Selected Publications

Policy Concertation in Europe: Understanding Government Choice (PDF)
With Marco Simoni (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies, October 2008
A previous version has appeared as IILS Discussion Paper No. 168/2006.

Institutional Determinants of Unemployment in OECD Countries: Does the Deregulatory View Hold Water? (PDF)
With Diego Rei (ILO)
Forthcoming, International Organization, Fall 2007
A previous version has appeared as IILS Discussion Paper No. 160/2005.

Centralized Wage Bargaining and the "Celtic Tiger" Phenomenon (PDF)
With Marco Simoni (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Forthcoming, Industrial Relations, July 2007
A previous version has appeared as IILS Discussion Paper No. 154/2004.

"Social Pacts as Coalitions of the Weak and Moderate: Ireland, Italy and South Korea in Comparative Perspective"
European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2007, pp. 27-46
With Sang-Hoon Lim (Hanyang University, South Korea)
A previous version has appeared as IILS (International Institute for Labour Studies) Discussion Paper No. 162/2006.

Civil Society Meets the State: Towards Associational Democracy? (PDF)
Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 4, Issue 2, May 2006, pp. 185-208
A previous version has appeared as IILS (International Institute for Labour Studies) Discussion Paper No. 138/2002.

What is Alive and What is Dead in the Theory of Corporatism (PDF)
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 41, Issue 4, December 2003, pp. 683-706
A previous version has appeared as IILS Discussion Paper No. 143/2002.

The Politics of Labour Movement Revitalization: The Need for a Revitalized Perspective (PDF)
European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2003, pp. 119-133
With Kerstin Hamann (University of Central Florida) and Lowell Turner (Cornell University)

The Resurgence of the Italian Confederal Unions: Will It Last? (PDF)
European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2003, pp. 43-59
With Mimmo Carrieri (University of Teramo, Italy) and Cesare Damiano (Democratici di Sinistra, Italy)
A previous version has appeared as IILS Discussion Paper No. 144/2002.

The Construction of "Democratic" Corporatism in Italy (PDF)
Politics & Society, Vol. 30, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 327-357

Negotiating the Italian Pension Reform with the Unions: Lessons for Corporatist Theory (PDF)
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 55, No. 3, April 2002, pp. 413-431

"Aggregative" and "Deliberative" Decision-Making Procedures: A Comparison of Two Southern Italian Factories (PDF)
Politics & Society, Vol. 29, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 243-271

Union Democracy Revisited: Decision-Making Procedures in the Italian Labour Movement (PDF)
Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 22, No. 2, May 2001, pp. 183-210

Centralized Collective Bargaining and the Problem of "Compliance": Lessons from the Italian Experience (PDF)
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 53, No. 4, July 2000, pp. 579-601

The End of Solidarity? The Decline of Egalitarian Wage Policies in Italy and Sweden (PDF)
European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1998, pp. 283-308
With Richard M. Locke (MIT)

Learning from past mistakes? Recent reforms in Italian industrial relations (PDF)
Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1996, pp. 289-303
With Richard M. Locke (MIT)