ALBERTO PRATI
I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at UCL.
I also serve as a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and as an Associate Researcher at the London School of Economics.
I am a behavioural economist, working on:
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wellbeing (Which social factors influence feelings of happiness and misery? How should we measure these feelings? And how can these measures help guide public policies?);
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memory and beliefs (What role does memory play in the formation of beliefs? How beliefs and desires shape each other? Why do people disagree?);
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sustainability and future orientation (What can institutions do to fight climate change? When and why people sacrifice for the future? How can we measure it?)
You can contact me at:
a[dot]prati[at]ucl[dot]ac[dot]uk
prati[dot]alberto[dot]eu[at]gmail[dot]com
You can meet me at:
'New Methods, Perspectives and Approaches’ seminar (Bank of England, 7th February 2023).
ISQOLS webinar (online, 24th May 2023).
Most people try to form an accurate opinion about COVID-19 vaccines. But what happens to your memories and beliefs once you received your jab? To know the answer, Charlotte Saucet and I interviewed over 1,000 UK residents before and after they received a vaccine.
"Self-serving bias” refers to situations where people distort information in a way which is favorable for themselves. But how can we test it in the lab? I present some criticisms and a solution.
Research Keywords:
life satisfaction, subjective well-being, self-narrative, memory, motivated beliefs, motivated reasoning, evaluative judgments, bias, carbon footprint, time preferences, measurement, methodology, experiment, survey.