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econ.TH2025
Criminal Property Rights Suppress Violence in Urban Drug Markets: Theory and Evidence from Merseyside, U.K
Paolo Campana. Andrea Giovannetti, Paolo Pin, Roberto Rozzi
In this work, we provide empirical evidence on organized criminal groups' (OCGs) behavior across the Liverpool area in the U.K. (Merseyside). We find that violent crimes concerning…
econ.TH2025
Network Effects of Tariffs
Paolo Pin
We develop a model in which country-specific tariffs shape trade flows, prices, and welfare in a global economy with one homogeneous good. Trade flows form a Directed Acyclic Graph…
econ.TH2020
Debunking Rumors in Networks
Luca P. Merlino, Paolo Pin, Nicole Tabasso
We study the diffusion of a true and a false message (the rumor) in a social network. Upon hearing a message, individuals may believe it, disbelieve it, or debunk it through costly…