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Patricio Dalton is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Tilburg University, affiliated with the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM). He holds affiliations with several research centers including CentER, CAGE, EBC, TiBER, IGL, and IPA, and serves as a J-PAL invited researcher for the DigiFI Africa project. He is the coordinator for Tilburg in the ENTER Exchange Network, linking leading European economics institutions.
- PhD in Economics, University of Warwick
- Former positions: Assistant and Associate Professor at Tilburg University, Research Fellow at CAGE and CentER
- Professional experience: Inter-American Development Bank, Argentine Ministry of Economy
His research bridges behavioral economics, development economics, and experimental methods, focusing on how poverty affects decision-making, aspirations, productivity, and cognitive function. He also investigates how interventions such as goal setting, moral support, and mobile money can improve economic outcomes in low-income settings.
His recent publications appear in top journals like Management Science and Review of Economics and Statistics, covering topics such as mobile money adoption in Kenya, goal-setting in Ghanaian firms, and moral support in sports performance. Funded by DFID, ESRC-DFID, NWO, European Commission, and World Bank, his work employs randomized controlled trials across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
- Mental accounting and cash transfers in Uganda
- Mobile money and SME finance in Kenya
- Goal setting and worker performance in Ghana
- Moral support and team performance
- Parental empowerment in India
- Bureaucratic performance in India
- EU R&D grants evaluation in Spain
He has won multiple awards for teaching and research, including the TiSEM Best BSc Teacher Award (three times) and the TiSEM Research Valorization Award. He is an active PhD supervisor and committee member, mentoring students at Tilburg and other institutions.
He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the National Institute Economic Review and represents the Netherlands in the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics. He co-founded the Network of Development Economists in The Netherlands.
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