Francesco Capozza
My name is Francesco Capozza and I am part of WZB and Berlin School of Economics. I have obtained my PhD in Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute in June 2023. I am the recipient of the CESifo Distinguished Award in Public Economics 2024.
I am an Applied Microeconomist and I draw insights from Behavioral Economics to tackle research questions in the domain of Political Economy (news consumption and polarization), Mental Health and Public Economics (welfare weights).
Affiliations: CESifo, BCCP
CV: here
Official e-mail address: francesco.capozza@wzb.eu
Twitter account: walraslaw
Music Playlist for Research: here
Current reading: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
Publications
Cognitive dissonance, political participation, and changes in policy preferences? (with Tanja Artiga-Gonzalez and Georg Granic) Journal of Economic Psychology. Volume 105, December 2024, 102774
Falling and failing (to learn): Evidence from a Nation-Wide Cybersecurity Field Experiment with SMEs (with David Gonzalez-Jimenez, Thomas Dirkmaat, Amber van Druten, Evelien van de Veer and Aurelien Baillon) Accepted Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Working papers
Who Should Get Money? Estimating Welfare Weights in the U.S. (with Krishna Srinivasan) - funded by RSF Small Grant BE, URPP 'Equality of Opportunities' [AEA RCTR-0008372] {Winner of CESifo Distinguished Award in Public Economics 2024] (Rej Resubmit American Economic Review)
Mental Health, News Consumption, and Polarization (with Valentin Bolotnyy and Siddarth George) Conditionally Accepted Journal of Development Economics
Recent Advances in Studies of News Consumption (with Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth and Johannes Wohlfart)(Old Version)
Mental Health Literacy, Beliefs and Demand for Mental Health Support among University Students - (with Michelle Acampora and Vahid Moghani) [AEA RCTR-0008406] [5-min video][SSRN] (Under Review)
Beliefs about the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiation - [AEARCTR-0008932] (Under Review)
Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Expressing Political Opinions on Twitter (with Eleonora Alabrese and Prashant Garg)
Work in Progress (check CV for a more exhaustive list)
Mental Models about Mental Health (with Sonia Bhalotra and Vahid Moghani)
State Repression and Social Capital: Evidence from Genoa G8 (with Matteo Giugovaz and Giuseppe Musillo)
Online Toxicity, Emotions, and Mental Health (with George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Kylan Rutherford, and Mateusz Stalinski)