News & Events
08/09/2020
We'd Better Listen to Cassandra Also in Times of COVID
Six EU countries banned short selling on their stock exchanges in the wake of the Covid outbreak in order to avoid a downward feedback loop. They had it wrong, according to Marco Ventoruzzo
08/09/2020
How the Lockdown Changed Political Attitudes in the EU
Francesco Passarelli and colleagues are studying the longlasting effects
of the pandemic
08/09/2020
How to Strike the Right Balance Between Health and the Economy
Julien Sauvagnat and Basile Grassi are investigating the effect of business closures on GDP, firms' market value and Covid lethality
08/09/2020
A Bocconi and Harvard Program Improved Middle School Students Performance and Wellbeing in Lockdown
Eliana
La Ferrara and Michela Carlana also raised disadvantaged pupils' aspirations,
wellbeing and socioemotional skills through an online tutoring program that
could be replicated on a larger scale
07/09/2020
The Trade off Between Health Measures and Liberal Norms
Catherine De Vries investigates how much we are willing to give up in order to fight the virus
07/09/2020
Warning: Epidemics Are Often Followed by Unrest
From the black death to the spanish flu, history teaches that social tension accumulated over an epidemic can lead to significant episodes of rebellion, according to a study by Massimo Morelli and Roberto Censolo
02/09/2020
The Young Perceive Higher COVID Risk than the Old. And Are More Cautious
A survey of over 1,500 Americans conducted by scholars from Bocconi, Harvard and Oxford shows that young people assess Covid mortality for their age group 10 times higher than it is; old people 10 times lower. And their behavior is consistent with such beliefs
01/09/2020
Understanding Intergenerational Contacts
A project by Nicoletta Balbo, Francesco Billari and Alessia Melegaro helps understand how to limit the opportunities for contagion and protect weak subjects
01/09/2020
Covid19: One Year to Redefine Policy Priorities
Work has begun for the Commission set up by the WHO regional office for Europe chaired by Mario Monti, President of Bocconi. Aleksandra Torbica, Director of CERGAS, is special Advisor.
27/07/2020
The Importance of a Strong National Health Service
Eduardo Missoni and a team of Alumni studied how health systems dealt with the Covid emergency