Publications

Selected publications of CIMEO's members 

2025

• A Theoretical Analysis of Cooperation Incentives for Non-Mutually Dependent Sellers (Lorenzo Ferrari,Werner Güth,Vittorio Larocca, Luca Panaccione), Games, 2025

• Guilt Aversion and Inequality in Dictator Games (P. Battigalli, G. Di Bartolomeo, S. Papa), Economics Letters, 2025

2024

• Cognitive and mnemonic abilities in a trust game (L. Delle Foglie, S. Papa), Economics Letters, 2024

• Coordination Failure in Experimental Banks of Different Sizes (F. Belotti, E. Campioni, V. Larocca, F. Marazzi, L. Panaccione, A. Piano Mortari) Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2024

• Assessing the regional impacts of a multi‐hosting mega sport event (S. Deriu, G. Di Bartolomeo, C. Socci, G. Ciccarone, L. Almonti), Metroeconomica,  forthcoming

• Exploiting ultimatum power when responders are better informed − Theoretical and experimental analysis of conflict resolution (Güth W., F. Marazzi, L. Panaccione), Journal of Conflit Resolution, 2024

• A stranger in a strange land: Promises and identity (G. Charness, G. Di Bartolomeo, S. Papa), Games and Economic Behavior, 144: 13-28, 2024

2023

• Proposer and responder conceding in impunity bargaining (D. Di Cagno, W. Güth, L. Panaccione, M.C. Scarafile), Metroeconomica, 2023

• Promises and partner-switch (Di Bartolomeo G., M. Dufwenberg, S. Papa), Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2023.

• Promises or agreements? Moral commitments in bilateral communication (Di Bartolomeo G., M. Dufwenberg, S. Papa, F. Passarelli), Economics Letters, 2023.

• Target-the-two: A Lab-in-the-field experiment on routinization (Attanasi, G., M. Egidi, and E. Manzoni), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2023.

• Greenhouse gases mitigation: Global externalities and short-termism (Di Bartolomeo G., B. M. Fard, W. Semmler), Environment and Development Economics, 2023.

• Reconciling human health with the environment while struggling against the COVID-19 pandemic through improved face mask ecodesign (Becchetti, L., E. Imbert, P. Morone, and G. Yilan), Scientific Reports, 2023. 

2022

• A Nash Equilibrium for differential games with moving-horizon strategies (Di Bartolomeo, G., W. Semmler, E. Saltari), Computational Economics, 2022, 60: 1041-1054.

• Limit pricing and entry game of renewable energy firms into the energy sector (Behnaz, M. F., J. P. Braga, G. Di Bartolomeo, W. Semmler), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 61: 179-190.

• What drives the solar energy transition? The effect of policies, incentives and behavior in a cross-country comparison (D’Adamo I., A. Colasante and P. Morone), Energy Research & Social Science, 85, 102405. 

2021

• The effects of political short-termism on transitions induced by pollution regulations (Di Bartolomeo, G., W. Semmler, E. Saltari) in Dynamic Analysis in Complex Economic Environments, Springer, 2021: 109-122.

• Gender differences in the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on potentially addictive behaviors: An emotion-mediated analysis (Attanasi G., A. Maffioletti, T. Shalukhina, C. Bel, F. Cherikh), Frontiers in Psychology, 2021: 12

• Zero-intelligence vs. human agents: An experimental analysis of the efficiency of double auctions and over-the-counter markets of varying sizes (Attanasi G., S. Centorrino, E. Manzoni), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2021, 23: 895-932.

• Controlling monopoly power in a double-auction market experiment (Attanasi, G., K. My Boun, A. Guido, M. Lefebvre), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2021, 23: 1074-1101.

• Lab-like findings from online experiments (Buso I. M., D. Di Cagno, L. Ferrari, V. Larocca, L. Lorè, F. Marazzi, L, Spadoni, L. Panaccione), Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2021, 7: 184-193.

• Using fuzzy cognitive maps to identify better policy strategies to valorize organic waste flows: An Italian case study (Yilan G., E. Imbert and P. Morone), Journal of Cleaner Production, 319 128722.

• Consumer willingness to pay for bio-based products: Do certifications matter? International Journal of Production Economics, (Falcone P. M., E. Imbert, R. Caferra, I. D’Adamo, P. Morone and A. Morone), 240, 108248. 

2020

• Moral hazard and compensation packages: does reshuffling matters? (Fedele, A., L. Panaccione), Economic Theory, 70: 223–241.

• The rationale of in-group favoritism: An experimental test of three explanations (Ciccarone. G., G. Di Bartolomeo, S. Papa), Games and Economic Behavior, 124: 554-568.

• An experimental test of the under‐annuitization puzzle with smooth ambiguity and charitable giving (d'Albis, H., G. Attanasi, E. Thibault), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 180, 694-717.

• COVID-19 Pandemic: A European perspective on health economic policies (Alifano, M., G. Attanasi, F. Iannelli, F. Cherikh, A. Iannelli), Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 4, 35-43.

• Behavioral food addiction during lockdown: Time for awareness, time to prepare the aftermath (Cherikh, F., S. Frey, C. Bel, G. Attanasi, M. Alifano, A. Iannelli), Obesity Surgery, May 13, 1-3. 

• Firm’s protection against disasters: Are investment and insurance substitutes or complements? (Attanasi, G., L. Concina, C. Kamate, V. Rotondi), Theory and Decision, 88, 121-151.

• Private investment with social benefits under uncertainty: The dark side of public financing (Attanasi, G., Boun My, K., Buso, M., A. Stenger), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 22, 769-820.

• Bounded rationality and heterogeneous expectations: Euler vs. anticipated-utility approach (E. Beqiraj, G. Di Bartolomeo, M. Di Pietro, C. Serpieri), Journal of Economics, 130: 249-273.

• The effects of COVID-19 lockdown on fairness and cooperation: Evidence from a lablike experiment (Buso I. M., S. De Caprariis, D. Di Cagno, L. Ferrari, L. Panaccione, V. Larocca, F. Marazzi, L, Spadoni), Economics Letters, 2020, 196.

2019

• Promises, expectations & causation (Di Bartolomeo G., M. Dufwenberg, S. Papa, F. Passarelli), Games and Economic Behavior, 113: 137-146.

• Belief-dependent preferences and reputation: Experimental analysis of a repeated trust game (Attanasi, G., P. Battigalli, E. Manzoni, R. Nagel), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 167: 341-360. 

• The Sound of Silence: A License to be Selfish (Di Bartolomeo G., M. Dufwenberg, S. Papa), Economics Letters, 182: 68-70.

• Embezzlement and guilt aversion (Attanasi, G., C. Rimbaud, M.-C. Villeval, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 167: 409-429.

• Macroeconomics, rationality, and institutions (Di Bartolomeo G., E. Dia), Journal of Macroeconomics, 60: 46-49.

• Civility and trust in social media (Antoci A., L. Bonelli, F. Paglieri, T. Reggiani, F. Sabatini), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 160: 83-99.

• Repeated shocks and preferences for redistribution (Gualtieri G., M. Nicolini, F. Sabatini), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 167: 53-71.

• Rational vs. long-run forecasters: Optimal monetary policy and the role of inequality (E. Beqiraj, G. Di Bartolomeo, C. Serpieri), Macroeconomic Dynamics, 23: 9-24.

• The effects of physical activity on social interactions: The case of trust and trustworthiness (Di Bartolomeo G, S. Papa), Journal of Sport Economics, 20: 50-71. 

• Beliefs formation and the puzzle of forward guidance power (Beqiraj E., G. Di Bartolomeo, M. Di Pietro), Journal of Macroeconomics, 60: 20-32.

• Prospect Theory and sentiment-driven fluctuations (Ciccarone G., F. Giuli, E. Marchetti), B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, volume 20: issue 1.

• Strategic ethics: Altruism without the other-regarding confound (Attanasi G., K. Boun My, N. Georgantzís, M. Ginés, Revue Économique, 70: 967-998.

• Intuition and deliberation in the stag hunt game (Belloc M., E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, S. D'Alessandro), Scientific Reports, 9, n. 14833.

2018

• Lottery- and survey-based risk attitudes linked through a multichoice elicitation task (Attanasi G., N. Georgantzís, V. Rotondi, D. Vigani), Theory and Decision, 84: 341-372.

• Online networks, social interaction and segregation: An evolutionary approach (Antoci A., F. Sabatini), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 28: 859-883. 

• Does heterogeneity spoil the basket? The role of productivity and feedback information on public good provision (A. Angelovski, D. Di Cagno, W. Güth, F. Marazzi, L. Panaccione), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 77: 40-49

• Behavioral spillovers in local public good provision: An experimental study (A. Angelovski, D. Di Cagno, W. Güth, F. Marazzi, L. Panaccione), Journal of Economic Psychology, 67: 116-134.

• Public debt stabilization: The relevance of policymakers' time horizons (Di Bartolomeo G., M. Di Pietro, E. Saltari, W. Semmler), Public Choice, 177: 287-299.

2017

• Persistence and change in culture and institutions under autarchy, international trade, and factor mobility (Belloc M., S. Bowles), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 9: 245-276.

• Online networks and subjective well-being (Sabatini, F., F. Sarracino), Kyklos, 70: 456-480.

• Voting as a lottery (Attanasi, G., L. Corazzini, F. Passarelli), Journal of Public Economics, 146: 129-137.

• Experience and gender effects in acquisition experiment with value messages (D. Di Cagno, A. Galliera, W. Güth, N. Pace, L. Panaccione), Small Business Economics, 56: 20-38.

2016

• Trust and reciprocity: Extensions and robustness of triadic design (Di Bartolomeo G., S. Papa), Experimental Economics, 19: 100-115.

• Earthquakes, religion, and transitions to self-government in Italian cities (Belloc, M., F. Drago, R. Galbiati), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131: 1875-1926.

• Social connectedness improves co-ordination on individually costly, efficient outcomes (Attanasi, G., A. Hopfensitz, E. Lorini, F. Moisan), European Economic Review, 90: 86-106.

• Over-the-counter markets vs. double auctions: A comparative experimental study (Attanasi, G., S, Centorrino, I. Moscati), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 63: 22-35.

• Optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian model with heterogeneous expectations (Di Bartolomeo G., B. Giannini and M. Di Pietro), Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 73: 373-387.

• Civility vs. incivility in online social interactions: An evolutionary approach (Antoci, A., A. Delfino, F. Paglieri, F. Panebianco, F. Sabatini), PLoS ONE, 11(11).

• Social cooperatives, social welfare associations and social networks (Degli Antoni, G., F. Sabatini), Review of Social Economy, 9, 1-19.

• Does collective meditation foster trust and trustworthiness in an investment game? (Di Bartolomeo G., S. Papa), International Review of Economics, 63: 379-392.

• Some determinants of trust formation and pro social behaviours in investment games. An experimental study (Di Bartolomeo G., S. Papa), Studies in Microeconomics, 4: 1-14.

• Incomplete information models of guilt aversion in the trust game (Attanasi, G., P. Battigalli, E. Manzoni), Management Science: 62, 648-667.

• A hybrid public good experiment eliciting multi-dimensional choice data (D. Di Cagno, A. Galliera, W. Güth, L. Panaccione), Journal of Economic Psychology, 56: 20-38.

• Make-up and suspicion in bargaining with cheap talk: An experiment controlling for gender and gender constellation (D. Di Cagno, A. Galliera, W. Güth, N. Pace, L. Panaccione), Theory and Decision, 80: 463-471.