Op-Eds and Commentary

Il “piano Milei” funziona. La Voce, November 28, 2024.
Nell’America divisa vince Trump. La Voce, November 6, 2024.
Harris-Trump: l’economia Usa nei prossimi quattro anni*. La Voce, October 28, 2024.
Promesse da campagna elettorale nei due programmi. La Voce, October 28, 2024.
Poche risorse e poco personale nella sanità sarda. La Nuova Sardegna, September 25, 2024.
Dopo Biden: Il tempo delle proposte politiche. La Voce, July 23, 2024.
Siamo pronti per la prossima pandemia? ECO, July 10, 2024.
Medici e infermieri: dove trovarli (con Mirco Tonin). ECO, June 11, 2024.
Le storture del mercato del sangue in Europa. ECO, May 11, 2024.
Se alcuni rifugiati sono più uguali degli altri. La Voce, February 15, 2024.
Tra percezione e realtà: il ruolo dell’economia nelle presidenziali Usa. La Voce, January 31, 2024.
Bocciare il Mes, un danno per l'Italia. La Nuova Sardegna, December 30, 2023.
Argentina, un salto nell'ignoto. La Nuova Sardegna, November 28, 2023.
Economia dell'Emancipazione. La Nuova Sardegna, October 12, 2023.
Extraprofitti: L'incoerenza del governo. La Nuova Sardegna, September 2, 2023.
Lotta all'inflazione: Paura no, Prudenza si'. La Nuova Sardegna, July 23, 2023.
Salario minimo, la soglia della giustizia. La Nuova Sardegna, July 7, 2023.
Sulla maternità surrogata non esistono soluzioni facili (with Marina Della Giusta and Nicola Lacetera). Domani, June 9, 2023.
Il ballo dei tassi spinge giù le banche. La Nuova Sardegna, March 27, 2023.
Il collasso di Silicon Valley Bank: cause e reazioni. La Nuova Sardegna, March 13, 2023.
Caro carburanti, serve un piano strategico. La Nuova Sardegna, January 16, 2023.
Le sfide economiche del 2023. La Nuova Sardegna, December 26, 2022.
Il delicato equilibrio dei tassi. La Nuova Sardegna, November 7, 2022.
Il caro energia allarma anche gli Usa. La Nuova Sardegna, September 22, 2022.
La fine delle low cost?. La Nuova Sardegna, August 29, 2022.
Le attese eccessive e la realta'. La Nuova Sardegna, July 23, 2022.
Perche' l'inflazione puo' durare a lungo. La Nuova Sardegna, July 12, 2022.
Usa ottimisti, L'Europa un po' meno. La Nuova Sardegna, June 27, 2022.
Il difficile equilibrio tra tassi e crescita. La Nuova Sardegna, June 8, 2022.
I guasti globali della guerra di Putin. La Nuova Sardegna, April 26, 2022.
La chiave e' l'embargo del gas russo. La Nuova Sardegna, April 7, 2022.
Fisco, un passo verso meno distorsioni e più equità. La Nuova Sardegna, December 5, 2021.
Lavoratori cercasi negli Stati Uniti. La Voce, November 22, 2021.
Mercato del lavoro Usa in mezzo al guado. La Voce, November 19, 2021.
L'importanza del metodo. La Nuova Sardegna, October 14, 2021.
Supporto tecnico alle istituzioni: Un "dream team" per la Sardegna. La Nuova Sardegna, June 23, 2021.
Tre piani per cambiare volto all’America. La Voce, May 26, 2021.
Così la Bidenomics vuol ricostruire l’America. La Voce, April 15, 2021.
La scommessa di Biden (with Andrea Presbitero). La Voce, March 26, 2021.
Vaccinazioni: L’Italia impari dal modello degli States, La Nuova Sardegna, March 9, 2021.
Per Draghi sfide difficili ma possibili, La Nuova Sardegna, February 20, 2021.
Come far cambiare idea a chi ha paura del vaccino anti Covid. Domani, November 28, 2020.
Usiamo i fondi europei per le manutenzioni, basta sprechi (with Andrea Presbitero). Domani, October 27, 2020.
Il Nobel applicato al mercato, La Nuova Sardegna, October 20, 2020.
Il Covid irrompe nella campagna USA, La Nuova Sardegna, October 5, 2020.
Recovery Fund: un aiuto che sarebbe utile all’Isola, La Nuova Sardegna, September 19, 2020.
È giusto infettare volontari con il Coronavirus per trovare il vaccino contro il Covid-19?, Domani, September 18, 2020.
La sanita’ sarda ha bisogno del MES, La Nuova Sardegna, July 24, 2020.

Policy Briefs and Blog Posts

Leveraging social networks in the fight against infectious diseases, VoxDev, October 19 2023 (with Jessica Goldberg and Pradeep Chintagunta).
Reducing the unavailability of stem cell donors, VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal, July 1 2022 (with Daniel Wiesen, Robert Slonim, Patrick Kampkötter and Michael Haylock).
Moving the goalposts on lockdown end dates can affect compliance, VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal, May 16 2020 (with Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera and Mirco Tonin).
The Economic and Moral Foundations of Americans’ Attitudes toward Paying Kidney Donors, Cato Institute Research Brief in Economic Policy No. 172, 17 July 2019 (with Julio Elias and Nicola Lacetera).
After the Lockdown: Italian Consumers Are Cautious About Returning to Normal, ProMarket.Org, 15 May 2020 (with Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera and Mirco Tonin).
How states can promote compliance with social distancing, The Hub, May 6 2020
Managing Expectations Is Critical to Ensure Compliance with Stay-at-Home Measures, ProMarket.Org, 2 April 2020 (with Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera and Mirco Tonin).
Societal Support for Paying Plasma Donors in Canada, Cato Institute Research Brief in Economic Policy No. 127, 22 August 2018 (with Nicola Lacetera).
The debate in Canada over paying plasma donors, Policy Options – The Public Forum for the Public Good, 28 May 2018 (with Nicola Lacetera).
Better quality health care through consistent supervision, VoxDev, 17 November 2017 (with Felipe Dunsch, David Evans, and Ezinne Eze-Ajoku). Mario macis econoom
Understanding moral repugnance: The case of the kidney market, VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal, 15 October 2016 (with Julio Elias and Nicola Lacetera).
Female executives and gender wage gaps, VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal, 24 April 2015 (with Luca Flabbi, Andrea Moro, and Fabiano Schivardi).
Incentives for altruism? The case of blood donations, VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal, 4 November 2008 (with Nicola Lacetera).

Podcasts / Interviews

Why Can’t I Buy a Kidney?, Playing God? Podcast, 31 October 2023.
Biden bid for federal workers to get COVID-19 shots prompts debate, Roll Call, 28 July 2021.
Incentives for COVID vaccination, NPR Marketplace Podcast, 12 May 2021.
Fixing Health Care's 'Leaky Pipes' Could Save the U.S. $340 Billion, Dan Gorenstein's Tradeoffs Podcast, 11 February 2021.
Blood and Repugnant Transactions, Kim Krawiec's Taboo Trades Podcast, 22 September 2020.
Mario Macis, Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University , Gill Eapen's Scientific Sense Podcast , 12 October 2020.
Compensating Blood and Organ Donors, Gattett Petersen's Economics Detective Podcast, 13 August 2018.
The economics behind Baltimore's drug trade, interview with Joy Lepola, Fox 5 News , 13 November 2015.

Selected Media Coverage of My Research

How economists are trying to answer coronavirus questions, New York Times, April 5, 2020
The Uncertain Path of the Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Its Own Risk, Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2020.
This could be a long fight. People should be told the truth. Washington Post. April 6, 2020.
A quirk in the law means that America’s kidney shortage costs taxpayers. The Economist. February 22, 2020.
Paying for a kidney: desirable or not? The Algemeen Dagblad (Netherlands), February 2019.
When Women Run Companies, The Atlantic, December 2016.
Paying for a kidney: A good idea, according to economist Mario Macis. De Volkskrant (Netherlands), February 25, 2019.
How a Woman CEO Affects Sales and Salaries, Wall Street Journal, December 2016.
Without Matching Bone Marrow Donors, 3,000 Americans Die Each Year, Forbes, August 2016.
Why you get paid to donate plasma but not blood, STAT (Boston Globe Media), January 2016.
How To Convince People To Solve The Organ Shortage, Forbes, January 2015.
Need a Kidney? Not Iranian? You’ll Wait, The New York Times, July 2015.
How much can you get for selling your body (parts)?, The Guardian, January 2015.
Is There a Moral Way to Fix America's Kidney Shortage?, The Atlantic, January 2015.
Should monetary incentives be offered for blood donation? Study says yes, Fox News, May 2013.
Noncash Incentives Boost Blood Donations without Risking Supply, Globe and Mail, May 2013.
Blood donation is valuable, so why not pay donors?, The Los Angeles Times, May 2013.
Should blood donors be rewarded?, Sydney Morning Herald, June 25 2013.
Does the altruism theory help anyone at all?, Financial Times, 2012.