Research
About
I'm a fourth-year PhD Student in Economics Networks and Business Analytics (ENBA) at IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca. I’m currently in the process of writing my dissertation.
My research focuses on evaluating the social effects of Health Policies using tools and theories from Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Microeconometrics and Data Science.
In 2024 I visited the SDU - Danish Centre of Health Economics ( DACHE ) in Odense, Denmark.
During my PhD journey, I had the chance to collaborate with Lucca Crea, CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica, AVIS Toscana and Toscana Life Science(TLS).
Experiences
Visiting PhD Student - SDU - Danish Centre of Health Economics ( DACHE )
April 2024 - October 2024
Evaluation of the social effect of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors as adjuvant therapies in Denmark. The analysis has been conducted on Danish registry dataset combining individual-level health and social data.Health Economist Intern - Toscana Life Science (TLS)
October 2023 - April 2024
Evaluation of the scientific productivity of a clinical trial approved in the tuscan framework. Scientific productivity was defined as the number of peer-reviewed publication per completed trial. I conducted the analysis collecting data from Scopus.
Current Projects
WORKING PAPERS
Virtual currencies in online gaming increase the willingness to pay for loot boxes: an experimental analysis
N. Toccafondi, R. Di Paolo, S. Di Guida
Status: Submitted to Experimental Economics in 12/2023
Available on request
WORK IN PROGRESS
What are the social effect of the Nivolumab treatment as adjuvant therapy for resected melanoma stage 3 or higher?
N. Toccafondi, E. Johnson, M.S. Aaskoven, S. Di Guida, M. Riccaboni, D. Gyrd-Hansen
Status: PreliminaryDoes informing people about ER congestion reduce inappropriate visits? A theoretical and experimental study
S. Di Guida, B. Sanesi, N. Toccafondi
Status: Approved by the Ethical CommitteeHabitual Donors' Behavior during COVID-19: A Causal AI Investigation
M. Di Vece, F. Serti, N. Toccafondi
Status: Preliminary
Publications
JOURNALS
Learning CyberSecurity with Story-Driven CTF Challenges: CyberTrials 2023
Toccafondi N., Bilancini E., Boncinelli L. (2024)
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2076. Springer, Cham.
DOI
BOOK CHAPTERS
La gamification: cos’è e come funziona
N. Toccafondi, R. Di Paolo, V. Pizziol
New Frontiers in Gaming, p.42-44, ISBN: 978-88-946906-0-6, © 2022 Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Abstract
Conferences
Fourth Young Economists of Tuscan Institutions
Department of Economics, University of Florence, 9 January 2024HELMeTO 2023: 5th International Conference on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online
University of Foggia, 13-15 September 2023Ninth Meeting of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Network (BEEN)
Department of Economics - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 27 January 2023DIGRA2022: The 14th Digital Games Research Association Conference
Krakow, Poland, 7-11 July 2022
Teaching Experiences
Teaching assistant - Statistical Inference (m.sc.)
University of Florence, 2024/2025Teaching assistant - Statistical Inference (m.sc.)
University of Florence, 2023/2024Teaching assistant - Statistical Inference (m.sc.)
University of Florence, 2022/2023