Research

Uncertainty Matters in Climate Change Decision Making

Valentina Bosetti and two coauthors, in a paper published in Nature Climate Change, show that uncertainty aversion can be as decisive in shaping climate policies as the time discount factor

Now Italy Has Its National Valuation Standards

Released by OIV, the Italian standards setter, Principi Italiani di Valutazione (PIV) will be effective from 2016. A key step towards better valuation quality and greater market transparency

Massimo Marinacci at His Second ERC Advanced Grant

The research project, funded with euro 1.4 mln, aims to create a unified MacroFinance and Decision Theory framework for the study of model uncertainty

How God and King Affect our Musical Tastes

Alex Turrini and Giulia Cancellieri awarded with the Best Conference Paper Award at AixenProvence's AIMAC 2015 for their work on omnivorous music consumers

Health Economics and Nutrition Will Be the Two Main Focuses of the 2015 iHEA Congress

Experts from all over the world will arrive at Universita' Bocconi, between 12 and 15 July to attend the International Health Economics Association conference, including major academic personalities Esther Duflo and Ernst Fehr

When Too Much Is Too Much: Media and Stigma in the Nuclear Industry

Perretti and Piazza find that criticism can force firms to disengage from a stigmatized industry, but excessive media exposure reduces the amount of stigma people are able to perceive