Guglielmo Barone is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna. Previously, he worked as an Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padua, and as a Senior Economist for the Bank of Italy. His main research interests lie in the areas of Political Economy, Urban Economics, and Public Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Bologna. His papers have been published in leading scientific journals, including Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Finance, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Economic Journal.

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Interlocking directorates and competition in banking
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- Financial Regulation and Banking 
- Microeconomic regulation

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A cold case (over 160 years old): The effects of unification on Italy’s North-South divide
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- Economic history 
- Europe's nations and regions

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Place-based policies in the Italian case, part 2: Mind the negative side effects
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- Europe's nations and regions 
- Poverty and Income Inequality

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Place-based policies in the Italian case, part 1: A lot of money for little or no growth
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- Europe's nations and regions 
- EU policies 
- Poverty and Income Inequality

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Regional redistribution and populist voting
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- Politics and economics 
- Europe's nations and regions 
- EU policies