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Simone Quercia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Verona, Italy, where he has been employed since December 2018, transitioning from a tenure-track Assistant Professor to his current position. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham, an MSc from Bocconi University, and a BSc from the University of Pisa.
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Nottingham, UK (2014)
- MSc in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Italy (2010)
- BSc in Economics, University of Pisa, Italy (2007)
His research lies at the intersection of behavioral and experimental economics, focusing on social preferences, cooperation, public goods, lying, moral behavior, and financial literacy. He investigates how individuals make decisions under risk, how norms and expectations shape cooperation, and how information influences beliefs about immigration and economic policy. His methodological approach is primarily experimental, often involving laboratory and field studies.
The 15 most recent publications reflect a consistent focus on human decision-making in strategic and social contexts. Themes include conditional cooperation, betrayal aversion, framing effects in contracts, moral judgments in games, and public perceptions of policy during crises like the pandemic. His work spans top journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Journal of Economic Psychology, demonstrating both theoretical and empirical rigor.
Simone Quercia has served as a referee for numerous prestigious journals including the American Economic Review, Management Science, and European Economic Review. He has received competitive research funding as Principal Investigator for projects on conditional cooperation and immigration perceptions, including a major grant from the Italian Ministry of Research (PRIN PNRR 2022).
He advises research collaborators and co-authors, though no formal student advisees are listed. He has led funded projects involving multiple institutions and has presented his work at major international conferences such as the Economic Science Association meetings and EEA/ESEM Congress.
He teaches across levels: a BA course in Microeconomics, another in Macroeconomics, an MSc course on The Economics of Incentives and Motivation, and a PhD course in Behavioral Economics at the University of Verona. Previously, he taught Behavioral Economics and Field Experiments at the University of Bonn and tutorials at the University of Nottingham.
