Niccolò Toccafondi

Researcher with experience in quantitative methods for policy analysis. 

My research combines experimental, behavioral, and quantitative methods to study how technological and institutional changes influence individual decision-making in the field of Public Health and Digital Economy. 

I have been a Research Collaborator at IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca and visiting researcher at the Danish Centre For Health Economics (DACHE) at SDU.

I received my PhD from IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca in June 2025, with the dissertation "Experimental Methods for Policy Analysis".

My job market paper "Virtual currencies in online gaming increase the willingness to pay for loot boxes: an experimental analysis" (Accepted in Experimental Economics) address a consumer protection concearn and provide useful evidence to support a policy that regulates virtual currencies.

My latest working paper "The Demand Effects of Real-Time ER Congestion Disclosure" (Under Review at Journal of Health Economics) finds that real-time information can increase inappropriate visits and inadvertedly worsen the ER overcrowding issue.

Beyond my research work I collaborated with Lucca Crea, CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica, AVIS Toscana and Toscana Life Science(TLS).