Journal Articles

48. Gamba, A., Stanca, L. (2023) "Mis-judging merit: The effects of adjudication errors in contests", Experimental Economics, 26(3), 550-587.

47. Battiston, P., Sacco, P.L., Stanca, L. (2022) "Cover Effects on Citations Uncovered: Evidence from Nature", Journal of Infometrics, 16(2), 1-11.

46. Colombo, E., Rotondi, V., Stanca, L. (2021) "The Day after the Bomb: Well-being Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Europe", Social Indicators Research, 160, 115–132.

45. Colombo, E., Rotondi, V., Stanca, L. (2018), "Macroeconomic Conditions and Well-being: Do Social Interactions Matter?", Applied Economics, 50:28, 3029-3038.

44. Colombo, E., Rotondi, V., Stanca, L. (2018). "Macroeconomic Conditions and Health: Inspecting the Transmission Mechanism", Economics and Human Biology, 28, 29–37

43. Rotondi, V., Stanca, L., Tomasuolo, M. (2017). "Connecting Alone: Smartphone Use, Quality of Social Interactions and Well-being", Journal of Economic Psychology, 63, 17-26.

42. Gamba, A., Manzoni, E., Stanca, L. (2017). “Social Comparison and Risk Taking Behavior”, Theory and Decision, 82(2), 221-248.

41. Pagani, L., Argentin, G., Gui, M., & Stanca, L. (2016). "The Impact of Digital Skills on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Performance Tests", Educational Studies, 42(2), 137-162.

40.    Rotondi, V., Stanca, L. (2015), “The Effect of Particularism on Corruption: Theory and Empirical Evidence”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 51, 219-235.

39.    Battiston, P., Stanca, L. (2015), “Boundedly Rational Opinion Dynamics in Social Networks: Does Indegree Matter?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 119, 400-421.

38.    Stanca, L., Veenhoven, R. (2015), “Consumption and Happiness: an Introduction”, International Review of Economics, 62(2), 91-99.

37.    Faravelli, M., Stanca, L. (2014),"Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Causal Evidence of Non-Separability", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,108, 273-289.  

36.    Colombo, E., Stanca, L. (2014), "Measuring the Monetary Value of Social Relations: a Hedonic Approach", Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 50, 77-87.     

35.    Colombo, E., Stanca, L. (2014), “The Impact of Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Panel of Italian Firms”, International Journal of Manpower, 35(8), 1140-1158.

34.    Colombo, E., Michelangeli, A., Stanca, L. (2014),  “La dolce Vita: Hedonic Estimates of Quality of Life in Italian Cities”, Regional Studies, 48(8), 1404-1418.

33.    Sacchi, S., Stanca, L. (2014), “Asymmetric perception of gains vs non-losses and losses vs non-gains: The causal role of regulatory focus”, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27, 48-56.

32.    Pelligra, V., Stanca, L. (2013), “To Give or Not To Give? Equity, Efficiency and Altruistic Behavior in an Artefactual Field Experiment”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 46, 1-9.

31.    Stanca, L., Gui, M., Gallucci, M. (2013), “Attracted but Unsatisfied: The Effects of Sensational Content on Television Consumption Choices”, Journal of Media Economics, 26, 82-97 [Radio clip, in Italian]

30.    Corazzini, L., Pavesi, F., Petrovich, B., Stanca, L. (2012), “Influential Listeners: An Experiment on Persuasion Bias in Social Networks”, European Economic Review, 56(6), 1276–1288.

29.    Faravelli, M., Stanca, L. (2012), “When Less is More: Rationing and Rent Dissipation in Stochastic Contests”, Games and Economic Behavior, 74, 170-183.

28.    Rizzolli, M., Stanca, L. (2012), “Judicial Errors and Crime Deterrence: Theory and Experimental Evidence”, Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 55(2), 311-338.

27.    Faravelli, M., Stanca, L. (2012), “Single versus Multiple Prize Contests to Finance Public Goods: Theory and Experimental Evidence”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81, 677-688.

26.    Stanca, L. (2012), “Suffer the Little Children: Measuring the Effects of Parenthood on Well-Being Worldwide”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81(3), 742-750.

25.    Basu, K., Becchetti, L., Stanca, L. (2011) “Experiments with the Traveler's Dilemma: Welfare, Strategic Choice and Implicit Collusion”, Social Choice and Welfare, 37(4), 575-595.

24.    Bruni, L., Mantovani, M., Stanca, L. (2011), “The Effect of Motivations on Social Indirect Reciprocity: an Experimental Analysis”, Applied Economics Letters, 18 (17), 1709-1711.

23.    Stanca, L. (2011), “Social science and neuroscience: how can they inform each other?” (2011), International Review of Economics , 58(3), 243-256.

22.    Corazzini, L., Faravelli, M., Stanca, L. (2010), “A Prize to Give for: An Experiment on Public Good Funding Mechanisms”, The Economic Journal, 120, 944–967.

21.    Stanca, L. (2010), “The Geography of Economics and Happiness: Spatial Patterns in the Effects of Economic Conditions on Well-Being”, Social Indicators Research, 99(1), 115-133.

20.    Stanca, L. (2010), “How to be Kind? Outcomes versus Intentions as Determinants of Fairness”, Economics Letters, 106(1), 19-21.

19.    Gui, B., Stanca, L. (2010), “Happiness and relational goods: Well-being and interpersonal relations in the economic sphere” (2010), International Review of Economics, 57 (2), 105-118.

18.   Stanca, L. (2009), “With or Without You: Measuring the Quality of Relational Life Throughout the World”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 38, 834-842.  

17.    Bruni, L., Corazzini, L., Stanca, L. (2009), “Testing Theories of Reciprocity: Do Motivations Matter?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71(2), 233-245

16.    Stanca, L. (2009), “Measuring Indirect Reciprocity: Whose Back Do We Scratch?” (2009), Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(2), 190-202.

15.    Bruni, L., Stanca, L. (2008), “Watching alone: Relational Goods, Television and Happiness”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 65(3-4), 506-528.

14.    Bruni, L., Stanca, L. (2006), “Income Aspirations, Television and Happiness: Evidence from the World Values Survey”, Kyklos, 59(2), 209-225.

13.    Stanca, L. (2006), “The effects of attendance on academic performance: panel data evidence for Introductory Microeconomics”, Journal of Economic Education, 37(3), 251-266.

12.    Colombo, E., Stanca, L. (2006), “Investment decisions and the soft budget constraint: evidence from Hungarian manufacturing firms”, The Economics of Transition, 14(1), 171-198.

11.    Manasse, P., Stanca, L. (2006), “Working on the train: trade, technology and wages in Italian manufacturing”, Rivista di Politica Economica, p. 177-202.

10.    Manasse, P., Stanca, L., Turrini, A. (2004), "Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why the Hound did not Bark, Labour Economics, vol. 11(1), pp. 59-83.

 9.     Colombo, E., Stanca, L. (2002), “Il contenuto informativo dell’attività fieristica per l’analisi congiunturale”, Rivista di Politica Economica, vol. 92, no. 9-10, pp. 57-96.

 8.     Gallegati, M., Stanca, L. (1999), "The dynamic relation between financial conditions and investment: evidence from panel data", Industrial and Corporate Change, 8 (3), 551-572.

 7.     Delli Gatti, D., Gallegati, M., Stanca, L. (1999), "Financial fragility, heterogeneous agents, and aggregate fluctuations: evidence from a panel of U.S. firms", Applied Financial Economics, 9, 87-99.

 6.     Stanca, L. (1999), "Asymmetries and Non-linearities in the Italian business cycle", Applied Economics, 31, 483-491.

 5.     Stanca, L. (1999), "Are business cycles all alike? Evidence from long run international data", Applied Economics Letters, 6, pp. 765-769.

 4.     Stanca, L. (1999), "Le fluttuazioni economiche in Italia: un riesame dell'ipotesi del ciclo rappresentativo", Rivista di Politica Economica, 1/99, 1-44.

 3.     Gallegati, M., Stanca, L. (1998), “The historical properties of Italian macroeconomic fluctuations”, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 106, N. 2/98.

 2.     Stanca, L. (1998), "The postwar stabilization of economic fluctuations: evidence from a chain index of Italian GDP", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 106, N. 1/98, pp. 89-114.

 1.     Stanca, L. (1996), "Regolarità empiriche del ciclo economico italiano", Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, Vol. LV, N.2, April-June 1996, pp.211-240