Anna Lo Prete is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Torino, Associate Researcher at G53 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Network and at Manheim Institute for Financial Education (MIFE), Affiliate of the Interuniversity Research Center on Local and Regional Finance (CIFREL). She serves on the Executive Board of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS) and is founder and Co-Director of the IEEF (Initiative for Education in Economics & Finance).

Her research examines how individuals economic knowledge shapes personal and collective financial decisions, policy preferences, and participation in democratic institutions.

Main research areas:
  - Public Economics, Political Economy and Voting Behavior
  - Financial Literacy and Economic Education
  - Civic Engagement and Democracy

 Selected Publications

• Voter Turnout and City Performance: Evidence from Italian Municipalities. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization (with F. Revelli)

• Who Prefers Guessing to Admitting They Don’t Know? Measurement Error in Financial Literacy Surveys. JEBO (with G. Bertola)

• Government Spending and Civic Engagement: Exploring the Role of Civil Society Participation and Voting in 28 Democracies. Kyklos (with A. Sacchi)

• Digital and financial literacy as determinants of digital payments and personal finance. Economics Letters 

• Conoscere l'economia per scegliere meglio. Laterza (with E. Fornero)