Marco Casari

University of Bologna                                Email: marco. casari AT unibo.it
Department of Economics                         Tel. +39 051 209 2635
Piazza Scaravilli, 2                                    
40126 Bologna, Italy

EDUCATION

· Ph. D. in Social Sciences-Economics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, US, June 2002.

· M. Sc. in Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, US, June 1998.

· B.A. in Economic and Social Sciences with honors, Universitá Commerciale Bocconi, Milano, Italy, June 1996.

· Universitá di Bologna, Department of Economics, Italy
Full Professor, January 2011 - Present

· Universitá di Bologna, Ruffilli School of Political Science, Italy 
Associate Professor, October 2006 - December 2010

· Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, USA
Assistant Professor of Economics, August 2004 – September 2006

· Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Center for the Study of Organizations and Decisions in Economics, Spain
Marie Curie Researcher, September 2002 – August 2004

· Ohio State University, Department of Economics, USA
Post-doctoral scholar, September 2001- June 2002

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

· Solar geoengineering may lead to excessive cooling and high strategic uncertainty (with A. Lou Abatayo, V.Bosetti, R.Ghidoni, M.Tavoni), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 2020, 117, 24, 13393-13398.

· Group size in social-ecological systems (with C.Tagliapietra), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 2018, 115, 11, 2728-2733.

· Time Horizon and Cooperation in Continuous Time, (with M. Bigoni, A. Skrzypacz, G. Spagnolo), Econometrica. 2015, 83, 587-616

· Money and Trust among Strangers, (with G. Camera, M. Bigoni), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science , 2013, 110, 37, 14889-14893.

· Cooperation among strangers under the shadow of the future, (with G. Camera) American Economic Review , 2009, 99, 3, 979–1005.

· Selection bias, demographic effects and ability effects in common value auctions experiments, (with J.Ham, J.Kagel) American Economic Review , 2007, 97, 4, 1278-1304.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• From Open to Closed Societies: Inequality, Migration, and Women's Rights (with M.Lisciandra,  A.S. Saral), 2025, Journal of Development Economics, 178, 103607, in press.

• How to discipline financial markets: reputation is not enough (with M. Bigoni, G.Camera), 2025, Journal of the European Economic Association, 23, 4, 1479–1520.

• What do economists teach about climate change? An analysis of introductory economics textbooks, (with H.Charmetant, M.Arvaniti), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2024, 110, 102192.

• Climate Clubs in the Laboratory (with A. Tavoni), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2024, 110, 102211.

WHAT'S NEW

• I will if you will in climate change mitigation (with J.E. Cuevas, A. Tavoni).

• Deciding for others: behavioral insights into climate change choices (with F. Fidanosky).

• The Importance of Being Even: Restitution and Cooperation (with M.Bigoni, A. Salvanti, A.Skrzypacz, G.Spagnolo)

• The Long-term Legacy of Gender-Equal Norms (with M.Fabbri, D.Nosenzo, J.Schulz).

• Slavery and Moral Repugnancy (with M. Fabbri, P.Limata, D. Nosenzo).