Stanca Luca
Luca Stanca is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Milan-Bicocca. His research interests include:
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental economics
- Economics and happiness
- Housing markets
- Financial markets and the macroeconomy
- Business cycles
Journal Articles
- “When Less is More: Rationing and Rent Dissipation in Stochastic Contests” (2011), with Marco Faravelli, forthcoming, Games and Economic Behavior.
- “Suffer the Little Children: Measuring the Effects of Parenthood on Well-Being Worldwide” (2011), forthcoming, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
- “Experiments with the Traveler's Dilemma: Welfare, Strategic Choice and Implicit Collusion” (2011), with K. Basu and L. Becchetti, forthcoming, Social Choice and Welfare.
- “The Effect of Motivations on Social Indirect Reciprocity: an Experimental Analysis” (2011), with L. Bruni and M. Mantovani, forthcoming, Applied Economics Letters.
- “A Prize to Give for: An Experiment on Public Good Funding Mechanisms” (2010), with L. Corazzini, and M. Faravelli, The Economic Journal, 120, 944–967.
- “The Geography of Economics and Happiness: Spatial Patterns in the Effects of Economic Conditions on Well-Being” (2010), Social Indicators Research, 99(1), 115-133.
- “How to be Kind? Outcomes versus Intentions as Determinants of Fairness” (2010), Economics Letters, 106(1), 19-21.
- “Happiness and relational goods: Well-being and interpersonal relations in the economic sphere” (2010), International Review of Economics, 57 (2), pp. 105-118.
- “With or Without You: Measuring the Quality of Relational Life Throughout the World” (2009), Journal of Socio-Economics, 38, 834-842.
- “Testing Theories of Reciprocity: Do Motivations Matter?” (2009), with L. Bruni and L. Corazzini, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71(2), 233-245
- “Measuring Indirect Reciprocity: Whose Back Do We Scratch?” (2009), Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(2), 190-202.
- “Watching alone: Relational Goods, Television and Happiness” (2008), with L. Bruni, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 65(3-4), 506-528.
- “Income Aspirations, Television and Happiness: Evidence from the World Values Survey” (2006), with L. Bruni, Kyklos, 59(2), 209-225.
- “The effects of attendance on academic performance: panel data evidence for Introductory Microeconomics” (2006), Journal of Economic Education, 37(3), 251-266.
- “Investment decisions and the soft budget constraint: evidence from Hungarian manufacturing firms” (2006), with E. Colombo, The Economics of Transition, 14(1), 171-198.
- “Working on the train: trade, technology and wages in Italian manufacturing” (2006), with P. Manasse, Rivista di Politica Economica, p. 177-202.
- "Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why the Hound did not Bark" (2004), with P. Manasse and A. Turrini, Labour Economics, vol. 11(1), pp. 59-83.
- "The dynamic relation between financial conditions and investment: evidence from panel data" (1999), with M. Gallegati, Industrial and Corporate Change, 8 (3), 551-572.
- "Financial fragility, heterogeneous agents, and aggregate fluctuations: evidence from a panel of U.S. firms" (1999), with D. Delli Gatti and M. Gallegati, Applied Financial Economics, 9, 87-99.
- "Asymmetries and Non-linearities in the Italian business cycle" (1999), Applied Economics, 31, 483-491.
- "Are business cycles all alike? Evidence from long run international data" (1999), Applied Economics Letters, 6, pp. 765-769.
- “The historical properties of Italian macroeconomic fluctuations” (1998), with M. Gallegati, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 106, N. 2/98.
- "The postwar stabilization of economic fluctuations: evidence from a chain index of Italian GDP", (1998), Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 106, N. 1/98, pp. 89-114.
- "Stylized facts of the Italian business cycle (1960-1993)" (1996), Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, Vol. LV, N.2, April-June 1996, pp.211-240.
Journal Articles in Italian
- “Il contenuto informativo dell’attività fieristica per l’analisi congiunturale” (2002), with E. Colombo, Rivista di Politica Economica, vol. 92, no. 9-10, pp. 57-96.
- "Le fluttuazioni economiche in Italia: un riesame dell'ipotesi del ciclo rappresentativo" (1999), Rivista di Politica Economica, 1/99, 1-44.
- "Regolarità empiriche del ciclo economico italiano" (1996), Rassegna dei Lavori dell'ISCO, Anno XIV, n.1, pp.51-91.
Books
- “Financial Market Imperfections and Corporate Decisions: Lessons from the Transition Process in Hungary”, with E. Colombo, Springer, 2005.
- “Il ruolo della Fiera di Milano nell’economia italiana”, with E. Colombo and L. Mocarelli, Angeli, 2003.
- “The Role of Financial Markets in Generating Business Cycles”, Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 2002.
- "Le Fluttuazioni Economiche in Italia (1861-1995)", with M. Gallegati (1998, in Italian), G. Giappichelli, Turin.
Working papers
- “Attracted but Unsatisfied: The Effects of Arousing Content on Television Consumption Choices", with M. Gui and M. Gallucci, Working Paper n. 203, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2011.
- “To Give or Not To Give? Equity, Efficiency and Altruistic Behavior in a Survey-Based Experiment”, with V. Pelligra, Working Paper n. 202, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2010.
- “La Dolce Vita: Hedonic Estimates of Quality of Life in Italian Cities” , with E. Colombo and A. Michelangeli, Working Paper n. 201, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2010.
- “When Less is More: Rationing and Rent Dissipation in Stochastic Contests”, with Marco Faravelli, Working Paper n. 197, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2010.
- “Influential Listeners: An Experiment on Persuasion Bias in Social Networks”, with Luca Corazzini, Filippo Pavesi and Beatrice Petrovich, Working Paper n. 196, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2010.
- “Suffer the Little Children: Measuring the Effects of Parenthood on Well-Being Worldwide”, Working Paper n. 173, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2009.
- “Judicial Errors and Crime Deterrence: Theory and Experimental Evidence”, with Matteo Rizzolli, Working Paper n. 170, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2009.
- “The Effect of Motivations on Social Indirect Reciprocity: an Experimental Analysis”, with Luigino Bruni and Marco Mantovani, Working Paper n. 169, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2009.
- “Television Viewing, Satisfaction and Happiness: Facts and Fiction”, with Marco Gui, Working Paper n. 167, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2009.
- “Experiments with the Traveler's Dilemma: Welfare, Strategic Choice and Implicit Collusion”, with K. Basu and L. Becchetti, Working Paper n. 147, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2008.
- “How to be Kind? Outcomes versus Intentions as Determinants of Fairness”, Working Paper n. 145, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2008.
- “With or Without You: Measuring the Quality of Relational Life Throughout the World”, Working Paper n. 144, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2008.
- “Le determinanti dei prezzi delle abitazioni: aspetti microeconomici”, Working Paper N. 143, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2008.
- “The Geography of Economics and Happiness”, Working Paper n. 140, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, June 2008.
- “The Impact of Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Large Panel of Firms”, with Emilio Colombo, Working Paper n. 134, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, January 2008.
- “Measuring Indirect Reciprocity: Whose Back Do We Scratch?”, Working Paper n. 131, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2007.
- “Single versus Multiple Prize Contests to Finance Public Goods: Theory and Experimental Evidence”, with M. Faravelli, Working Paper n. 127, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2007.
- “Testing Theories of Reciprocity: Does Motivation Matter?”, with, L. Bruni and L. Corazzini, Working Paper n. 109, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2007.
- “A Prize to Give for: An Experiment on Public Good Funding Mechanisms”, with L. Corazzini, and M. Faravelli, Working Paper n. 108, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2007.
- “Watching alone: Relational Goods, Television and Happiness”, with Luigino Bruni, Working Paper n. 90, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2005.
- “Income Aspirations, Television and Happiness: Evidence from the World Values Surveys”, with Luigino Bruni, Working Paper n. 89, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2005.
- “The effects of attendance on academic performance: panel data evidence for Introductory Microeconomics”, Working Paper n. 78, Economics Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 2004.
- “Investment decisions and the soft budget constraint: evidence from Hungarian manufacturing firms”, con Emilio Colombo, Working Paper n. 68, Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2004.
- “Working on the train: trade, technology and wages in Italian manufacturing”, con Paolo Manasse, Working Paper n. 61, Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2002.
- "Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why the Hound did not Bark", con Paolo Manasse e Alessandro Turrini, , CEPR Discussion Paper n. 3202, 2002.
- “L’attività fieristica come indicatore congiunturale: evidenza empirica dalla base dati Fiera Milano”, con Emilio Colombo, Working Paper n. 35, Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2001.
- “La teoria del ciclo economico: una prospettiva storica”, Working Paper n. 34, Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2001.
- “Attratti ma insoddisfatti: Perché continuiamo a guardare la TV anche se la critichiamo” (2009), con Marco Gui, forthcoming, Consumatori, Diritti e Mercato.
- “Famiglia e felicità: un’analisi del rapporto tra condizioni, valori, relazioni familiari e benessere individuale” (2007), with Luigino Bruni, in P. Donati (Ed.), “Ri-conoscere la famiglia: quale valore aggiunto per la persona e la società?”, S.Paolo, Torino.
- “La domanda di lavoro al 2010 in Italia: una simulazione sulle tendenze settoriali e professionali” (2007), with P. Aimetti, E. Colombo, A. Gianni, B. Paccagnella, in “Rapporto Unioncamere 2007”, Retecamere.
- “Attracted but Unsatisfied: An Experimental Analysis of Choice Inconsistencies in Television Consumption”, with M. Gallucci and M. Gui.
- “Asymmetric perception of gains and losses: The regulatory focus effect”, with S. Sacchi.
- “Composite Indicators of Quality of Relational Life: Robustness and Sensitivity Analysis”, with S. Tarantola.
- “The Geography of Happiness: what makes us happy where -- and why?"
- "The impact of rail transport on residential property values", with E. Colombo.