurement Performance

    Decio Coviello;Luigi Moretti;Giancarlo Spagnolo;Paola Valbonesi

  • Stock-Related Compensation and Product-Market Competition

    Giancarlo Spagnolo

  • The Effect of Discretion on Procurement Performance

    Giancarlo Spagnolo;Decio Coviello;Andrea Guglielmo

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Carletti
Elena Carletti Bocconi University
Steven Ongena
Steven Ongena University of Zurich
Karsten Neuhoff
Karsten Neuhoff German Institute for Economic Research
Jan Potters
Jan Potters Tilburg University
Martin Dufwenberg
Martin Dufwenberg University of Arizona
Chrysanthos Dellarocas
Chrysanthos Dellarocas Boston University
Michael Koetter
Michael Koetter Halle Institute for Economic Research
Paul Seabright
Paul Seabright Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Eric van Damme
Eric van Damme Tilburg University

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