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  1. Beyond average health: Urban–rural disparities in the distribution of self-perceived health

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  2. What explains political trust in Latin America? Understanding the role of the urban-rural divide

    Article • Global Challenges & Regional Science, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  3. Institutional quality and life satisfaction in Latin America: insights from a within-between approach

    Article • Development Studies Research, January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  4. Relative-importance Analysis of Material and Social Deprivation Across European Countries

    Article • Social Indicators Research, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  5. Cultural and innovation pathways to productivity in Romania’s Trans-Balkan regions

    Article • Economia Politica, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  6. Land take, land use and environmental issues. Is the Kuznets curve valid? The case of Italy

    Article • Spatial Economic Analysis, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  7. Cities for living. Identifying the local conditions driving life satisfaction in European cities

    Article • Regional Studies Regional Science, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  8. Strengths and weaknesses of EU regional reactivity to shocks

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  9. Evaluating happiness trends across Europe: A comparative study

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, July 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  10. Tangible, intangible assets and labour productivity growth

    Article • International Journal of Operations & Production Management, July 2024, Emerald

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  11. Logistic hubs and support for radical-right populism: Evidence from Italy

    Article • European Journal of Political Economy, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  12. Spillover Effects and Regional Determinants in the Ecuadorian Clean-Cooking Program: A Spatiotemporal Econometric Analysis

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  13. Severity of material deprivation in Spanish regions and the role of the European Structural Funds

    Article • Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, August 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Maria Laura Parisi, Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  14. <p>The Multifaceted Dimensions of the Wage Gap in Ecuador</p>

    Article • Studies of Applied Economics, May 2023, Editorial Universidad de Almeiria

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  15. A senior liveability index for European cities

    Article • Regional Science Policy & Practice, May 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Maria Laura Parisi, Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  16. What makes cities happy? Factors contributing to life satisfaction in European cities

    Article • European Urban and Regional Studies, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  17. Correction to: Detecting Dividing Lines in Turnout: Spatial Dependence and Heterogeneity in the 2012 US Presidential Election

    Article • Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  18. Bayesian profile regression to study the ecologic associations of correlated environmental exposures with excess mortality risk during the first year of the Covid-19 epidemic in lombardy, Italy

    Article • Environmental Research, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  19. Spillover Effects and Regional Determinants in the Ecuadorian Clean-Cooking Program: A Spatiotemporal Econometric Analysis

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  20. Detecting Dividing Lines in Turnout: Spatial Dependence and Heterogeneity in the 2012 US Presidential Election

    Article • Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  21. Why are cities less opposed to European integration than rural areas? Factors affecting the Eurosceptic vote by degree of urbanization

    Article • Cities, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  22. On the association between housing deprivation and urban size: Evidence from South Asia

    Article • World Development, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  23. Two faces of discontent in Italy: One looking to the North and one to the South

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  24. Dinámica de la pobreza multidimensional subnacional en los países en desarrollo: los casos de Ecuador y Uruguay

    Article • Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, May 2022, Asociacion Espanola de Ciencia Regional

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  25. Clustering the built form at LAU2 level for addressing sustainable policies: Insights from the Belgium case study

    Article • Land Use Policy, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  26. Discontent with democracy in Latin America

    Article • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  27. (No) City for old men

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  28. Does Social Capital Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from Italy

    Article • Social Indicators Research, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  29. Spatial links in the analysis of voter turnout in European Parliamentary elections

    Article • Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  30. Unveiling the local determinants of population growth in the European Union

    Article • Growth and Change, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  31. Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis on land use: The case of Romania

    Article • Land Use Policy, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  32. The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

    Article • Environmental and Resource Economics, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo, Prof. Maria Laura Parisi, Dr gianni guastella

  33. Challenges and Opportunities to Regional Renewal in the European Union

    Article • International Regional Science Review, June 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  34. Canton growth in Ecuador and the role of spatial heterogeneity

    Article • CEPAL Review, May 2020, United Nations Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  35. Railways and manufacturing productivity in Italy after unification

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  36. Analysing domestic tourism flows at the provincial level in Spain by using spatial gravity models

    Article • International Journal of Tourism Research, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  37. Land consumption and income in Ecuador: A case of an inverted environmental Kuznets curve

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  38. Ranking regional economic resilience in the EU

    Article • January 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  39. Structural Funds, Institutional Quality and Regional Economic Convergence in EU: A Spatial Econometric Approach

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  40. The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  41. The Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in a Developing Country: The Ecuadorian Case

    Article • Journal of Happiness Studies, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  42. Regional voting dynamics in Europe: The rise of anti-elite and anti-European parties

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  43. Regional diffusion of military regimes in sub‐Saharan Africa

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  44. Towards regional renewal: a multilevel perspective for the EU

    Article • Regional Studies, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  45. Instituciones, políticas públicas y desarrollo

    Article • Revista Economía y Política, July 2019, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas de la Universidad de Cuenca

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  46. Supranational, National and Local Dimensions of Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections

    Article • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  47. The statistical properties of the networks of emigrants: the Ecuadorian case

    Article • International Migration, January 2019, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  48. Unveiling the internal migration dynamics in Ecuador between 2001 and 2010

    Article • Regional Studies Regional Science, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  49. Mafia murders in Palermo (1909-1992)

    Article • Journal of Regional Security, January 2019, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  50. A composite policy tool to measure territorial resilience capacity

    Article • Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  51. European Union regional discomfort before and after the crisis

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  52. A Note on Borders, Dyads and the Distribution of Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy, May 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo, ROBERTO RICCIUTI

  53. The value of culture to urban housing markets

    Article • Regional Studies, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo, Alessandra Michelangeli

  54. Temporary and Permanent Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth in Ecuador

    Article • Journal of International Development, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  55. Ethnic minority concentration: A source of productivity growth for Italian provinces?

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, October 2017, Wiley

    Alessandra Michelangeli, Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  56. EU Cohesion Policy (Open Access)

    Article • October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  57. Convergence and Regional Disparities in Ecuador

    Article • Regions, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  58. How Does a City Benefit from Culture? Evidence from Milan

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Alessandra Michelangeli, Dr Nicola Pontarollo, riccardo borgoni

  59. Ethnic Minority Concentration: A Source of Productivity Growth for Italian Provinces?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Alessandra Michelangeli, Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  60. Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections: A Spatial Analysis

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  61. Railways and the Productivity Gap in Italy: Persistence and Divergence after Unification

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  62. The convergence process of the European regions: The roles of Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy

    Article • Studies in Agricultural Economics, October 2011, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo

  63. The Application of Spatial Filtering Technique to the Economic Convergence of the European Regions between 1995 and 2007

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Pontarollo