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Pay dispersion and performance in teams by Bucciol, Alessandro, Foss, Nicolai J, Piovesan, Marco

“…Extant research offers conflicting predictions about the effect of pay dispersion on team performance. We collected a unique dataset from the Italian soccer…”
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Temptation at work by Bucciol, Alessandro, Houser, Daniel, Piovesan, Marco

“…To encourage worker productivity, companies routinely adopt policies requiring employees to delay gratification. For example, offices might prohibit use of the…”
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Jet fuel price variations and market value: a focus on low-cost and regular airline companies by Gaudenzi, Barbara, Bucciol, Alessandro

“…We analyze the relationship between dynamics to stock prices and jet fuel prices, conditional on financial and company-specific variables, in the airline…”
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Locus of control and saving: The role of saving motives by Bucciol, Alessandro, Trucchi, Serena

“…Using data from a longitudinal survey representative of the Dutch population, we analyze the relationship between saving and locus of control, and we study the…”
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Teaching children to save: What is the best strategy for lifetime savings? by Bucciol, Alessandro, Veronesi, Marcella

“…•We relate adult saving to informal methods of teaching to save received when child.•The propensity to save and the amount saved rise by 16% and 30% if taught…”
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Wounds that time can’t heal: Life satisfaction and exposure to traumatic events by Bucciol, Alessandro, Zarri, Luca

“…•We study the effects of exposure to traumatic life events on subjective well-being.•Life satisfaction is negatively related to some extremely adverse…”
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The shadow of the past: Financial risk taking and negative life events by Bucciol, Alessandro, Zarri, Luca

“…•We study the link of financial risk taking to life-course negative events.•We rely on observed portfolio decisions to proxy for financial risk taking.•Risky…”
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Portfolio decisions and perceived racial discrimination by Bucciol, Alessandro, Papadovasilaki, Dimitra

“…•We study the link between portfolio decisions and perceived (racial) discrimination.•Racial discrimination relates to portfolio decisions more than any other…”
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Do personality traits influence investors’ portfolios? by Bucciol, Alessandro, Zarri, Luca

“…•We provide evidence that portfolio decisions are influenced by personality traits.•We use survey data from the 2006–2012 waves of the US Health and Retirement…”
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Choking under pressure in archery by Bucciol, Alessandro, Castagnetti, Alessandro

“…•In situations involving performance pressure, individuals may perform poorly.•We study choking under pressure on archery sports data.•We test if performance…”
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Financial Risk Propensity, Business Cycles and Perceived Risk Exposure by Bucciol, Alessandro, Miniaci, Raffaele

“…We analyse whether individual financial risk propensity changes over time with background financial conditions, as well as personal and subjective portfolio…”
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Is there a happiness premium for working in the public sector? Evidence from Italy by Bucciol, Alessandro, Burro, Giovanni

“…•We study happiness of Italian employees in public and private sector (2004 to 2016).•Happiness increases with economic conditions.•We proxy economic…”
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Willpower in children and adults: a survey of results and economic implications by Bucciol, Alessandro, Houser, Daniel, Piovesan, Marco

“…This paper reviews key contributions to the psychology and economics literature on willpower. Understanding how willpower develops can shed important light on…”
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HOUSEHOLD PORTFOLIOS AND IMPLICIT RISK PREFERENCE by Bucciol, Alessandro, Miniaci, Raffaele

“…We derive the distribution of a proxy for the risk tolerance in a representative sample of U.S. households. Our measure is deduced from the willingness to bear…”
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The Non-Cognitive Roots of Civic Honesty: Evidence from the US by Bucciol, Alessandro, Zarri, Luca

“…•A large experimental literature explored the links between personality and honesty.•We provide evidence on the influence of the “Big Five” traits on civic…”
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False claims in politics: Evidence from the US by Bucciol, Alessandro

“…In this paper, we use data on 2459 public claims made by 444 politicians from the leading US fact-checking site (PolitiFact) to provide an empirical analysis…”
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Climate change: Personal responsibility and energy saving by Boto-García, David, Bucciol, Alessandro

“…We study at the individual level the connection between actions to reduce energy consumption and beliefs about the personal responsibility for climate change…”
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Purchasing medical devices: The role of buyer competence and discretion by Bucciol, Alessandro, Camboni, Riccardo, Valbonesi, Paola

“…This paper investigates the price variability of standardized medical devices purchased by Italian Public Buyers (PBs). A semiparametric approach is used to…”
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Luck or cheating? A field experiment on honesty with children by Bucciol, Alessandro, Piovesan, Marco

“…We run an experiment to study the relationship between honesty, age and self-control. We focus on children aged between 5 and 15 as the literature suggests…”
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Promoting financial literacy among the elderly: Consequences on confidence by Bucciol, Alessandro, Quercia, Simone, Sconti, Alessia

“…Financial literacy is a crucial skill for personal wealth management and economic well-being. Hence, it is important to evaluate the impact of interventions…”
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