Alice Guerra

Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Bologna

Associate Editor at the International Review of Law and Economics

Research Fellow at the International Centre for Economic Analysis

Since 2023, I hold the Italian "Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale" as a Full Professor for SC 13/A2, 13/A3.

From 2019 to 2022: Senior Assistant Professor at Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

From 2016 to 2019: Assistant Professor and Marie Curie fellow at Copenhagen Business School.

From 2016 to 2023: Managing Director of the European Association of Law and Economics

✉ alice.guerra3@unibo.it

@ Rimini: Via Angherà 22, 47921 Rimini, ☏ +39 0541 434 266

@ Bologna: Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna, ☏ +39 051 20 92601

Just Published

Guerra, A., & Harrington, B. (2025)

Does anti-immigrant sentiment decrease support for redistribution? Evidence from two online experiments

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature, 12(1219), 1-13.

https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05549-6

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Recent Publications

Guerra, A., & Harrington, B. (2025). Does anti-immigrant sentiment decrease support for redistribution? Evidence from two online experiments

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature, 12(1219), 1-13

https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05549-6

Guerra, A., & Scorcu, A.E. (2025). Parents’ vs friends’ influence on teenagers’ deception about gambling.

Review of Economics of the Household

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-025-09765-6

Guerra, A., & Turrini, E. (2025). Social norms on unethical behaviors in the workplace: A lab experiment.

International Review of Economics, 72(3).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-024-00479-2 or https://rdcu.be/d1RDg.

RLE Special Issue on "Experiments in Law and Economics"

Guest Editor: Alice Guerra (University of Bologna; alice.guerra3@unibo.it)
Special Issue: “Experiments in Law and Economics” in the Review of Law & Economics (RLE)
Any topic within law and economics; any type of controlled experiment; any sample
More details here

Research Interests

Experimental research on illegal and dishonest behaviors, including tax evasion, corruption, financial fraud.

Empirical research on tax evasion, lying attitudes, addictive behaviors, tourism economics, judicial performance.

Theoretical analyses on the economic analysis of the law, including civil and criminal liability.

For the complete list of published papers --> click here
For the list of completed papers --> click here
For the list of current works in progress --> click here

My web pages: SSRN | Google Scholar | ORCID | Scopus | UNIBO (teaching included)

My articles (in Italian) @lavoce.info

Latest Invited Talks

@ ETH Zürich, Center for Law & Economics, International Junior Scholar Forum in Law & Social Science (Dec. 9-10, 2024)

@ Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics (November 20, 2024)

@ Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany, Lecture series: New frontiers in Law and Economics, Zoom talk (June 4, 2024)

@ Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies at the National Research Council, in-person talk (January 22, 2024)

Research Grants

On July 5, 2022, I have been awarded as co-PI a two-year PRIN grant (Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca).

Research project: DYNOSOR, DYnamics of SOcial NOrms under collective Risk.

PI: MISSIKOFF ANDRIGHETTO Giulia (National Research Council of Italy)

On July 2023, I have been awarded as Research Member a two-year PRIN grant (Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca), PRIN PNRR 2022.

Research project: The Social and Environmental Consequences of Market Reforms: How Property Rights Shape Environmental Conservation, Civic Norms and Gender Roles in Societies.

PI: Marco Fabbri (University of Bologna)

On 2017 I have been awarded a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

Research project: ChEATAX, Cross-Cultural Experimental Analyses of Tax Morale.

A presentation of the granted project can be found here.

Together with Garofalo and Amore, we have been awarded a Carlsberg grant

Research project: Leadership and corporate honesty.

A presentation of the granted project can be found here.