Sergio Galletta

I am an Associate Professor of Public Economics at Sapienza University of Rome. I conduct empirical research in public economics and political economy, using traditional applied microeconomics methods and machine learning techniques. My research focuses on corruption, political selection, media, direct democracy, and fiscal policy, both in developed and developing countries. Additionally, I am deeply interested in the implications of artificial intelligence for policy-making and democracy.

Selected working papers

  1. With E. Ash and G. Opocher · Revise & Resubmit at The Economic Journal
  2. With M. Espinosa, A. Ilango and G. Zanarone · Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
  3. With G. Daniele, M. Le Moglie and F. Masera
  4. With E. Ash, F. Masera and L. Zhang
  5. With T. Giommoni

Selected publications

  1. P. Widmer, C. Abed Meraim, S. Galletta and E. Ash · (Conditionally accepted) · The Economic Journal
  2. E. Ash, S. Galletta and T. Giommoni · 2025 · American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
  3. E. Ash, S. Galletta, M. Pinna and C. Warshaw · 2024 · Journal of Public Economics
  4. A. Bochenkova, P. Buonanno and S. Galletta · 2023 · Journal of Development Economics
  5. E. Ash and S. Galletta · 2023 · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
  6. S. Galletta and T. Giommoni · 2022 · Review of Economics and Statistics
  7. G. Daniele, S. Galletta and B. Geys · 2020 · Journal of Public Economics
  8. F. Cavalcanti, G. Daniele and S. Galletta · 2018 · Journal of Public Economics
  9. S. Galletta · 2017 · Journal of Urban Economics

Other publications

  1. P. Bello, S. Galletta and C. Marconi · (Accepted) · International Tax and Public Finance
  2. E. Robitschek, A. Bastani, K. Horwath, S. Sordean, M.J. Pletcher, J.C. Lai, S. Galletta, E. Ash, J. Ge and I.Y. Chen · 2025 · npj Digital Medicine
  3. P. Buonanno, S. Galletta and M. Puca · 2023 · Health Economics
  4. E. Ash, S. Galletta, D. Hangartner, Y. Margalit and M. Pinna · 2023 · Political Analysis
  5. E. Ash, D. Chen and S. Galletta · 2022 · Economica
  6. S. Galletta · 2021 · Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
  7. S. Galletta · 2020 · International Tax and Public Finance
  8. P. Buonanno, S. Galletta and M. Puca · 2020 · PLOS One
  9. S. Galletta and A. Redonda · 2017 · International Tax and Public Finance
  10. S. Galletta · 2016 · Applied Economics Letters
  11. S. Galletta and M. Jametti · 2015 · European Journal of Political Economy
  12. S. Galletta, M. Jametti and A. Redonda · 2015 · South African Journal of Economics

Working in progress

  • Consequences of AI-Driven Chatbots in Economic Domain
  • AI Guidance and Educational Decision Making, with E. Ash, A. Bjerre-Nielsen and B. Kohler
  • Visual Justice: The Effect of Media Mugshots on Attitudes and Judicial Outcomes, with E. Ash, C. Marangon and B. Kohler
  • Daughter Penalty or Daughter Benefit? The Effect of Child Gender on Parental Mental Health, with M. Di Buono
  • Taxing Cross-border Commuters, with E. Di Carlo and E. Rubolino
  • Beneath the Surface: Investigating Anti-Competitive Signals in Brazilian Public Procurement, with D. Gianicolo-Martins and T. Giommoni