Simona Cicognani
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. S. Cicognani
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 7879
- s.cicognani@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6825-7038
Simona Cicognani is an Assistant Professor at the department of Economics of Leiden University.
Simona Cicognani is Assistant Professor at the department of Economics of Leiden University.
She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Social Sciences of the University of Trento in 2015. She was a visiting student at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2005), and a visiting scholar at GATE-LSE in Lyon (2014-2015) and CREED in Amsterdam (2018).
Her main research interests are behavioral and experimental economics, applied to the study of cooperation in repeated social dilemmas, trust, social capital, charitable giving and online ratings. Her most recent line of research focuses on dishonesty and policy implications to curb it.
For further information, see her personal website and her CV.
Current positions
• Assistant Professor in Economics
Education
• Ph.D. in Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Trento (2015).
• M.Sc. in Public Economics, University of York (2008).
• M.A. in Economics, University of Bologna, Summa Cum Laude (2007)
Teaching
- Principles of Economics / IBL
- Economic Policy in the European Union (coordination)
- MA-theses (MPA)
- Economic Policy in the EU
- Principles of Economics / LUC The Hague (coordination)
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut Fiscale en Economische vakken
- Economie
- Attanasi G., Bucciol A., Cicognani S. & Montinari N. (2024), The Italian North–South divide in perceived dishonesty: a matter of trust?, Italian Economic Journal 10(3): 1309-1337.
- Bucciol A., Cicognani S. & Montinari N. (2024), It's time to cheat!, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 108: 102156.
- Cicognani S., Romagnoli G. & Soraperra I. (2024), Fostering trust: when the rhetoric of sharing can backfire, Journal of Economic Psychology 102: 102728.
- Attanasi G., Bortolotti S., Cicognani S. & Filippin A. (2024), The drunk side of trust: generalized and instantaneous trust at gathering events, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 113: 102293.
- Cicognani S., Stein S., Tonin M. & Vlassopoulos M. (2023), Symbolic incentives and the recruitment of volunteers for citizen science projects, Oxford Economic Papers 75(4): 923-940.
- Figini P., Cicognani S. & Zirulia L. (2023), Booking in the Rain: Testing the Impact of Public Information on Prices, Italian Economic Journal 9(3): 1329-1364.
- Cicognani S., Figini P. & Magnani M. (2022), Social influence bias in ratings: A field experiment in the hospitality sector, Tourism Economics 28(8): 2197-2218.
- Bucciol A., Cicognani S. & Montinari N. (2020), Cheating in university exams: the relevance of social factors, International Review of Economics 67(3): 319-338.
- Bucciol A., Cicognani S. & Zarri L. (2019), Social Status Perception and Individual Social Capital: Evidence from the US, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 20(1): 20190071.
- Cicognani S. (2019), Dishonesty among University Students. In: Bucciol A. & Montinari N. (Eds.), Dishonesty in Behavioral Economics. Perspectives in behavioral economics and the economics of behavior. London-San Diego: Academic Press. 81-110.
- Checchi D., Cicognani S. & Kulic N. (2019), Gender quotas or girls' networks? Evidence from an Italian research selection, Work, Employment and Society 33(3): 462-482.
- Cicognani S., D'Ambrosio A., Güth W., Pfuderer S. & Ploner M. (2015), Community Projects: An Experimental Analysis of a Fair Implementation Process, Social Choice and Welfare 44(1): 109-132.
- Cicognani S. & Mittone L. (2014), Over-confidence and Low-cost Heuristics: an Experimental Investigation of Choice Behavior, Economics 8(1): 2014-36.