Roberta Dessí

Roberta Dessí serves as Associate Professor of Economics at Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), University of Toulouse, and leads an interdisciplinary research team at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).

Her research bridges two core domains: (1) behavioral foundations of economic decisions, examining motivated beliefs, memory biases, and image concerns; and (2) corporate finance dynamics, with specialized focus on venture capital, startup innovation, and incentive structures. This dual approach integrates psychological insights with rigorous economic modeling to analyze real-world market behaviors and organizational outcomes.

Publication analysis reveals consistent thematic evolution toward understanding cognitive mechanisms in financial decision-making and knowledge transfer within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her work prominently intersects industrial organization, behavioral finance, and innovation economics, frequently addressing spillover effects and network-mediated incentives.

Through her IAST research leadership, she fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration examining how cognitive and social frameworks shape economic behavior, leveraging experimental and theoretical methodologies to advance understanding of complex human systems.