Publications
Toccafondi, N., Di Paolo, R., Di Guida, S. (2026, 11). Virtual currencies in online gaming increase the willingness to pay for loot boxes: an experimental analysis. Experimental Economics, 28 (6), 1262–1280, https://doi.org/10.1017/eec.2026.10049 Replication package available on OSF
The Impact of Real-Time Congestion Information on ER Overcrowding: A Theoretical and Experimental Study, S. Di Guida, B. Sanesi, N. Toccafondi. Pre-print available on SSRN
Risk as a Benchmark: Evaluation Order and Ambiguity Aversion, with Sanesi Bianca
Diving into trends and statistics of Personalised Medicine, joint work with D’Errico Gianni , Shan Yi, Riccaboni Massimo
Conferences and Workshops
2025
Copenhagen Network of Experimental Economists (CNEE) Workshop Fall 2025 edition, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
66.ma Riunione Scientifica Annuale (RSA), SIE – Società Italiana di Economia, Università di Napoli Parthenope
SPUDM 2025, IMT School For advanced Studies Lucca
Thirteen Meeting of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Network (BEEN) Department of Economics, University of Bologna
2024
Fourth Young Economists of Tuscan Institutions, University of Florence
2023
5th International Conference on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online,University of Foggia
9th Meeting of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Network (BEEN), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
DIGRA2022: The 14th Digital Games Research Association Conference, Krakow, Poland
Experiences
2026- Funzionario Tecnologo, IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca
2025-2026 Research Collaborator, IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca
2024 Visiting PhD Student - SDU - Danish Centre of Health Economics ( DACHE )
2023-2024 Health Economist Intern - Toscana Life Science (TLS)
Teaching Experiences
2026 Biostatistic lab, ITS Vita
2022 -2025 Teaching assistant - Statistical Inference (Master level), University of Florence
Conference Proceedings
Learning CyberSecurity with Story-Driven CTF Challenges: CyberTrials 2023
Toccafondi N., Bilancini E., Boncinelli L. (2024)
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2076. Springer, Cham.
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Book Chapters
La gamification: cos’è e come funziona
N. Toccafondi, R. Di Paolo, V. Pizziol
New Frontiers in Gaming, p.42-44, ISBN: 978-88-946906-0-6, © 2022 Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
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