Main Publications

Economics Journals (authors are generally listed in alphabetical order)

• Labrecht, M., Proto, E., Rustichini, A. & Sofianos, A. (forthcomig) Intelligence Disclosure and Cooperation in Repeated Interactions. American Economic Journal Microeconomics. Link  

  • Previous version: July 2022   

• Castagnetti, A., Proto, E., & Sofianos, A. (2023). Anger impairs strategic behavior: A Beauty-Contest based analysis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 213, 128-141. Link (open access)

• Proto, E., Rustichini, A., & Sofianos, A. (2022). Intelligence, Errors and Strategic Choices in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma. Review of Economic Studies  89(5), pp. 2723-2767. Link

  • Previous versions CEPR Dp, IZA dp  , CES Ifo WP 

• Quintana-Domeque, C. and Proto, E. (2022) On the persistence of mental health deterioration during the COVID-19 pandemic by sex and ethnicity in the UK: evidence from understanding society. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 22(2), pp. 361-372. Link 

• Proto, E., Rustichini, A., & Sofianos, A. (2019). Intelligence, personality, and gains from cooperation in repeated interactions. Journal of Political Economy, 127(3), 1351-1390. Link 

  • Previous version CESIFO WORKING PAPER NO. 6121

  • Previously circulated under the title "Higher Intelligence Groups Have Higher Cooperation Rates in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma"

  • Supplementary Material

• Proto, E., Sgroi, D., & Nazneen, M. (2019). Happiness, cooperation and language. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 168, 209-228  Link 

  • Previous version (October 2017) Iza wp 11130 

• Liberini, F., Oswald, A. J., Proto, E., & Redoano, M. (2019). Was Brexit triggered by the old and unhappy? Or by financial feelings?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 161, 287-302. Link 

  •  Previous version (September 2017) Iza wp 11059

• Proto, E., & Sgroi, D. (2017). Biased beliefs and imperfect information. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 136, 186-202. Link 

  • Previous Version IZA wp 8858, February 2015

• Liberini, F., Redoano, M., & Proto, E. (2017). Happy voters. Journal of Public Economics, 146, 41-57. Link 

  • Previous Version IZA wp 8498

• Broadberry, Stephen, Sayantan Ghosal, and Eugenio Proto. "Anonymity, efficiency wages and technological progress." Journal of Development Economics 127 (2017): 379-394. Link

  • Previous Version IZA  wp 8791

• Proto, E. (2016). Are happy workers more productive?. IZA World of Labor. Link

• Sgroi, D., Proto, E., Oswald, A. J., & Dobson, A. (2016). Laboratory Evidence For Emotional Externalities: An Essay In Honor Of Ej Mishan. The Singapore Economic Review, 61(03), 1640015. Link

• Proto, E., & Oswald, A. J. (2017). National happiness and genetic distance: A cautious exploration. The Economic Journal, 127(604), 2127-2152. Link 

• Grimalda, G., Kar, A., & Proto, E. (2016). Procedural fairness in lotteries assigning initial roles in a dynamic setting. Experimental Economics, 19(4), 819-841. Link 

• Proto, E., & Rustichini, A. (2015). Life satisfaction, income and personality. Journal of Economic Psychology, 48, 17-32. Link 

  • (Podcast of the presentation)

• Oswald, A. J., Proto, E., & Sgroi, D. (2015). Happiness and productivity. Journal of Labor Economics, 33(4), 789-822. (Lead Article) Link  

• Legros, P., Newman, A. F., & Proto, E. (2014). Smithian growth through creative organization. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(5), 796-811. Link

• Proto, E., Sgroi, D., & Oswald, A. J. (2012). Are happiness and productivity lower among young people with newly-divorced parents? An experimental and econometric approach. Experimental Economics, 15(1), 1-23. (Lead Article) Link 

• Perroni, C., & Proto, E. (2010). Entrepreneurial drain under moral hazard: A high-yield sector curse?. Journal of Development Economics, 93(1), 63-70. Link

• Ghosal, S., & Proto, E. (2009). Democracy, collective action and intra-elite conflict. Journal of Public Economics, 93(9-10), 1078-1089. Link

• Grimalda, G., Kar, A., & Proto, E. (2008). On the value of participation: Endogenous emergence of social norms in a three-player ultimatum game experiment. International Review of Economics, 55(1), 127-147. Link 

• Proto, E. (2007). Bank Fragility and growth expectations. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1). Link

• Proto, E. (2007). Land and the transition from a dual to a modern economy. Journal of Development Economics, 83(1), 88-108. "Link 

Non Economics Journals

• Zhang X, Battisti M, Proto ECOVID-19 and mental health in China: the effects of personalityJ Epidemiol Community Health Published Online First: 09 December 2023. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-221077 , Link

• Zhang A, Gagné T, Walsh D, et al. Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991–2019: evidence from three representative surveys J Epidemiol Community Health Published Online First: 15 May 2023. doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219660, Link

• Quintana-Domeque, C., Lee, I., Zhang, A., Proto, E., Battisti, M., & Ho, A. (2021). Anxiety and Depression among Medical Doctors in Catalonia, Italy, and the UK during the COVID-19 Pandemic, PloS one, Link  

• Proto, E., & Zhang, A. (2021). Covid-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Sep 2021, 118 (37) e2109282118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109282118) Link

  • Ungated Article 

  • Previous version Ces Ifo WP, IZA dp

• Proto, E., & Quintana-Domeque, C. (2021). COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK. PloS one, 16(1), e0244419. Link

• Hills, T. T., Proto, E., Sgroi, D., & Seresinhe, C. I. (2019). Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books. Nature human behaviour, 3(12), 1271-1275. Link 

  • Previous version (2016): CESIfo Working paper No. 5906

• Proto, E., & Rustichini, A. (2013). A reassessment of the relationship between GDP and life satisfaction. PloS one, 8(11), e79358. Link