His research focuses on two main agendas. In the first, he focuses on agricultural markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on market structure and agricultural finance. Recent papers in this area study the impact of saving constraints on agricultural markets and the design of novel agricultural insurance products for smallholders. In the second, he looks at state capacity, with an emphasis on tax enforcement. Recent work in this area includes a paper on the impact of tax enforcement policies on voting behavior in Italy and ongoing collaboration with the Kenya Revenue Authority. His research has been funded by several institutions, including USAID, DFID, IGC, 3ie, and JPAL. Lorenzo holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard and a B.A from the University of Bologna.