Niccolò Toccafondi

Behavioral and Experimental Economist
Funzionario Tecnologo (Lab manager) at IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca

Do virtual currencies change players’ spending behavior? Can real-time information on emergency room (ER) congestion reduce inappropriate ER use? Do people intervene in others’ prosocial actions if normative views are distant?
As a researcher, I use experiments to study how framing, information, and social norms shape economic decisions.

Latest Publication
Virtual currencies in online gaming increase the willingness to pay for loot boxes: an experimental analysis, Experimental Economics