Matteo Ploner

Matteo Ploner is a Full Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, and Deputy Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Economics and Management under the Doctoral School of Social Sciences. He also serves as Deputy Manager of the Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL) at the University of Trento.

• Academic Roles: Full Professor, Deputy Coordinator (Doctoral School), Deputy Manager (CEEL)
• Location: Via Inama, 5 - 38122 Trento
• Contact: matteo.ploner@unitn.it

Research Interests: His work focuses on Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Finance, and Experimental Economics, examining human decision-making in economic environments. His research spans topics like cooperation in multicultural societies, information avoidance in climate decisions, algorithmic delegation, and welfare dynamics in advisory markets.

Recent Publications highlight experimental analyses of skewness-seeking in finance, cognitive barriers to energy efficiency, and behavioral interventions in low-income contexts. He also explores mental accounting principles and the interplay between trust and innovation through experimental frameworks.

Labs & Teams: He is actively involved in the Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL), contributing to experimental market analysis and behavioral research.