7 papers
Energy Poverty as a Structural Trap: The Role of Housing Efficiency and Non-Convex Technology
Nazaria Solferino
Energy poverty persists even among households that are not income-poor, suggesting a deeper mechanism than mere budget constraints. We develop a model in which indoor thermal comfo…
Platform-Driven Hate Speech: An Epidemiological Model with Optimal Taxation
Nazaria Solferino
Online hate speech is a global challenge amplified by engagement8-driven social media algorithms. This paper develops an epidemiological model of hate speech propagation capturing…
An analytical model of Disequilibrium and decentralized productive Exploration
Nazaria Solferino
This paper studies the economic role of persistent dispersion in allocations across agents. We develop a tractable model in which firms allocate resources under imperfect informati…
Hierarchical Incentives and the Evolution of Local Cooperation in Wartime: A Continuous Strategy Approach
Leonardo Becchetti, Franceso Salustri, Nazaria Solferino
Historical episodes such as the World War I "live-and-let-live" system and the Christmas Truce of 1914 demonstrate that opposing military units can establish spontaneous, local coo…
Testing health expenditure rationing under universal healthcare coverage: the case of Italy
Leonardo Becchetti, Nazaria Solferino
We investigate the phenomenon of (private, out-of-pocket) "health expenditure rationing", or whether out-of-pocket health expenditures are shaped by income independently of actual…
The Sustainable Future is now: a dynamic model to advance investments in PV and Energy Storage
L. Becchetti, N. Solferino, M. E. Tessitore
We examine the relationship among photovoltaic (PV) investments, energy production, and environmental impact using a dynamic optimization model. Our findings show that increasing i…