Matilde Giaccherini
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I am a postdoc researcher at the Centre for Economic and International Studies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a CESifo Research Affiliate (Economics of Digitization Area).
I earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in April 2018.
In December 2023, I obtained the National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as an Associate Professor in the scientific sector 13/A1 (Economia Politica).
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Health economics, Media Economics, Environmental economics.
Methods: Causal Inference Techniques, Field Experiment, Text Analysis.
NEWS
January 2024: new version of "Vax Populi: Social Costs of Online Vaccine Skepticism" CEPR wp
w/ Joanna Kopiska and Gabriele Rovigatti - old version: CESifo WPDecember 2023: "Refueling a Quiet Fire: Old Truthers and New Discontent in the Wake of Covid-19" - CESifo WP
w/ Gabriele Beccari, Joanna Kopiska and Gabriele RovigattiSeptember 2023: "Vax Populi: Social Costs of Online Vaccine Skepticism" will be presented at the Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference
August 2023: "Vax Populi: Social Costs of Online Vaccine Skepticism" will be presented at the EEA-ESEM Barcelona 2023 and has been accepted to take part in the WinE Retreattreat
January 2023: "Vax Populi: Social Costs of Online Vaccine Skepticism" presented at the AEA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans
July 2021: "When Particulate Matter Strikes Cities. Social Disparities and Health Costs of Air Pollution" - Journal of Health Economics
w/ Joanna Kopiska and Alessandro PalmaJune 2021: "Nudging food waste decisions at restaurants" - European Economics Review
w/ Marianna Gilli, Susanna Mancinelli and Mariangela ZoliApril 2020 - October 2020: maternity leave
August 2019: "The Behavioralist Goes Door-To-Door: Understanding Household Technological Diffusion Using a Theory-Driven Natural Field Experiment" - NBER WP
w/ David H. Herberich, David Jimenez-Gomez, John A. List, Giovanni Ponti, Michael K. Price.May 2019: winner of the EIEF GRANT 2018 "Vax Populi: Social Costs of Fake-News on Childhood Vaccines"
w/ Joanna Kopiska
