My research lies at the intersection of behavioral and experimental economics, social and economic networks, and policy design.
I study collective action and public goods—including trust, cooperation, and health-related behaviors—often using framing experiments and game-theoretic approaches.
I also develop and apply network measures to understand how social structure shapes outcomes, and I work on data-driven environmental economics, including indicators for the green transition and open-data assessment.
"The Rise and Fall of Ideas' Popularity" (2026), with P. Mazzarisi, C. Pacati and P. Pin
forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (previous version here)
"Paper–Digital Trade-Offs: Preliminary Insights from a Framing Experiment with Italian Adolescents" (2026), with G. Lombardi, E. Sestini, F. Garbin, P. Pin
Sustainability
“Enhancing institutional trust: evidence from an experimental study with adolescents in Italy” (2025), with G. Lombardi, E. Sestini, F. Garbin, P. Pin
Social Indicators Research
"An open data index to assess the green transition - A study on all Italian municipalities" (2023), with S. Re, S. Gambacorta, G. Ferrara, N. Tagliaferro, E. Borello, A. Rubino and A. Facchini
Ecological Economics
"Adolescents’ opinions on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: hints toward enhancing pandemic preparedness in the future" (2023), with G. Lombardi, E. Sestini, F. Garbin, V. Tambone, L.L. Campanozzi, P. Pin
Vaccines
"Does 'network closure' beef up firms’ performance?" (2023), with P. Pin, T. Razzolini and F. Serti
Social Networks
"A note on matricial ways to compute Burt’s structural holes" (2023)
Symmetry
"No-vaxxers are different in public good games" (2022), with M. Basili and P. Pin
Scientific Reports
"Efficiency and stability in a process of teams formation" (2022), with L. Boncinelli and P. Pin
Dynamic Games and Applications
"Spreading of an infectious disease between different locations" (2021), with P. Pin and T. Razzolini
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
"Covid19: unless one gets everyone to act, policies may be ineffective or even backfire" (2020), with P. Pin and T. Razzolini
PLoS ONE
Other published works:
"La percezione del rischio al tempo dell'Infodemia: la risposta dei cittadini alle misure di contenimento" (2020), with G. Lombardi
Statistica e Società
"Youth and science: A randomized survey experiment on adolescents’ trust in scientific institutions" (2024), with E. Sestini, G. Lombardi, F. Garbin and P. Pin
in L. Fabbris, S. Mignani, G. Tassinari (eds) , Technology and Data Science for Economic and Social Development. Book of Short Papers of the ASA Bologna Conference
"Elettrificazione della mobilità in Italia: aspetti di equità territoriale e sostenibilità" (2025), with K. Celestiano, A. Facchini, A. Fuso and A. Rubino
Rivista Corporate Governance
"How to Inspire Italy’s Next Generation of Eco-consumers: an Online Vignette Experiment", with G. Lombardi, E. Sestini, E. Castellaccio and P. Pin (previous version here) - submitted
"How do you know you won't like it if you've never tried it? Preferences discovery and strategic bundling", with S. Della Lena and P. Pin
“The Municipality Transition Index and its Impact on Higher Education Institutions’ Attractiveness in Italy”, with A. Rubino and A. Facchini, G. Lombardi
"Influence Aggregation Functions", with J. Gonzalez Ortega and J. A. Tejada Cazorla
“The differentiated impact of low carbon and digital transition on large cities, small centres, and rural areas: a focus on Italian municipalities”, with A. Rubino, A. Facchini and F. Tavares
“Information Framing Shapes Adolescents’ Opinions”, with E. Sestini, G. Lombardi, F. Garbin, P. Pin
"Exploration vs. Exploitation in Science", with M. Chinazzi and A. Vespignani