Nicola Pavoni

About

My research is in macroeconomics, behavioural economics, public economics, the economics of information, consumption and, more recently, political economy.

My work has been published in Econometrica, the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Economic Journal and the Journal of Public Economics, among others.

Positions

2010 – present

Full Professor of Economics, Bocconi University

2018 – 2025

Co-editor, Journal of the European Economic Association

2013 – 2019

Director, PhD Program in Economics and Finance, Bocconi University

2009 – 2010

Professor of Economics, University College London

2007 – 2009

Reader in Economics, University College London

2001 – 2007

Lecturer in Economics, University College London

Education

2000

PhD in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

1999

PhD in Mathematics for Economic Decisions, University of Trieste

Recent work

1. 2026
   The Political Implications of Reference-Dependent Preferenceswith F. Panunzi and G. Tabellini · Journal of the European Economic Association (open access)

   DOIPDF
2. 2024
   Economic Shocks and Populismwith F. Panunzi and G. Tabellini · Economic Journal, 134(663): 3047–3061 (open access)

   DOIPDF
3. 2024
   Optimal Delegation and Information Transmission under Limited Awarenesswith S. Auster · Theoretical Economics, 19(1): 245–284 (open access)

   DOIWorking paperOnline appendix
4. 2020
   Efficient Child Care Subsidieswith C. Ho · American Economic Review, 110(1): 162–199

   DOIPDF

Research and CV

Also on Bocconi faculty profile · IRIS Bocconi · RePEc/IDEAS

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