Research

Understanding Expectations to Design Better Policies

Luigi Iovino obtained an ERC Consolidator Grant to shed light on how expectations are formed and how they determine economic decisions. Interestingly, his results could provide central banks with effective tools to fine tune the green transition

EVA, Statistics That Help Understand Extreme Events and Climate Change

The 13th international conference of scholars of extreme value analysis will be held at Bocconi, from June 26

Shareholder Strategies, Beyond CSR

The OAS 2023 Conference is the joint effort of Bocconi and University of St. Gallen to broaden the view of shareholders as agents of corporate strategy, beyond corporate social responsibility

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan's Push for Improving Italy's Financial Education

Sustainable finance at the center of a project for greater social awareness of managing resources and savings

Information Makes Us Inclusive. But not if We Are Populist

An experiment conducted by Boeri and Morelli shows that providing simple information succeeds in increasing public knowledge about demographic trends and the pension system, but attitudes toward migrants improve only among non populist voters

Emojis Talk Politics

Their use in Twitter bios shows that emojis can develop into new vernaculars, which mark both the sense of belonging to a political community and the exclusion of outsiders. With a spike in polarization