Sandro Casal

Associate Professor of Public Finance | University of Trento

About

I am an experimental economist with a focus on Tax Compliance Behaviour, Behavioural Public Policy, and Nudging.
I currently a board member (2024-2028) of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE).

Workplace

| Department of Economics and Management - University of Trento (Italy)

Laboratory

| Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL)

Email: sandro.casal@unitn.it

Research Topics & Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

  • Morreale, A., Mittone, L., and Casal, S. (forthcoming). Social Dynamics in Tax Compliance: The Indirect Echo Effect of Observing Others’ Tax Behavior. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
  • Casal, S., Faillo, M., and Mittone, L. (2022). I want to pay!-Identifying the Unconditional Tax Propensity (UTP). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ➦
  • Argentiero, A., Casal, S., Mittone, L., and Morreale, A. (2021). Tax evasion and inequality: some theoretical and empirical insights. Economics of Governance ➦
  • Casal, S., Grimm, V., and Schächtele, S. (2019). Taxation with Mobile High-Income Agents: Experimental Evidence on Tax Compliance and Equity Perceptions. Games ➦
  • Casal, S., Kogler, C., Mittone, L., and Kirchler, E. (2016). Tax compliance depends on voice of taxpayers. Journal of Economic Psychology ➦
  • Casal, S. and Mittone, L. (2016). Social Esteem versus Social Stigma: the role of anonymity in an income reporting game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization ➦
  • Casal, S., Guala, F., and Mittone L. (2024). On the Transparency of Nudges. Mind & Society ➦
  • Casal, S., and Filippin, A. (2024). The effect of observing multiple private information outcomes on the inclination to cheat. Economic Inquiry ➦
  • Casal, S., Fallucchi, F., and Quercia, S. (2019). The Role of Morals in Three-Player Ultimatum Games. Journal of Economic Psychology ➦
  • Casal, S., Güth, W., Jia, M., and Ploner, M. (2012). An Experimental Study of the Envy Game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization ➦
  • Casal, S., Maijanen-Kyläheiko, P., Mittone, L., and Morreale, A. (2024). Punishment Incentives in Principal-Agent Dynamics: Insights from a Public Goods Game Experiment. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy ➦
  • Casal, S., Ploner, M., and Sproten, A.N. (2019). Fostering the best execution regime. An experiment about pecuniary sanctions and accountability in fiduciary money management. Economic Inquiry ➦
  • Casal, S., Della Valle, N., Mittone, L., and Soraperra, I. (2017). Feedback and efficient behavior. PLOS ONE ➦

Ongoing Research

  • The Effects of Non-Binding Promises on Sequential Cooperation - Experimental Evidence from a Multiplayer Centipede Game (with Luigi Mittone and Matteo Ploner) Submitted
  • Intertemporal Exploitation of Natural Resources: An Experimental Approach (with Vittorio Guida and Luigi Mittone) Pre-registred on OSF

Teaching

Introduction to Economics
Degree: BSc
Year: 1
Language: English
Main Topics:
  • Consumer Theory
  • Theory of the Firm
Public Finance
Degree: BSc
Year: 2
Language: Italian
Main Topics:
  • Market Failures
  • Public Goods
  • Taxation Theory
  • Welfare Economics
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Economics
Degree: BSc
Year: 2
Language: Italian
Main Topics:
  • Market Failures
  • Taxation Theory
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Economics of Taxation
Degree: MSc
Year: 1
Language: Italian
Main Topics:
  • Taxation Economics: Efficiency and Equity
  • Major Taxes: Personal Income Tax, Value Added Tax, and Corporate Tax
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  • Cappelletti, D., Casal, S. and Soraperra, I. (2016). Domande ed esercizi di microeconomia. McGraw-Hill.

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