Matteo Rizzolli Research and Publications

Publications on peer-review journals



Other scientific publications


  • 2020. Standing together: is family a resilience factor for subjective wellbeing? (with Dalila De Rosa). In: (a cura di): Bruni, Luigino Smerilli Alessandra De Rosa, Dalila, A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness". London:Edward Elgar Publishing Limit
  • 2019. Family, Happiness and Wellbeing. In: (a cura di): Speranza Nicola, Stronger Families for a Flourishing Society. p. 31-37, Brussels:Sallux Publishing, ISBN: 978-94-92697-19-6
  • 2019. Prices, praises, and prizes (with Robert Dur) International Review of Economics 66(1). DOI 10.1007/s12232-019-00319-8 (Special issue on Virtues and Prizes)
  • 2018 Gender effects in injustice perceptions: An experiment on error evaluation and effort provision (with Lucia Marchegiani and Tommaso Reggiani) chapter #15 in "Gender Issues in Business and Economics" (Springer) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65193-4_15
  • 2017. Conditional Privacy Rights: A View from the Cathedral. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. 173(1) DOI 10.1628/093245616X14785139251549
  • 2012. Exploring Coases' World: An introduction. (with A. Nicita and H. Smith). International Review of Economics vol. 59(2), p. 111-120 DOI: 10.1007/s12232-012-0163-z


Other publications in italian


  • 2018. Spunti per una nuova economia della famiglia. Vita e Pensiero. Nov-Dic
  • 2015. Errori di valutazione e motivazione del personale (with Lucia Marchegiani & Tommaso Reggiani & Matteo Rizzolli) in Baroncelli, Stefania. Efficacia ed efficienza della pubblica amministrazione: un modo per realizzare l'eguaglianza sostanziale= Effektivität und Effizienz der öffentlichen Verwaltung: ein Weg zur Umsetzung des materiellen Gleichheitsprinzip. Bozen-Bolzano University Press
  • 2009. Il caso dello «sciopero virtuale» tra equivoci e illusioni. Mercato Concorrenza e Regole. Vol XI(2) (with A. Nicita)
  • 2008. Il puzzle della patente a punti. Consumatori, Diritti e Mercato. N.3 (with S. Di Nola)
  • 2007. L’inappellabilità dei proscioglimenti: un’analisi economica. Rivista di Diritto Finanziaro e Scienza delle Finanze. Vol 66(4)
  • 2006. Le opzioni nel mercato delle regole. Mercato Concorrenza e Regole. Vol VIII(2) (with A. Nicita and R. Pardolesi)

Working Papers


  • Bruni, Luigino., Pelligra, Vittorio, Reggiani, Tommaso e Matteo Rizzolli M. 2019. The Pied Piper: Prizes, Incentives, and Motivation Crowding-in. MUNI ECON Working Paper n. 2019-04. Brno: Masaryk University.
  • Pietro Battiston & Simona Gamba & Matteo Rizzolli & Valentina Rotondi, 2018. Lies have long legs. Cheating, public scrutiny and loyalty in teams. Econometica Working Papers wp67, Econometica.
  • Matteo Rizzolli, 2016. Adjudication: Type-I and Type-II Errors. CERBE Working Papers wpC15, CERBE Center for Relationship Banking and Economics.
  • Lucia Marchegiani & Tommaso Reggiani & Matteo Rizzolli, 2016. Loss Averse Agents and Lenient Supervisors in Performance Appraisal. CERBE Working Papers wpC11, CERBE Center for Relationship Banking and Economics.
  • Giovanni Ferri & Matteo Ploner & Matteo Rizzolli, 2016. "Trading Fast and Slow: The Role Of Deliberation In Experimental Financial Markets," CERBE Working Papers wpC07, CERBE Center for Relationship Banking and Economics.
  • Matteo Rizzolli & James Tremewan, 2016. Hard Labour in the lab: Are monetary and non-monetary sanctions really substitutable?. Vienna Economics Papers 1606, University of Vienna, Department of Economics.
  • Antonio Nicita & Matteo Rizzolli, 2012. In Dubio Pro Reo. Behavioral explanations of pro-defendant bias in procedures Department of Economics University of Siena 637, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
  • Antonio Nicita & Matteo Rizzolli, 2012. Hold-up and Externality: the Firm as a Nexus of Incomplete Rights?," Department of Economics University of Siena 638, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
  • Antonio Nicita & Matteo Rizzolli, 2009. "The Case for the Virtual Strike. An Appraisal of the Italian Proposal," Department of Economics University of Siena 557, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
  • Matteo Rizzolli & Luca Stanca, 2009. "Judicial Errors and Crime Deterrence: Theory and Experimental Evidence," Working Papers 170, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2009.
  • Matteo Rizzolli & Margherita Saraceno, 2009. "Better that X guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer," Working Papers 168, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2009.
  • Matteo Rizzolli, 2008. "Building encroachments," Working Papers 136, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2008.
  • Matteo Rizzolli & Nuno Garoupa, 2008. "Why Pro-Defendant Criminal Procedure Might Hurt the Innocent," Working Papers 137, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2008.
  • Antonio Nicita & Matteo Rizzolli & Maria Alessandra Rossi, 2007. "IP Law and Antitrust Law Complementarity when Property Rights are Incomplete," Department of Economics University of Siena 509, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
  • Sergio Di Nola & Matteo Rizzolli, 2005. "Regole di tutela e sanzioni: il caso della patente a punti," LIUC Papers in Ethics, Law and Economics 173, Cattaneo University (LIUC).