Dr Tommaso Reggiani
(he/him)
PhD (Econ)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Tommaso Reggiani
Reader in Economics, Director of the Economics PhD Programme
Overview
Tommaso Reggiani is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Economics at Cardiff University | Cardiff Business School.
Research fields: Behavioural & Experimental Economics, Public Economics, Ethics & Economics.
Tommaso's studies mainly focus on the analysis of virtuous behaviour and prosocial preferences - both at the individual and organisational/community level - as well as their interactions with economic and psychological incentives (cooperation, trust, giving, compliance, voluntarism, public goods, social capital). Tommaso has published in international academic journals such as Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation, Environmental & Resource Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics.
He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Bologna, and I held research positions at Toulouse School of Economics, University of Cologne. Tommaso is currently a research fellow at IZA-Bonn and a research associate at Masaryk University-MUEEL lab.
Publication
2025
- Soucek, C., Reggiani, T. and Kairies-Schwarz, N. 2025. Physicians’ responses to time pressure: experimental evidence on treatment quality and documentation behaviour. Health Policy - The best evidence for better policies 155, article number: 105302. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105302)
2024
- Corazzini, L., Cotton, C., Longo, E. and Reggiani, T. 2024. Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality. Journal of Public Economics 238, article number: 105172. (10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105172)
- Clò, S., Reggiani, T. and Ruberto, S. 2024. Consumption feedback and water saving: a field intervention evaluation in the metropolitan area of Milan. Environmental and Resource Economics 87, pp. 2259-2308. (10.1007/s10640-024-00884-9)
- Antinyan, A., Corazzini, L., Fišar, M. and Reggiani, T. 2024. Mind the framing when studying social preferences in the domain of losses. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 218, pp. 599-612. (10.1016/j.jebo.2023.12.024)
2023
- Fisar, M. et al. 2023. Ovulatory shift, hormonal changes, and no effects on incentivized decision-making. Journal of Economic Psychology 98, article number: 102656. (10.1016/j.joep.2023.102656)
- Fazio, A. and Reggiani, T. 2023. Minimum wage and tolerance for high incomes. European Economic Review 155, article number: 104445. (10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104445)
- Fazio, A., Reggiani, T. and Scervini, F. 2023. Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour. Evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge. Journal of Economic Psychology 96, article number: 102624. (10.1016/j.joep.2023.102624)
- Abraham, D., Corazzini, L., Fišar, M. and Reggiani, T. 2023. Coordinating donations via an intermediary: The destructive effect of a sunk overhead cost. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 211, pp. 287-304. (10.1016/j.jebo.2023.05.006)
- Reggiani, T. and Rilke, R. M. 2023. Designing Donation Incentive Contracts for Online Gig Workers. Journal of Business Ethics (10.1007/s10551-023-05428-7)
2022
- Fisar, M., Reggiani, T., Sabatini, F. and Spalek, J. 2022. Media negativity bias and tax compliance: experimental evidence. International Tax and Public Finance 29, pp. 1160-1212. (10.1007/s10797-021-09706-w)
- Fazio, A., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2022. The political cost of sanctions: evidence from COVID-19. Health Policy 126(9), pp. 872-878. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.06.008)
- Mikula, ?. and Reggiani, T. 2022. Residential-based discrimination in the labor market. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (10.1515/bejeap-2021-0331)
- Geraci, A., Nardotto, M., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2022. Broadband internet and social capital. Journal of Public Economics 206, article number: 104578. (10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104578)
2021
- De Rosa, D., Reggiani, T. and Paolo, S. 2021. Special issue: “the community of advantage”. International Review of Economics 68, pp. 1-4. (10.1007/s12232-021-00369-x)
- Medda, T., Pelligra, V. and Reggiani, T. 2021. Lab-sophistication: does repeated participation in laboratory experiments affect pro-social behaviour?. Games 12(1), article number: 18. (10.3390/g12010018)
2020
- Corazzini, L., Cotton, C. and Reggiani, T. 2020. Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence. Experimental Economics 23(4), pp. 1030-1068. (10.1007/s10683-019-09639-6)
- Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T. and Zizzo, D. J. 2020. Responding to (un)reasonable requests by an authority. Theory and Decision 89, pp. 287-311. (10.1007/s11238-020-09758-0)
- Bruni, L., Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2020. The Pied Piper: Prizes, incentives, and motivation crowding-in. Journal of Business Ethics 166, pp. 263-658. (10.1007/s10551-019-04154-3)
2019
- Antoci, A., Bonelli, L., Paglieri, F., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2019. Civility and trust in social media. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 160, pp. 83-99. (10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.026)
2017
- Becchetti, L., Pelligra, V. and Reggiani, T. 2017. Information, belief elicitation and threshold effects in the 5X1000 tax scheme: a framed field experiment. International Tax and Public Finance 24(6), pp. 1026-1049. (10.1007/s10797-017-9474-z)
- Marchegiani, L., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2017. Gender effects in injustice perceptions: An experiment on error evaluation and effort provision. Presented at: 2017 Ipazia Workshop on Gender, 10 March 2017 Presented at Paoloni, P. and Lombardi, R. eds.Gender Issues in Business and Economics: Selections from the 2017 Ipazia Workshop on Gender. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics Springer Verlag pp. 193-202., (10.1007/978-3-319-65193-4_15)
- Conrads, J. and Reggiani, T. 2017. The effect of communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping: experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 12, pp. 595-611. (10.1007/s11403-016-0177-9)
2016
- Marchegiani, L., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2016. Loss averse agents and lenient supervisors in performance appraisal. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 131(A), pp. 183-197. (10.1016/j.jebo.2016.07.022)
- Conrads, J., Irlenbusch, B., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. M. and Sliwka, D. 2016. How to hire helpers? Evidence from a field experiment. Experimental Economics 19, pp. 557-594. (10.1007/s10683-015-9455-y)
- Conrads, J., Reggiani, T. and Rilke, R. M. 2016. Reducing ambiguity in lotteries: evidence from a field experiment. Applied Economics Letters 23(3), pp. 206-211. (10.1080/13504851.2015.1066480)
2015
- Bigoni, M., Fort, M., Nardotto, M. and Reggiani, T. G. 2015. Cooperation or competition? A field experiment on non-monetary learning incentives. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15(4), pp. 1753-1792. (10.1515/bejeap-2014-0109)
2014
- Stutzer, A. and Reggiani, T. 2014. On the many accounts of public happiness. International Review of Economics 61, pp. 109-113. (10.1007/s12232-014-0207-7)
Articles
- Soucek, C., Reggiani, T. and Kairies-Schwarz, N. 2025. Physicians’ responses to time pressure: experimental evidence on treatment quality and documentation behaviour. Health Policy - The best evidence for better policies 155, article number: 105302. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105302)
- Corazzini, L., Cotton, C., Longo, E. and Reggiani, T. 2024. Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality. Journal of Public Economics 238, article number: 105172. (10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105172)
- Clò, S., Reggiani, T. and Ruberto, S. 2024. Consumption feedback and water saving: a field intervention evaluation in the metropolitan area of Milan. Environmental and Resource Economics 87, pp. 2259-2308. (10.1007/s10640-024-00884-9)
- Antinyan, A., Corazzini, L., Fišar, M. and Reggiani, T. 2024. Mind the framing when studying social preferences in the domain of losses. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 218, pp. 599-612. (10.1016/j.jebo.2023.12.024)
- Fisar, M. et al. 2023. Ovulatory shift, hormonal changes, and no effects on incentivized decision-making. Journal of Economic Psychology 98, article number: 102656. (10.1016/j.joep.2023.102656)
- Fazio, A. and Reggiani, T. 2023. Minimum wage and tolerance for high incomes. European Economic Review 155, article number: 104445. (10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104445)
- Fazio, A., Reggiani, T. and Scervini, F. 2023. Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour. Evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge. Journal of Economic Psychology 96, article number: 102624. (10.1016/j.joep.2023.102624)
- Abraham, D., Corazzini, L., Fišar, M. and Reggiani, T. 2023. Coordinating donations via an intermediary: The destructive effect of a sunk overhead cost. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 211, pp. 287-304. (10.1016/j.jebo.2023.05.006)
- Reggiani, T. and Rilke, R. M. 2023. Designing Donation Incentive Contracts for Online Gig Workers. Journal of Business Ethics (10.1007/s10551-023-05428-7)
- Fisar, M., Reggiani, T., Sabatini, F. and Spalek, J. 2022. Media negativity bias and tax compliance: experimental evidence. International Tax and Public Finance 29, pp. 1160-1212. (10.1007/s10797-021-09706-w)
- Fazio, A., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2022. The political cost of sanctions: evidence from COVID-19. Health Policy 126(9), pp. 872-878. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.06.008)
- Mikula, ?. and Reggiani, T. 2022. Residential-based discrimination in the labor market. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (10.1515/bejeap-2021-0331)
- Geraci, A., Nardotto, M., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2022. Broadband internet and social capital. Journal of Public Economics 206, article number: 104578. (10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104578)
- De Rosa, D., Reggiani, T. and Paolo, S. 2021. Special issue: “the community of advantage”. International Review of Economics 68, pp. 1-4. (10.1007/s12232-021-00369-x)
- Medda, T., Pelligra, V. and Reggiani, T. 2021. Lab-sophistication: does repeated participation in laboratory experiments affect pro-social behaviour?. Games 12(1), article number: 18. (10.3390/g12010018)
- Corazzini, L., Cotton, C. and Reggiani, T. 2020. Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence. Experimental Economics 23(4), pp. 1030-1068. (10.1007/s10683-019-09639-6)
- Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T. and Zizzo, D. J. 2020. Responding to (un)reasonable requests by an authority. Theory and Decision 89, pp. 287-311. (10.1007/s11238-020-09758-0)
- Bruni, L., Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2020. The Pied Piper: Prizes, incentives, and motivation crowding-in. Journal of Business Ethics 166, pp. 263-658. (10.1007/s10551-019-04154-3)
- Antoci, A., Bonelli, L., Paglieri, F., Reggiani, T. and Sabatini, F. 2019. Civility and trust in social media. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 160, pp. 83-99. (10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.026)
- Becchetti, L., Pelligra, V. and Reggiani, T. 2017. Information, belief elicitation and threshold effects in the 5X1000 tax scheme: a framed field experiment. International Tax and Public Finance 24(6), pp. 1026-1049. (10.1007/s10797-017-9474-z)
- Conrads, J. and Reggiani, T. 2017. The effect of communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping: experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 12, pp. 595-611. (10.1007/s11403-016-0177-9)
- Marchegiani, L., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2016. Loss averse agents and lenient supervisors in performance appraisal. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 131(A), pp. 183-197. (10.1016/j.jebo.2016.07.022)
- Conrads, J., Irlenbusch, B., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. M. and Sliwka, D. 2016. How to hire helpers? Evidence from a field experiment. Experimental Economics 19, pp. 557-594. (10.1007/s10683-015-9455-y)
- Conrads, J., Reggiani, T. and Rilke, R. M. 2016. Reducing ambiguity in lotteries: evidence from a field experiment. Applied Economics Letters 23(3), pp. 206-211. (10.1080/13504851.2015.1066480)
- Bigoni, M., Fort, M., Nardotto, M. and Reggiani, T. G. 2015. Cooperation or competition? A field experiment on non-monetary learning incentives. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15(4), pp. 1753-1792. (10.1515/bejeap-2014-0109)
- Stutzer, A. and Reggiani, T. 2014. On the many accounts of public happiness. International Review of Economics 61, pp. 109-113. (10.1007/s12232-014-0207-7)
Conferences
- Marchegiani, L., Reggiani, T. and Rizzolli, M. 2017. Gender effects in injustice perceptions: An experiment on error evaluation and effort provision. Presented at: 2017 Ipazia Workshop on Gender, 10 March 2017 Presented at Paoloni, P. and Lombardi, R. eds.Gender Issues in Business and Economics: Selections from the 2017 Ipazia Workshop on Gender. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics Springer Verlag pp. 193-202., (10.1007/978-3-319-65193-4_15)
Research
Main research interests
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Public Economics
- Ethics & Economics
Publications: https://sites.google.com/view/tommaso-reggiani/
Teaching
A.Y. 2024/2025
- Microeconomic Theory (BS2550, semester 1) - UG 2nd year
- Microeconomic Analysis (BS3566, semester 2) - UG 3rd year
- PhD Research Methods Workshop (BST181, semester 1 & 2) - PhD
Biography
- Current Academic Position
2020 - ongoing: Cardiff University |Cardiff Business School - Economics section (Cardiff, UK)
2024-ongoing: Associate Professor (Reader) in Economics
2022-2024: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Economics
2020-2022: Lecturer (with tenure) in Economics
- Research Affiliations
2017 - ongoing: Research Associate, Masaryk University - MUEEL lab (Brno, CZE)
2010 - ongoing: Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor Economics (Bonn, GER)
2022 - ongoing: Scientific Expert, UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab (Paris, FRA)
- Education
2008-2012: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bologna, Dept. Economics (Bologna, ITA) - supervisor: Andrea Ichino
2010-2011: Ph.D. visiting student, University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (Bonn, GER)
2006-2008: M.A. in Economics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Dept. Economics (Milan, ITA)
2003-2006: B.A. in Economics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Dept. Economics (Milan, ITA)
- Past Academic Positions
2017-2020: Research Fellow, Masaryk University - MUEEL lab (Brno, CZE)
2015-2017: Assistant Professor, LUMSA University, Dept. Social Sciences (Rome, ITA)
2012-2015: Post-Doc, University of Cologne, Dept. Business Ethics (Cologne, GER)
2011-2012: Research Fellow, Toulouse School of Economics, Dept. Economics (Toulouse, FRA)
Supervisions
I am currently available to supervise PhD students:
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Public Economics
- Ethics & Economics
Current supervision
Contact Details
Aberconway Building, Floor 2nd, Room R11c, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Research themes
Specialisms
- Behavioural & Experimental Economics
- Microeconomics
- Public economics
- Ethics & Economics