Simona Cicognani

About

Simona Cicognani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of Leiden University. She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Social Sciences of the University of Trento in 2015. She was a visiting student at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2005) and a visiting scholar at GATE-LSE in Lyon (2014-2015) and CREED in Amsterdam (2018). Her main research interests are behavioral and experimental economics, applied to the study of cooperation in repeated social dilemmas, trust, social capital, charitable giving, and online ratings. Her most recent line of research focuses on dishonesty and policy implications to curb it.

Work

Leiden University

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Assistant Professor

Netherlands

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Utrecht University

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Lecturer

Netherlands

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Free University of Bozen

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Post-doc fellow

Italy

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University of Verona

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Post-doc fellow

Italy

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Università degli Studi di Bologna

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Post-doc Fellow

Italy

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Research Executive Agency

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Trainee

Belgium

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University of York

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Research assistant

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Education

Università degli Studi di Trento

Italy
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Ph.D. in Economics and Management

University of York

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Master of Science in Public Economics

Università degli Studi di Bologna

Italy
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M.A. in Economics, Summa cum Laude

Università degli Studi di Bologna

Italy
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B.A. in Economics and Trade, Summa cum Laude

Publications

It's time to cheat!

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Fostering trust: When the rhetoric of sharing can backfire

Journal of Economic Psychology

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The Italian North–South Divide in Perceived Dishonesty: A Matter of Trust?

Italian Economic Journal

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The drunk side of trust: Generalized and instantaneous trust at gathering events

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Booking in the Rain. Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices

Italian Economic Journal

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Symbolic incentives and the recruitment of volunteers for citizen science projects

Oxford Economic Papers

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Symbolic incentives and the recruitment of volunteers for citizen science projects

Oxford Economic Papers

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Social influence bias in ratings: A field experiment in the hospitality sector

Tourism Economics

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Booking in the Rain. Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices

Italian Economic Journal

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Booking in the Rain. Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices

Italian Economic Journal

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Cheating in university exams: the relevance of social factors

International Review of Economics

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Booking in the Rain: Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices

SSRN

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Dishonesty among university students

Dishonesty in Behavioral Economics

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Gender Quotas or Girls’ Networks? Evidence from an Italian Research Selection

Work, Employment and Society

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Gender Quotas or Girls' Networks? Evidence from an Italian Research Selection

SSRN

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Gender Quotas or Girls’ Networks? Evidence from an Italian Research Selection

Work, Employment and Society

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Social Status Perception and Individual Social Capital: Evidence from the US

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

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Booking in the Rain: Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices

SSRN

other

Social Status Perception and Individual Social Capital: Evidence from the US

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

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The Social Status-Enhancing Power of Social Ties

SSRN

other

Community projects: an experimental analysis of a fair implementation process

Social Choice and Welfare

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Over-confidence and low-cost heuristics: An experimental investigation of choice behavior

Economics

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