Emanuele Colonnelli

Examines how individual political views of business owners affect firm behavior and labor market outcomes using microdata and field experiments (Brazil). Published in the American Economic Review.

Analyzes how perceptions of corporate responsibility influence policy preferences and the effectiveness of corporate communication; published in the Review of Economic Studies.

Field experiment surveying investors and firms to study demand for government participation in venture capital and private equity in China; reports private firms' dislike of government-tied investors and discusses implications for state participation.

Uses matched employer-employee data and regression discontinuity in close electoral races to show political connections and patronage affect public employment and selection of less competent individuals; published in the American Economic Review.