Tommaso Nannicini is Associate Professor of Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, where he is also an Affiliate at IGIER. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute in 2005. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, MIT, IMF, CREI, EIEF, and Visiting Professor at Carlos III University of Madrid. His research interests include political economics, policy evaluation, comparative politics, and labour economics.