Antonio Penta

Prof. Antonio Penta is a Research Professor at ICREA and a tenured Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He serves as an Associate Faculty member at Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and TSE Digital Center. His research spans game theory, mechanism design, behavioral economics, and online auction theory, focusing on robustness in strategic environments and interactions between cognitive abilities and incentives.

• Education: PhD in Economics (University of Pennsylvania, 2010), Laurea in Economics (Bocconi, 2004).

Research Interests include strategic uncertainty, bounded rationality, online ad auctions, and risk preferences. His work integrates theoretical and experimental approaches to model decision-making processes in economic environments.

Keynote Speaker at major workshops in behavioral economics, semi-plenary at the Game Theory Society's World Congress, and recipient of teaching and refereeing awards. His publications appear in top journals like Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy, and Econometrica.

Grants include ERC Starting Grant (2017) and ERC Consolidator Grant (2022). He holds editorial roles at Review of Economic Studies (Joint Managing Editor), American Economic Review, and Journal of Economic Theory.