Simone Cigna

PhD Candidate in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

My research studies how frictions in the housing market contribute to landlords' market power, and how housing policies shape prices, supply, and neighborhood composition.

Research

Work in Progress

The Effects of Rent Control in Barcelona

Landlords' Market Power and Housing Demand

Digital Nomads and Urban Rental Markets

The Political Economy of Green Consumption: Education Policy, Footprints and Consumer Behavior

with Luca Cigna (MPIfG)

Work Hard, Rest Harder: The Role of Leisure for Carbon Emissions

Impact of Social Unrest on Institutional Confidence: Evidence from the Black Lives Matter Movement

with Maddalena Grignani and Georgii Zherebilov

Publications

The Impact of US Tariffs against China on US Imports: Evidence for Trade Diversion?

with Philipp Meinen, Patrick Schulte and Nils Steinhoff · Economic Inquiry, 60(1), 162–173, 2022

Global Value Chains: Measurement, Trends and Drivers

with Vanessa Gunnella and Lucia Quaglietti · ECB Occasional Paper No. 289, 2022