The 2008 grants for research projects have been awarded to:

Principal Investigator: Andrea ATTAR (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”)
Project title: “Non-exclusive competition and financial markets”
Team members: Thomas Mariotti and François Salanié (Toulouse School of Economics)

Principal Investigator: Francesco BARTOLUCCI (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Project title: “Advances in non-linear panel models with socio-economic applications”
Team members: Antonietta Mita (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria), Fulvia Pennoni (Università di Milano Bicocca), Alessio Farcomeni (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”)

Principal Investigator: Alberto BENNARDO (Università degli Studi di Salerno)
Project title: “Non monetary compensations as second best incentive devices”
Team members: Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia University), Joon Song (University of Essex)

Principal Investigator: Marco CASARI (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)
Project title: “Cooperation among strangers under indefinite interaction”
Team members: Gabriele Camera (University of Iowa)

Principal Investigator: Matteo CERVELLATI (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)
Project title: “Mortality, conflict and development: a theoretical and empirical investigation of the interactions between demographic and economic development”
Team members: Uwe Sunde (University of St. Gallen), Paolo Vanin (Università degli Studi di Padova)

Principal Investigator: Decio COVIELLO (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”)
Project title: “Political turnover and public contracts: evidence from Italian local governments”
Team members: Stefano Gagliarducci (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”)

Principal Investigator: Francesco DRAGO (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope)
Project title: “Social interactions and spillover effects in crime: evidence from the Italian collective clemency bill”
Team members: Roberto Galbiati (CNRS-OSC and Università Bocconi)

Principal Investigator: Mattia NARDOTTO (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)
Project title: “Contracts and behavior: theoretical issues and empirical analysis”