School of Economics

Associate Professor Marco Faravelli

Associate Professor
School of Economics
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Featured ProjectsDuration
Voter behaviour and polarisation: The role of social preferences(2022–2026) 
Information Acquisition and Voting Behaviour(2019–2022)
Legitimacy and representation: A comprehensive study of electoral systems and strategic voting behaviour (ARC Discovery Project administered by UNSW)(2014–2016) 

 

Publications

Journal Articles (15)
Working Papers (3)

Journal Articles

Dobrescu, L. I., Faravelli, M., Megalokonomou, R. and Motta, A. (2021). Relative performance feedback in education: evidence from a randomised controlled trial*. The Economic Journal, 131 (640), 3145-3181. doi: 10.1093/ej/ueab043
Fallucchi, Francesco, Faravelli, Marco and Quercia, Simone (2021). Fair allocation of scarce medical resources in the time of COVID-19: what do people think?. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47 (1), 3-6. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106524
Faravelli, Marco and Man, Priscilla (2020). Generalized majority rules: utilitarian welfare in large but finite populations. Economic Theory, 72 (1), 21-48. doi: 10.1007/s00199-020-01285-x
Faravelli, Marco, Kalayci, Kenan and Pimienta, Carlos (2020). Costly voting: a large-scale real effort experiment. Experimental Economics, 23 (2), 468-492. doi: 10.1007/s10683-019-09620-3
Faravelli, Marco, Man, Priscilla and Nguyen, Bang Dinh (2016). Welfare comparison of electoral systems under power sharing. Social Choice and Welfare, 47 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00355-016-0970-3
Faravelli, Marco and Sanchez-Pages, Santiago (2015). (Don't) Make My Vote Count. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 27 (4), 544-569. doi: 10.1177/0951629814556174
Faravelli, Marco, Man, Priscilla and Walsh, Randall (2015). Mandate and paternalism: a theory of large elections. Games and Economic Behavior, 93, 1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2015.05.009
Faravelli, Marco and Stanca, Luca (2014). Economic incentives and social preferences: causal evidence of non-separability. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 108, 273-289. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.018
Faravelli, Marco, Friesen, Lana and Gangadharan, Lata (2014). Selection, tournaments, and dishonesty. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 110, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.019
Faravelli, Marco, Kirchkamp, Oliver and Rainer, Helmut (2013). The effect of power imbalances on incentives to make non-contractible investments. European Economic Review, 61, 169-185. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.03.006
Faravelli, Marco and Stanca, Luca (2012). When less is more: Rationing and rent dissipation in stochastic contests. Games and Economic Behavior, 74 (1), 170-183. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2011.05.008
Faravelli, Marco (2011). The important thing is not (always) winning but taking part: Funding public goods with contests. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2010.01490.x
Faravelli, Marco and Stanca, Luca (2011). Single versus multiple-prize all-pay auctions to finance public goods: An experimental analysis. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, In Press (2), 677-688. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.10.007
Faravelli, Marco, Corazzini, Luca and Stanca, Luca (2010). A prize to give for: An experiment on public good funding mechanisms. The Economic Journal, 120 (547), 944-967. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02314.x
Faravelli, Marco (2007). How context matters: A survey based experiment on distributive justice. Journal of Public Economics, 91 (7-8), 1399-1422. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.01.004

Working Papers

Faravelli, Marco, Man, Priscilla and Walsh, Randall (2012). Mandate and Paternalism: A Theory of Large Elections. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 474. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Faravelli, Marco and Sanchez-Pages, Santiago (2012). (Don't) Make My Vote Count. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 464. School of Economics, University of Queenland.
Faravelli, Marco and Stanca, Luca (2010). When Less is More: Rationing and Rent Dissipation in Stochastic Contests. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 412. School of Economics, University of Queensland.

Areas of research

Applied Economics
Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster
Behavioural game theory
Behavioural political economy
Economic Theory
Experimental, Behavioural, and Evolutionary Methods
Microeconomic Theory