Elena Vigna

is interested, among other things, in applications of stochastic optimal control to decision-making in defined contribution pension schemes, as well as in models of stochastic mortality.

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Cristiano Antonelli

is working on the determinants and the effects of technological change in firms, regions, industries and countries, including the economic analysis of such institutions as intellectual property rights, universities and public research centres.

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Paolo Ghirardato

works on the effects of incomplete and missing information on individual decision making. He then investigates the effects of such information imprecision for the behavior of financial markets, as displayed for instance during the recent financial crises.

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Giovanni Mastrobuoni

currently is focusing on the economic analysis of criminal behavior (effectiveness of incarceration, deterrence, etc) and the economic analysis of social security reforms (retirement incentives, consumption behavior, etc.).

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Tiziana Nazio

highlights that women's careers are tied to couples' fertility choices in a way that men's are not, that the choice to cohabit instead of marrying is "contagious" in that is (also) influenced by what other people do, and that cohabitation (instead of marriage) does not seem to undermine intergenerational relationships.

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