Niccolò Toccafondi

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

I am passionate about using experimental and observetional data to improve decision-making processes and address social challenges in the field of Public Health, Wellbeing and Consumer protection.

My job market paper "Virtual currencies in online gaming increase the willingness to pay for loot boxes: an experimental analysis" (R&R at 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.

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

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