Working papers 

1.      D'Alfonso, T., Roma, P., Auci, S., Research Note - Unbundling sport broadcasting rights: effects on consumer surplus.

2.      Avenali, A., D’Alfonso, T., Reverberi, P., Airline-High-speed rail acooperation, hub congestion, and airport conduct. 

3.     D'Alfonso, T., Gal-Or, E., Roma, P., Sharing economy and quality competition among traditional providers.  

4.     Giagnorio, M., Börjesson, M., D’Alfonso, T., Introducing electric buses in urban areas: effects on welfare, pricing, frequency, and public subsidies. 

5.     Amicosante, A., Avenali, A., D’Alfonso, T., Giagnorio, M., Manno, A., Matteucci, G., Predicting costs of local public bus transport services through machine learning methods.

Work in progress 

1.     D'Alfonso, T., Daziano, R., Giagnorio, M., Early consumer response to electric buses in urban areas.

2.     D’Alfonso, T., Giagnorio, M., Börjesson, M., Vertical integration, market foreclosure, and consumer welfare in CPO-MSP markets for electric vehicles 

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

1.     Avenali, A., D’Alfonso, T., Reverberi, P., Optimal pricing and investment for resources with alternative uses and capacity limits. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 61(3), pp. 222–229, June 2022

2.     Kang, Y., Liao, S., Jiang, C.,  D'Alfonso, T., Synthetic Control Methods for Policy Analysis: Evaluating the Effect of the European Emission Trading System on Aviation Supply. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 162, 236-252, August 2022. Best Overall Paper Award at the ATRS Conference of the Air Transport Research Society, 2021

3.     Bracaglia, V., D’Alfonso, T., Nastasi, A., Sheng, D., Wan Y., Zhang, A., High-speed rail networks, capacity investments and social welfare. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 132, 308-323, February, 2020.

4.     Avenali, A., Catalano, G., D’Alfonso, T., Matteucci, G., The allocation of national public resources in the Italian local public bus transport sector. Research in Transportation Economics, vol. 81, 1-11, September, 2020

5    Chen, C., D’Alfonso, T., Guonc, H., Jiang, C., Analysis of the Chinese High-Speed Rail network over time. Research in Transportation Economics, vol. 72, pp.3-14, December 2018

6.     Avenali, A., Bracaglia, V., D’Alfonso, T., Reverberi, P., Strategic formation and welfare effects of airline-high speed rail agreements. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 117, Part A, pp.393-411, November 2018

7.     Avenali, A., Boitani, A., Catalano, G., D’Alfonso, T., Matteucci, G., Assessing standard costs in local public bus transport: a hybrid cost model. Transport Policy. Vol. 62, pp. 48-57, February 2018,

8.  D’Alfonso, T., Bracaglia, V., Wan, Y., Airport cities and multiproduct pricing. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, vol. 51 (4), pp. 1–23, October 2017. 

9.  Jiang, C., D’Alfonso, T., Wan, Y., Air-rail cooperation: Partnership level, market structure and welfare implications. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 104, pp. 461-482, October 2017.

10.  Avenali, A., Boitani, A., Catalano, G., D’Alfonso, T., Matteucci, G., Assessing standard costs in local public transport: evidence from Italy. Transport Policy, vol. 52, pp. 164 – 174, November 2016.

11.  D’Alfonso, T., Jiang, C., Bracaglia, V., Air transport and high speed rail competition: environmental implications and mitigation strategies. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 92, pp. 261 – 276, October 2016.

12.  D’Alfonso, T., Daraio, C., Nastasi, A., Competition and efficiency in the Italian airport system: new insights from a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis. Transportation Research Part E: Logistic and Transportation Review, vol. 80, pp. 20-38, August 2015.

13.  D’Alfonso, T., Jiang, C., Bracaglia, V., Would competition between air transport and high speed rail benefit environment and social welfare?. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 74, pp. 118 – 137, April 2015.

14.  Jiang, C., Wan, Y., D’Alfonso, T., Strategic choice of alliance membership under local competition and global networks. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, vol. 49, pp. 316-337, April 2015. 

15.  Avenali, A., D’Alfonso, T., Leporelli, C., Matteucci, G., Nastasi, A., Reverberi, P., An incentive pricing mechanism for efficient airport slot allocation in Europe. Journal of Air Transport Management, vol. 42, pp. 27-36, January 2015. Best Overall Paper Award at the ITEA Conference of the International Transport Economics Association, 2016

16.  Avenali, A., Boitani, A., Catalano, G., D’Alfonso, T., Matteucci, G., Un modello per la determinazione del costo standard nei servizi di trasporto pubblico locale su autobus in Italia, Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 41, pp. 181 – 213, 2014. December 2014

17.  Bracaglia, V., D’Alfonso, T., Nastasi, A., Competition between multiproduct airports. Economics of Transportation, vol. 3, pp. 270-281, December 2014. 

18.  D’Alfonso, T., Nastasi, A., Airport-airline interaction: some food for thought. Transport Reviews, vol. 34, pp. 730-748, November 2014. 

19.  Barbot, C., D’Alfonso, T., Why do contracts between airports and airlines fail?, Research in Transportation Economics, vol. 45, pp. 34 – 41, September 2014.

20.  Barbot, C., D’Alfonso, T., Malighetti, P., Redondi, R., Vertical collusion between airports and airlines: an empirical test for the European case, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 57, pp. 3 – 15, October 2013.

21.  D’Alfonso, T., Jiang, C., Wan, Y., Airport pricing, concession revenues and passenger types, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, vol. 47, pp. 71 – 89, January 2013. 

22.  D’Alfonso, T., Nastasi, N., Vertical relations in the aviation industry: a facility rivalry game, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 48, pp. 993 – 1008, September 2012. 

Invited Book Chapters

1.  D’Alfonso, T., Gregori, M., Silva, H., Basso, L.J., The economics of airports' pricing. Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 207-228, 2023.

2.   Avenali, A., D’Alfonso, T., Nastasi, A., Reverberi, P., High-speed rail and air transport integration in hub-and-spoke networks: the role of airports. Achim I. Czerny, Xiaowen Fu, and Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Ed., Market Development And Policy For One Belt One Road, Elsevier, 171-196, 2022. 

3.  D’Alfonso, T., Catalano, G., How to finance transport infrastructure, International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Roger Vickerman, Ed., vol. 1-Transport Economics, 371-377, 2021. 

4.  D’Alfonso, T., Bracaglia, V. Two sidedness and welfare neutrality in airport concessions. In: James H. Peoples Jr, Ed., Advances in Airline Economics vol. 6, Emerald Books, 49-67, 2017. 

5.  D’Alfonso T., Malighetti, P., Redondi, R., The Pricing Strategy of Ryanair. In: Walsh, C.R., Airline Industry: Strategies, Operations and Safety, Nova Science Publisher Inc., 119-141, 2011.

6.  Barbieri, G., Catalano, G., D’Alfonso, T., Petretto, A., Un modello per la distribuzione del personale docente delle scuole tra le regioni. In: Ambrosanio, F., Bordignon, M., Galmarini, U., Rizzo L., “Finanza pubblica, decentramento e riforme costituzionali. Scritti in onore di Piero Giarda” Vita e Pensiero Editrice, 2015

E D I T O R I A L  A C T I V I T Y 

Associate Editor

Journal of Air Transport Management - Elsevier

Member of the Editorial Board

Journal of Air Transport Management - Elsevier

Transport Economics and Management - Elsevier

Guest Editor

Special issue “Airline Economics” on Economics of Transportation - Elsevier, 2024 (coedited with Xavier Fageda, University of Barcellona)

Special issue “Aviation Decarbonization - Policies and Technologies to Support Decarbonization of the Aviation Sector” on Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment - Elsevier, 2023 (coedited with Changmin Jiang, University of Manitoba e Joseph Post, University of South Florida)

Special issue “High-speed rail, inter-city transportation and regional economies”on Transport Policy - Elsevier, 2021 - (coedited with Changmin Jiang, University of Manitoba e Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia) 

Special issue “Procurement of Local Public Transport” on Research in Transportation Economics - Elsevier, 2020 - (coedited with Alessandro Avenali, Sapienza University of Rome, Giorgio Matteucci, Sapienza University of Rome e Chris Nash, University of Leeds)

Reviewer Activity

• European Journal of Operations Research 

• IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 

• Journal of Air Transport Management

• Journal of Choice Modelling
• Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
• Operations Research Perspectives
• Regional Studies
• Review of Industrial Organization
• Research in Transportation Business and Management
• Research in Transportation Economics
• Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
• Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
• Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
• Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
• Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review • Transport Policy
• Transport Reviews
• Transportation

• Transportation Science

• Utilities Policy