Dear Guest,

Welcome to my home page!

I was born on the 30th of March, 1976, in Modena and I grew up in a very nice city in the centre of Italy, Pescara.

Then, in 1995, I moved to Milan to attend a degree course in Economics at Bocconi University. After my undergraduate studies, I decided to stop at Bocconi for some more years to attend a MSc in Economics and  complete a Doctorate in International Law and Economics.

I have also received a PhD in Economics at the School of Social Science - University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK). My supervisor was Robert Sugden. My PhD committee was composed of Anders Poulsen and Martin Sefton. My PhD thesis was titled: "Contribution to Locally Enjoyed Public Goods, Herding Behavior and Common Fate Effect: Three Essays in Collective Decision Making."

I am financially supported by the University of Padua where I am Associate Professor in Economics at the Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno." Before moving to Padova, I was Research Fellow at the ISLA, Bocconi University.

Also, I spent 5 months (since January 2011 to June 2011) at the University of Miami, Department of Economics, as visiting professor.

My research interests include Public Choice, Experimental Economics and Ethics in Economics. 

I am married to Laura (the best finding in my life) since June 2005. Since December 2007 and November 2010, Filippo and Benedetta, two angels fallen down from heaven, take care of us. We live together in a very (maybe too) quiet village on the Maggiore lake, Somma Lombardo.

Apart from studying agents' behavior in their daily-life situations, I love trekking, travelling and (of course) reading.