Research
My research interests lie in Public Economics, Household Finance, and Empirical Banking, fields that explore key economic interactions within society. Public Economics focuses on the government's role in resource allocation, with particular attention to areas such as healthcare and income distribution. Household Finance investigates how families make financial decisions, including saving, borrowing, and investing. Empirical Banking leverages data to analyze trends and behaviors in the banking sector. Together, these areas provide valuable insights into the decision-making processes of individuals, households, and institutions within the economy.
Publications (Journal Articles and Chapters in Books)
Antonio Abatemarco, M.G. Cavallo, Immacolata Marino, Giuseppe Russo (2025). Age Effects in Primary Education: A Double Disadvantage for Second-Generation Immigrants. Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming: https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12762.
Daniele Checchi, Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino, Annalisa Scognamiglio (2024). Inequality Trends in a Slow-Growing Economy: Italy 1990-2020. Fiscal Studies, 45 (3): 377-392.
Brunella Bruno, Immacolata Marino, Giacomo Nocera (2023). Internal Ratings and Bank Opacity: Evidence from Analysts' Forecasts. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 56: 101062.
Sergio Beraldo, Michela Collaro, Immacolata Marino (2023). Patient Migration as a Response to the Regulation of subnational Healthcare Budgets. Regional Studies, 1-3.
Decio Coviello, Immacolata Marino, Tommaso Nannicini, Nicola Persico (2022). Demand Shocks and Firm Investment: Micro-evidence from fiscal retrenchment in Italy. The Economic Journal. Volume 132, Issue 642, 582-617.
Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino, Mario Padula (2021). Social Security Uncertainty and Demand for Retirement Saving. Review of Income and Wealth. 67(4), 810-834.
Iacopo Grassi, Immacolata Marino (2021). Chiusura delle Scuole e Contrasto alla Pandemia di Covid-19: l’Esperienza della Campania. Rivista Economica del Mezzogiorno. 35(2-3), 435-461.
Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino, Mario Padula (2019). La Vulnerabilità Economica delle Famiglie: Spunti per Un’Analisi delle Disuguaglianze. In Vulnerabilità di fronte alle istituzioni e vulnerabilità delle istituzioni.
Brunella Bruno, Alexandra D’Onofrio, Immacolata Marino (2018). Determinants of Bank Lending in Europe and the United States: Evidence from Crisis and Post Crisis Years. In Finance and Investment: The European Case.
Brunella Bruno, Alexandra D’Onofrio, Immacolata Marino (2018). Financial Structure and Corporate Investment in Europe: Evidence from the Crisis Years. In Finance and Investment: The European Case.
Prisco Piscitelli, Immacolata Marino, et al. (2017). The Burden of Cancer in Italy and Possible Regional Environmental Influences: Focus on Hospitalizations in Pediatric Population and Young Adults per Province from 2001 to 2011. First Results from the EPIKIT Study under the E.U. COHEIRS Project on Environment and Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(5), 495.
Brunella Bruno, Immacolata Marino (2016). NPLs and Resource Allocation in Crisis and Post Crisis Years: Evidence from European Banks. In The Changing Face of Banking: Banking Industry, Behavioural Economics, Regulation and Supervision, 21st Report on the Italian Financial System.
Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino, Mario Padula (2014). Household Saving and Debt in Italy. Politica economica, 2-3/2014, pp. 175-202.
Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino and Luigi Pistaferri (2012). Disuguaglianza e Consumo. In Disuguaglianze Diverse.
Immacolata Marino, Filippo Pericoli, Luigi Ventura (2011). Tax Incentives And Household Investment in Complementary Pension Insurance: some Recent Evidence from The Italian Experience. Risk Management and Insurance Review, 14(2), pp. 157-309.
On-going research
Unveiling the risk of bank balance sheets: From risk recognition to credit reallocation (with B. Bruno)
Does stricter supervision reduce bank opacity? (with B. Bruno and G. Nocera)
Anatomy of bank risk (with B. Bruno, F. Corielli and G. Nocera)
From chance to choice. The moral costs of human enhancement: A survey experiment (with G. Immordino, M. Macis, and F. Panebianco)
Patient migration for adequate cancer treatments. An analysis of the geographical mobility within the Italian National Health System (with S. Beraldo, M. Collaro, A. D'Ambrosio, and J. Pratschke)
Other contributions
Brunella Bruno, Immacolata Marino (2024). Il nesso tra dimensione e performance nelle banche commerciali europee. Un’analisi empirica. Rivista Bancaria. Minerva Bancaria, 5-6, 87-137.
Sostenibilità del modello tradizionale di business e prospettive di redditività delle banche di piccola e media dimensione (2024). (with M. Comana, B. Bruno, and S. Milanesi)
Daniele Checchi, Tullio Jappelli, Immacolata Marino, Annalisa Scognamiglio (2023). Inequality in Italy: 1980- 2020. In: Inequalities in Europe and North America.
La performance delle piccole e medie banche commerciali e indipendenti. Report for Banca Passadore (2021). (with B. Bruno)
How do Banks Respond to NPLs? (with B. Bruno). July 2021, CSEF Working Paper No. 513.
Il tessuto imprenditoriale Piemontese alla prova della crisi: un’analisi comparata. Dinamica della nati-mortalità 2000-2012 e bilanci d’impresa 2009-2011 (2017). Report for Unioncamere Piemonte. (with T. Nannicini and I. Rota Baldini)