Tommaso
Sonno

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Research

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Publications

Liquidity as Competitive Advantage: The Role of Intangibles
(with C. Altomonte, M. Morlacco, D. Favoino)
Journal of International Economics, 2025
Paper

Business Groups as Knowledge-Based Hierarchies of Firms
(with C. Altomonte, G. Ottaviano, A. Rungi)
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Accepted
Paper

Globalization and Conflicts: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Corporations in Africa
Economic Journal, 2025
Paper, VoxDev, Review of World Economics Prize

Curse or Blessing? Multinational Corporations and Labor Market Outcomes in Africa
(with M. Mendola, G. Prarolo)
Review of World Economics, 2024
Paper

Economic Insecurity and the Demand of Populism in Europe
(with L. Guiso, H. Herrera, M. Morelli)
Economica, 2024
Paper

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

The Environmental Impact of Multinational Firms
(with F. Noack, D. Rohner)
Draft available upon request, Rev&Res Nature Climate Change

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

Dear Brothers and Sisters: Pope's Speeches and the Dynamics of Conflict in Africa
(with M. Couttenier, S. Hatte, and L. Laugerette)
Paper, Espresso

Large Scale Land Acquisitions: Trees, Trade, and Structural Change
(with D. Zufacchi)
Paper

Business Groups, Strategic Acquisitions and Innovation
(with C. Altomonte, N. El-Mallakh)
Paper

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



Work in progress

Cracks in the Pyramid: Business Group Structure and Natural Disasters
(with C. Altomonte, G. Ottaviano)

On City Growth: the Role of Skill Portability
(with A. Sforza, K. Takeda)

Intangibles and Knowledge-Sharing in Business Groups
(with C. Altomonte, A. Greppi, and A. Pisa)



Dormant projects

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