Tommaso
Sonno

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Research

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Publications

Saving the World From Your Couch: The Heterogeneous Medium-Run Benefits of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution
(with J. P. Bonardi, Q. Gallea, D. Kalanoski, R. Lalive, R. Madhok, F. Noack, D. Rohner)
Environmental Research Letters, 2021
Paper, VoxEU, Global News

Global Crisis and Populism: the Role of the Euro Zone Institutions
(with L. Guiso, H. Herrera, M. Morelli)
Economic Policy, 2019
Paper, VoxEU

On Economic Interdependence and War
(with M. Morelli)
Journal of Economic Literature, 2017
Paper



Working papers

Markups, Intangible Capital and Heterogeneous Financial Frictions
(with C. Altomonte, D. Favoino, M. Morlacco)
Paper

Epidemics and Rapacity of Multinational Companies
(with D. Zufacchi)
Paper, Africa at LSE

Globalization and Conflicts: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Corporations in Africa
Paper, Winner of the 2018 Review of World Economics Essay Award for Young Economists

Curse or Blessing? Multinational Corporations and Labor Supply in Africa
(with M. Mendola, G. Prarolo)
Paper

Business Groups as Knowledge-Based Hierarchies of Firms
(with C. Altomonte, G. Ottaviano, A. Rungi)
Paper

The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe
(with L. Guiso, H. Herrera, M. Morelli)
Paper

Economic Insecurity and the Demand of Populism in Europe
(with L. Guiso, H. Herrera, M. Morelli)
Paper

Populism: Demand and Supply
(with L. Guiso, H. Herrera, M. Morelli)
Paper, The Economist, VoxEU, The Political Economist APSA



Work in progress

The Changing Organization of Business Groups
(with C. Altomonte, G. Ottaviano)

Multinationals vs Mother Nature? The Impact of Multinational Firms on Environmental Outcomes
(with F. Noack, D. Rohner)

Fighting Malnutrition: Merging Traditional and Conventional Medicine in a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
(with A. Guariso)

Firms Financial Conditions and the R&D-Export trade-off
(with C. Altomonte, H. Vandenbussche)



Chapters in books

Global value networks
(with C. Altomonte, I. Colantone, A. Rungi)
in J. Amador and F. di Mauro ed., The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues, Center for Economic Policy Research Press, London, 2015, 85-106
Book, Chapter

Firm-Level Productivity and Exporting. Diagnosing the role of Financial Constraints
(with C. Altomonte, H. Vandenbussche)
in Product Market Review 2013, DG Economic, and Financial Affairs, European Commission Publication, 2013, 30-48
Book, Chapter



Book

L'Italia alla sfida dell'Euro (in Italian)
(with C. Altomonte, preface by F. Bruni)
Edizioni Satelios, 2014
Book, Summary, La Voce