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I am a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics (DEMS), University of Milan-Bicocca. Previously, I was Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Messina and Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Management "M. Fanno" of the University of Padova. I am also Research Associate at the Masaryk University Experimental Economics Laboratory, Brno (Czech Republic).

After my undergraduate studies in Economics at  Bocconi University, I obtained a PhD in International Law and Economics (2005) from Bocconi University and a PhD in Economics (2009) at the School of Social Science - University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK) under the amazing supervision of Robert Sugden.

I also spent some visiting periods at international institutions. In September 2016, I was visiting the Economic Department at the Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, as John Weatherall Distinguished Fellow. In 2011, I spent 5 months (since January to June) at the Department of Economics of the University of Miami as Visiting Professor in Economics.

Since June 2017 to April 2024 I had the privilege to serve as President of GuardAvanti, an Italian NGO involved in projects aimed at improving the life conditions of children in developing countries.

My research interests include behavioral and experimental economics, behavioral public choice, behavioral health economics, applied econometrics, and the determinants of life satisfaction.

I am married to Laura (the best finding of 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 Milan.