Research
Research interests:
Experimental Economics & Behavioral Economics
Public Economics
Game theory
Publications:
Articles
"Does Whistleblowing on Tax Evaders Reduce Ingroup Cooperation?" with L. Corazzini (University of Milano Bicocca) and P. Chapkovski (Higher School of Economics in Moscow), Working paper n. 20/2021. Frontiers in Psychology, (Research topic on "Economic Games, (Dis)honesty and Trust"), 2021 .
"Fraud Deterrence Institutions Decrease Intrinsic Honesty", with F. Galeotti (CNRS – GATE, University of Lyon) and M.C. Villeval (CNRS – GATE, University of Lyon). Last version: IZA Discussion Paper No. 13977. The Economic Journal, Volume 131, Issue 638, August 2021, Pages 2508–2528.
"Do quotas help women to climb the career ladder? A laboratory experiment" Working Paper GATE 2017-24, with N. Montinari (University of Bologna) and A. Nicolò (University of Padua & University of Manchester). DATASET, European Economic Review, Volume 123, April 2020.
Included in the Women and Public Policy Program's Gender Action Portal (GAP: gap.hks.harvard.edu --> https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/)
“Electoral fraud and voter turnout: An experimental study” with V. Baghdasaryan (American University of Armenia and Affiliate Fellow at CERGE-EI, Prague) and G. Iannantuoni (University of Milano – Bicocca). European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, Volume 58, Pages 203-219.
"Back Scratching in Hierarchical Organizations". [On-line Appendix A - On-line Appendix B] with N. Montinari (University of Bologna) and A. Nicolò (University of Padua & University of Manchester). - The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2018, Volume 34, issue 2, Pages 133-161.
"Spillover effects of gender quotas on dishonesty" with N. Montinari (University of Bologna). Economics Letters, Volume 159, October 2017, Pages 33-36.
"Social preferences and lying aversion in children" - with M.C. Villeval (CNRS – GATE, University of Lyon). Experimental Economics, 2016, Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 663-685.
Media coverage:"No word of a lie, children aren't fibbers" by Oliver Moody, January 25, 2014, The Times
Book chapters
"Negative externalities of cheating: an experiment with charities" in A. Bucciol, N. Montinari [eds.], Dishonesty in Behavioral Economics, Perspectives in Behavioral Economics and the Economics of Behavior, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 183-191.
Work in progress:
“I Challenge You! Competition and Gender in a TV game show " with F. Galeotti (CNRS – GATE, University of Lyon) and I. Pasciuta (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) - submitted.
"Spillover effects of cooperative behaviour when switching tasks: the role of gender” with L. Spinola (University of Milano Bicocca) - submitted.
“When merit breeds luck (or not): An experimental study on distributive Justice” with M. Bernasconi (Ca' Foscari University) and E. Longo (University of Hamburg). Working paper n. 2023:02, DEC, Ca' Foscari - submitted.
"The gender composition of supervisor-worker dyads: career blocks and gender pay gap" with G. Pasini (Ca' Foscari University), P. Profeta (Bocconi University) and L. Spinola (University of Milano Bicocca).
“The gender gap & the Italian Math Olympics” with N. Montinari (University of Bologna) and A. Nicolò (University of Padua & University of Manchester).
"Are hopeful narratives more convincing? An experiment" with L. Corazzini (University of Milano Bicocca) and M. Diamante (Ca' Foscari University).
"The wrong man for the job: biased beliefs and job mismatching" Working Paper GATE 2017-05, with A. Nicolò (University of Padua & University of Manchester).
“A Two-Party System under the Proportional Rule is Possible: Strategic Voting in the Lab” University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, Management ans Statistics Working Paper No. 381, with F. De Sinopoli (University of Verona), G. Iannantuoni (University of Milano – Bicocca), E. Manzoni (University of Verona) and S. Ottone (University of Milano – Bicocca).
Articles for the general public:
“Les femmes viennent de la terre et les hommes viennent de la terre. Quel parcours vers l’égalité des genres ?” 2016, GATE Magazine n. 4. [Articolo.pdf]
“Etica e imprese: cosa ci insegnano i bambini?”, (with A. Bucciol, N. Montinari e M. Piovesan), in Ticonzero-Knowledge and Ideas for Emerging Leaders, 2011, 112. [Articolo.pdf]
“Dal Laboratorio all’Impresa: L’Economia Sperimentale” (with A. Bucciol, N. Montinari e M. Piovesan), Ticonzero Knowledge and Ideas for Emerging Leaders, 2010, 111. [Articolo.pdf]