Luca Congiu

Assistant Professor of Economics, Tor Vergata University of Rome

Lecturer in Behavioral & Experimental Economics, University of Insubria


I investigate how behavior is affected by verbal vs nonverbal aspects of the decisional context and how their impact relates to the individual’s personality and cognitive ability. I program and conduct my experiments in the lab and online.

Publications in journals

Congiu, L., Moscati, I. & Scacchi, M. (2024). Digital Nudging and Cookie Rejection: An Experiment. Italian Economic Journal. Online first. [link]

Congiu, L. (2023). Framing Effects in the Elicitation of Risk Aversion: An Experimental Study. Italian Economic Journal, 9(1): 321–352. [link]

Congiu, L. (2022). Choice Architecture: A Message and Environment Perspective. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 15(1): 162–166. [link]

Congiu, L. & Moscati, I. (2022). A Review of Nudges: Definitions, Justifications, Effectiveness. Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(1): 188–213. [link]

Congiu, L. & Moscati, I. (2020). Message and Environment: A Framework for Nudges and Choice Architecture. Behavioural Public Policy, 4(1): 71–87. [link][pdf]

Other publications

Zoli, M. & Congiu, L. (2024). Individual Behaviour and Circular Economy Policies: Opportunities in Italy. OECD Environment Working Papers No. 242, OECD Publishing. [link]

Working Papers & Work in Progress

Congiu, L., Botta, E. & Zoli, M. (2024). Biases and Nudges in the Circular Economy: A Review. CEIS Working Paper No. 583. [link]

Congiu, L. & Moscati, I. Framing Allais: Is the Paradox Robust to the Pictorial Framing of Lotteries?

Congiu, L., Lorè, L. & Zoli, M. A Survey Experiment on Secondhand Consumption.

Congiu, L. Personality Traits Predict Attitudes towards Risk, Losses and Time.

Congiu, L., Iozzi, A., Panaccione, L., Persichina, M., Tremewan, J., & Zoli, M. Congestion Management and Navigation Systems: A Lab Experiment on Individual versus Delegated Choices.

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