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

The Scope of Coaching: Experimental Evidence on Adolescents’ Gender Beliefs, Self-Perceptions, and Preferences, with Eleonora Matteazzi and Vittoria Levati

Information and Belief Updating about Absolute Performance and Relative Rank in a Male-Stereotyped Domain, with Vittoria Levati

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

An Information Experiment on the Support for the European Green Deal: Intertemporal Trade-offs, Energy Security, and Nuclear Energy, with Klaudijo Klaser

Digital Money, Default Risk, and Financial Information: An Experiment on Europe, with Alessandra Cillo, Giuseppe Gurrado and Donato Masciandaro

Probabilistic and Financial Literacy Impact on Ambiguity Attitudes towards Financial Instruments, with Giovanni Burro and Sijia Zhang

SUERF Policy Brief (2026): Not all digital money is equal: Perceived issuer default risk in the euro area, with Alessandra Cillo, Giuseppe Gurrado, and Donato Masciandaro.