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 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
Google Scholar account: Francesco Capozza
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Working papers
Mental Health, News Consumption, and Polarization (with Valentin Bolotnyy and Siddarth George) Conditionally Accepted JDE
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) RR JEBO
Can cognitive dissonance explain action induced changes in preferences? (with Tanja Artiga-Gonzalez and Georg Granic) (Under Review)
Recent Advances in Studies of News Consumption (with Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth and Johannes Wohlfart)(Old Version)
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] (Under Review)
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)
Polarized Scientists (with Eleonora Alabrese and Prashant Garg)
Work in Progress (check CV for a more exhaustive list)
Dis-Trust in Science, Simple vs Complex Narratives and News Demand (with Maja Adena and Eleonora Alabrese)
Mental Models about Mental Health (with Sonia Bhalotra and Vahid Moghani)