Alessandro Castagnetti

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Verona. My research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics, with particular interest in belief formation and motivated reasoning, information acquisition and decision-making, and how emotions and pressure shape strategic behavior and performance.

My work combines rigorous methodology with practical relevance, aiming to contribute both to academic debate and real-world applications.

Beyond research and teaching, I devote time to sports, financial markets, and reading in the social sciences.

The Effect on Non-Monetary Incentives on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Clustered RCT in Peruvian Schools (under Review) with Lajos Kossuth

Student Demand For Information About Exam Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment (under Review) with Derek Rury

A Memory Walk Down Wall Street: How Personal Memories Influence Stock Investment and Information Processing (Revise and Resubmit (2nd round), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization) with Giovanni Burro, Alessandra Cillo and Paolo Crespi

Information and Belief Updating about Absolute Performance and Relative Rank in a Male-Stereotyped Domain (under Review) with Vittoria Levati

Is the Fundamental Attribution Error Really ``Fundamental"? with Jan Potters