Massimo Troncone

Massimo Troncone

Postdoctoral Researcher

ETH Zurich

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I am a political scientist working on elections and political representation. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich.

My research lies at the intersection of distributive politics and electoral institutions. I study the distribution of public resources with a focus on legislative politics, clientelism and re-election incentives. I am also interested in public opinion and voting behavior, with particular attention to ethnic minorities. My work typically combines observational data with methods for causal inference.

I earned my PhD in Political Science at ETH Zurich in August 2024 and was a visiting PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis in 2022.

On this page, you can find information about my research. Feel free to drop me an email.

Interests
  • Elections
  • Distributive Politics
  • Clientelism
  • Religion and Politics
Education
  • PhD Political Science, 2024

    ETH Zurich, CH

  • Visiting Scholar, 2022

    Washington University in St. Louis, USA

  • MA Comparative and International Studies, 2020

    ETH Zurich, CH

  • BA Scienze politiche e sociali, 2018

    UniversitΓ  di Torino, IT

Working Papers

πŸ“„ Massimo Troncone. Malapportionment, Legislator Effort and the Representation of District Interests. Evidence from the Italian Senate. Under Review

πŸ“„ Massimo Troncone and Roberto Valli. Who Pays for the Church? Political Connections and Religious Clientelism in Post-War Italy.

πŸ“„ Massimo Troncone. Poverty, Competition, and Mass Patronage: Evidence from Southern Italy.

πŸ“„ Massimo Troncone and Roberto Valli. Minority Status and Support for Supranational Integration.

πŸ“„ Roberto Valli and Massimo Troncone. Shifting Partisan Attachments: The Impact of Electoral Defeat on Voter Preferences.

Work in Progress

πŸ“„ Fanny Puljic, Roberto Valli and Massimo Troncone. Swiss Popular Initiatives and the Cultural Integration of Minorities.

Teaching

  • Contemporary European Politics (Spring 2022, 2023)
    ETH Zurich, graduate course, co-lecturer

  • Methods I. Research Design and Data Collection (Fall 2023)
    ETH Zurich, graduate course, teaching assistant

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