Stefano Castriota
Biographic Data
| ID | 1743524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Castriota |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Castriota |
| SIGNATURE | CASTRIOTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pisa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9252-778X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment
Empirical studies on the economic theory of crime have extensively analyzed the importance of the probability of punishment with regard to premeditated criminal activities. Unplanned crimes also occur, however, and this paper will focus on a very serious and widespread example: the hit-and-run road accident. Using police records for every road accident with injuries or mortalities that took place in Italy in the period 1996–2016, we rely on chang…
Does social capital matter? A study of hit-and-run in US counties
We investigate the relationship between social capital and a decision that has dire health consequences: fleeing after a road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme conditions. We merge data from the universe of fatality accidents involving pedestrians in the US over the period 2000-2018 with a d…
Disaster, Aid, and Preferences
Cooperative Membership as a Trust and Trustworthiness Reinforcing Device
We test the hypothesis that cooperative membership is a trust and trustworthiness reinforcing device and that, as such, it affects (in a trust game) both trustors' and trustees' transfers and beliefs. In considering trust games played by sugar farmers in the Philippines, we find that (i) cooperative membership induces higher levels of trust and trustworthiness even in non-members because the players' behaviour is influenced by the information abo…
Productivity, wages and intrinsic motivations
Does Microfinance Work as a Recovery Tool After Disasters? Evidence from the 2004 Tsunami
The Effects of a Calamity on Income and Wellbeing of Poor Microfinance Borrowers
We investigate the effects of the 2004 Tsunami on a sample of microfinance borrowers. Our findings show that the severe loss of income of damaged borrowers only partially explains the dip in wellbeing. This is because the latter is also related to economic losses not measured by current income (that is, loss in wealth or in permanent income) and by psychological or emotional effects. Finally, we find that the role of risk on the Tsunami impact is…
The Effects of a Calamity on Income and Wellbeing of Poor Microfinance Borrowers
We investigate the effects of the 2004 Tsunami on a sample of microfinance borrowers. Our findings show that the severe loss of income of damaged borrowers only partially explains the dip in wellbeing. This is because the latter is also related to economic losses not measured by current income (that is, loss in wealth or in permanent income) and by psychological or emotional effects. Finally, we find that the role of risk on the Tsunami impact is…
Does Microfinance Work as a Recovery Tool After Disasters? Evidence from the 2004 Tsunami
Cooperative Membership as a Trust and Trustworthiness Reinforcing Device
We test the hypothesis that cooperative membership is a trust and trustworthiness reinforcing device and that, as such, it affects (in a trust game) both trustors' and trustees' transfers and beliefs. In considering trust games played by sugar farmers in the Philippines, we find that (i) cooperative membership induces higher levels of trust and trustworthiness even in non-members because the players' behaviour is influenced by the information abo…
Productivity, wages and intrinsic motivations
Disaster, Aid, and Preferences
Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment
Empirical studies on the economic theory of crime have extensively analyzed the importance of the probability of punishment with regard to premeditated criminal activities. Unplanned crimes also occur, however, and this paper will focus on a very serious and widespread example: the hit-and-run road accident. Using police records for every road accident with injuries or mortalities that took place in Italy in the period 1996–2016, we rely on chang…
Does social capital matter? A study of hit-and-run in US counties
We investigate the relationship between social capital and a decision that has dire health consequences: fleeing after a road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme conditions. We merge data from the universe of fatality accidents involving pedestrians in the US over the period 2000-2018 with a d…
Economics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)