Details about Luigi Mittone

Homepage:	http://www-ceel.economia.unitn.it/staff/mittone/index.html
Workplace:	Dipartimento di Economia e Management (Department of Economics and Management), Università degli Studi di Trento (University of Trento), (more information at EDIRC) Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL), Università degli Studi di Trento (University of Trento), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Do Losses Matter? The Effect of Information-Search Technologies on Risky Choices
   Papers, arXiv.org

2022

2. The Tragedy of the Masks: curbing stockpiling behavior through a 'victim'
   CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
   See also Journal Article The Tragedy of the Masks: Curbing Stockpiling Behavior through a “Victim”, Review of Behavioral Economics, now publishers (2024) (2024)

2021

3. Priming prosocial behavior and expectations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic -- Evidence from an online experiment
   Papers, arXiv.org
4. When the state does not play dice: aggressive audit strategies foster tax compliance
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia (2017)
   See also Journal Article When the state does not play dice: aggressive audit strategies foster tax compliance, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2021) (2021)

2020

5. On pledging one's trustworthiness through gifts: an experimental inquiry
   CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2019

6. Economic Growth and Public Debt: An Experimental Approach in Search of a Confidence Channel
   DEM Working Papers, Department of Economics and Management
7. On the Transparency of Nudges: An Experiment
   CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
   See also Journal Article On the transparency of nudges: an experiment, Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer (2025) (2025)
8. Tax Morale and Fairness in Conflict - An Experiment
   Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics
   See also Journal Article Tax morale and fairness in conflict an experiment, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2018

9. Cash posters in the lab
   CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
10. Effects of Institutional History and Leniency on Collusive Corruption and Tax Evasion
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (8)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2018) View citations (8)
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2017) View citations (2)
    PPE Working Papers, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2016)
    See also Journal Article Effects of institutional history and leniency on collusive corruption and tax evasion, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2017

11. The circulation of worthless objects aids cooperation. An experiment inspired by the Kula
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2016

12. Anticipated communication in the ultimatum game
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Anticipated Communication in the Ultimatum Game, Games, MDPI (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
13. Communication, sequentiality and strategic power. A prisoners� dilemma experiment
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
14. Factors Influencing the Perceived Websites' Privacy Trustworthiness and Users' Purchase Intentions
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
15. Feedback and consumption behavior
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
16. Heuristic Driven Agents in Tax Evasion: an Agent-based Approach
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
17. Procedures for Eliciting Time Preferences
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Procedures for eliciting time preferences, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (18) (2016)
18. Tell Me How to Rule: Leadership, Delegation, and Voice in Cooperation
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2015

19. Grandparents Matter: Perspectives on Intergenerational Altruism. An Experiment on Family Dynamic Spillovers in Public Goods Games
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
20. Language and intergroup discrimination. Evidence from an experiment
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (3)
21. Tax Evasion Revised: Surprising Experimental Evidence on the Role of Principal Witness Regulations and Differences in Gender Attitudes
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
22. Trust and trustworthiness in experimental organizations
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2014

23. Experience and history: An experimental approach to generational heterogeneity
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Experience and History: An Experimental Approach to Generational Heterogeneity, International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics (IJABE), IGI Global Scientific Publishing (2016) (2016)
24. Social Esteem versus Social Stigma: the role of anonymity in an income reporting game
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Social esteem versus social stigma: The role of anonymity in an income reporting game, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (40) (2016)
25. Social norms or low-cost heuristics? An experimental investigation of imitative behavior
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
    Also in Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2014)

2013

26. A Political Justification of Nudging
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (4)

2012

27. Group Membership, Team Preferences, and Expectations (This is a new version of CEEL WP 6-09)
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
28. Motives of Sanctioning: Equity and Emotions in a Public Good Experiment with Punishment
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena View citations (5)
29. The freeze-out bond exchange offer. An experimental approach
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Freeze-out Bond Exchange Offer: An Experimental Approach, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) (2015)

2011

30. Cooperative Attitudes in Nonprofit Firms. Evidence from An Artefactual Field Experiment with Workers of Social Cooperatives
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2009

31. Does Participating in a Collective Decision Affect the Levels of Contributions Provided? An Experimental Investigation
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
32. Group Membership, Team Preferences, and Expectations (A new version of this paper is available as CEEL WP 3-12)
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
33. Social Effects in a Multi-Agent Investment Game. An Experimental Analysis
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (13)
    Also in CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia (2008) View citations (1)

2008

34. A Description of Experimental Tax Evasion Behavior Using Finite Automata: the case of Chile and Italy
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
35. An Experimental Study of Conventions and Norms
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
36. Influence of time delay on choice between gambles: Savoring the emotion
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
37. Paradigmatic Experiments: the Dictator Game
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Paradigmatic experiments: The Dictator Game, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2010) View citations (27) (2010)
38. Reciprocity, Exchange and Redistribution. An experimental investigation inspired by Karl Polanyi�s The Economy as Instituted Process
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
39. Retirement Systems, Demography, Happiness and Welfare Redistribution
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
40. The Role of Experienced Regret on Intertemporal Choice: An Experiment
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
41. The elicitation of time preferences
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (10)

2007

42. Free riding and norms of control: self determination and imposition. An experimental comparison
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
43. The glue of the economic system: the effect of relational goods on trust and trustworthiness
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (4)

2006

44. Choosing Monetary Sequences: Theory and Experimental Evidence
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance (2006) View citations (5)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2006) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Choosing monetary sequences: theory and experimental evidence, Theory and Decision, Springer (2010) View citations (21) (2010)
45. Is It Just Legitimacy of Endowments? An Experimental Analysis of Unilateral Giving
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (6)
46. The Scarcity Bias: Some Theoretical Notes
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2005

47. Does scarcity matter in children's behavior? A developmental perspective of the basic scarcity bias
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (4)
48. The Scarcity Bias
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (4)

2003

49. Altruism without reciprocation in children
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
50. Ethical altruism and redistribution: an experimental approach
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
51. Income tax evasion and artificial reference points: two experiments
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)
52. The Condorcet paradox: an experimental approach to a voting process
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

2002

53. Dynamic behaviours in tax evasion. An experimental approach
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Dynamic behaviour in tax evasion: An experimental approach, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2006) View citations (135) (2006)
54. Experiments in Economics: Testing Theories vs. the Robustness of Phenomena
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
55. Individual styles of tax evasion: an experimental study
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (2)
56. Motivations and collusion among agents in the evasion of indirect taxes: an experimental approach
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

1997

57. Subjective versus objective probability: results from seven experiments on fiscal evasion
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (12)
58. The Multi-Stakeholders Versus the Nonprofit Organisation
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (11)
59. The reduction of decision complexity: normative policies and the role of information
    CEEL Working Papers, Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

1994

60. Tax evasion and moral constraints: some experimental evidence
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Tax Evasion and Moral Constraints: some Experimental Evidence, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (1997) View citations (103) (1997)

1993

61. Quasi-markets and Uncertainty: the Case of General Proctice Service
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

1992

62. Politica tariffaria e politica informativa nell'offerta di servizi pubblici
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
63. Riduzione della complessit� decisionale: politiche normative e produzione di informazione
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

1991

64. Scelte di consumo, qualit� incerta e razionalit� limitata
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)

1990

65. Il ruolo della qualit� nella domanda di servizi pubblici.Un metodo di analisi empirica
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2025

1. On the transparency of nudges: an experiment
   Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2025, 24, (2), 871-894
   See also Working Paper On the Transparency of Nudges: An Experiment, CEEL Working Papers (2019) (2019)

2024

2. Initial conditions and path dependence in explorative and exploitative learning: An experimental study
   Technovation, 2024, 129, (C) View citations (1)
3. Innovative search and imitation heuristics: an agent-based simulation study
   Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2024, 19, (2), 231-282 View citations (1)
4. Outcomes or participation? Experimentally testing competing sources of legitimacy for taxation
   Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62, (2), 563-583 View citations (1)
5. Punishment Incentives in Principal-Agent Dynamics: Insights from a Public Goods Game Experiment
   Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2024, 8, (2), 27-40