Luca Rigotti

Who Has Anticipatory Feelings? (2007)

Uc Berkeley, Luca Rigotti, Tanya Rosenblat, Helpful Conversations

I consider a general model of decisionmaking where anticipatory feelings enter the agent's utility function in addition to physical outcomes, and allow for interactions between these two payo...

Very Preliminary and Incomplete Abstract (2007)

Matthew Ryan, Rhema Vaithianathan, Luca Rigotti, Luca Rigotti, Center Tilburg, Rhema Vaithianathan Z, ...

This paper constructs an equilibrium model of entrepreneurial innovation where individuals di®er in their attitude toward uncertainty. Unlike previous models of innovation, the ¯rm-formation...

The Financing of Innovation: Learning and Stopping (2005)

Dirk Bergemann, Ulrich Hege, Dirk Bergemann, Ulrich Hege, Godfrey Keller, Dima Leshchinskii, ...

This paper considers the …nancing of a research project under uncertainty about the time of completion and the probability of eventual success. We distinguish between two …nancing modes, namely...

Abstract (2004)

Luca Rigotti, Chris Shannon

This paper considers a general equilibrium model in which the distinction between uncertainty and risk is formalized by assuming agents have incomplete preferences over statecontingent consumption...

They are watching you: Social facilitation in institutions (2003)

Charness, Gary, Rigotti, Luca, Rustichini, Aldo

Social facilitation describes the effect on performance due to the mere presence of others. Here we study the effect of the mere presence of an audience on the behavior of people involved in a...

Uncertainty and Risk in Financial Markets (2001)

Rigotti, Luca, Shannon, Chris

This paper considers a general equilibrium model in which the distinction between un-certainty and risk is formalized by assuming agents have incomplete preferences over state-contingent consumption...

Entrepreneurial Innovation (2001)

Rigotti, Luca, Ryan, Matthew, Vaithianathan, Rema

This paper presents an equilibrium model in which the process of firm formation and technology adoption is endogenous. Individuals decide whether to work in an existing firm for a posted wage, or to...

Your Morals Are Your Moods (2001)

Kirchsteiger, Georg, Rigotti, Luca, Rustichini, Aldo

We test the effect of players' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game. In the first stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2. In the second stage, player 2 chooses an...

Your Morals are Your Moods (2001)

Georg Kirchsteiger, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

We test the e®ect of players ' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game. In the ¯rst stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2. In the second stage, player 2 chooses an...

Your Morals are Your Moods (2001)

Georg Kirchsteiger, Georg Kirchsteiger, Luca Rigotti, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini, Aldo Rustichini

We test the e®ect of players ' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game. In the ¯rst stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2. In the second stage, player 2 chooses an...

The Sport League's Dilemma: Competitive Balance versus Incentives to Win (2000)

Palomino, Frederic, Rigotti, Luca

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between a professional sport league that organizes a tournament, the teams competing to win it, and the broadcasters paying for the rights to...

The Sport League's Dilemma: Competitive Balance Versus Incentives to Win (2000)

Frederic Palomino, Luca Rigotti

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between a professional sport league that organizes a tournament, the teams competing to win it, and the broadcasters paying for the rights to...

Skill, Strategy and Passion: an Empirical Analysis of Soccer (1998)

Frederic Palomino, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

Sports provide a natural experiment on individual choices in games with high stakes. We study a game-theoretic model of a soccer match and then evaluate the ability of this model to explain actual...

Applications of Knightian uncertainty / (1997)

Rigotti, Luca.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1997.

They are watching you: Social facilitation in institutions

Gary Charness, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

Social facilitation describes the effect on performance due to the mere presence of others. Here we study the effect of the mere presence of an audience on the behavior of people involved in a...

Uncertainty and Risk in Financial Markets

Luca Rigotti, Chris Shannon

This paper considers a general equilibrium model in which the distinction between uncertainty and risk is formalized by assuming agents have incomplete preferences over state-contingent consumption...

The Sport League's Dilemma: Competitive Balance versus Incentives to Win

Frederic Palomino, Luca Rigotti

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between a professional sport league that organizes a tournament, the teams competing to win it, and the broadcasters paying for the rights to...

Individual Behavior and Group Membership

Gary Charness, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

People who are members of a group and identify with it behave differently from people who perceive themselves as isolated individuals. This paper shows that group membership affects preferences over...

Skill, Strategy, and Passion: an Empirical Analysis of Soccer

Frederic Palomino, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

Sports provide a natural experiment on individual choices in games with high stakes. We study soccer with a game-theoretic model of a match, and then evaluate the ability of this model to explain...

They are watching you: Social facilitation in institutions

Gary Charness, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

Social facilitation describes the effect on performance due to the mere presence of others. Here we study the effect of the mere presence of an audience on the behavior of people involved in a...

Your Morals Are Your Moods

Georg Kirchsteiger, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

We test the effect of players' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game. In the first stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2. In the second stage, player 2 chooses an...

Uncertainty and Risk in Financial Markets

Luca Rigotti

This paper considers a general equilibrium model in which the=20 distinction between un-certainty and risk is formalized by assuming agents= =20 have incomplete preferences over state-contingent...

Entrepreneurial Innovation

Luca Rigotti, Matthew Ryan, Rhema Vaithianathan

This paper constructs an equilibrium model of entrepreneurial innovation where individuals differ in their attitude toward uncertainty. Unlike previous models of innovation, the firm-formation...

Uncertainty and Risk in Financial Markets

Luca Rigotti, Chris Shannon

This paper considers a general equilibrium model in which the distinction between un-certainty and risk is formalized by assuming agents have incomplete preferences over state-contingent consumption...

Entrepreneurial Innovation

Luca Rigotti, Matthew Ryan, Rema Vaithianathan

This paper presents an equilibrium model in which the process of firm formation and technology adoption is endogenous. Individuals decide whether to work in an existing firm for a posted wage, or to...

Your Morals Are Your Moods

Georg Kirchsteiger, Luca Rigotti, Aldo Rustichini

We test the effect of players' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game. In the first stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2. In the second stage, player 2 chooses an...

The Sport League's Dilemma: Competitive Balance versus Incentives to Win

Frederic Palomino, Luca Rigotti

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between a professional sport league that organizes a tournament, the teams competing to win it, and the broadcasters paying for the rights to...

Subjective Beliefs and ex ante Trade

Luca Rigotti, Chris Shannon, Tomasz Strzalecki

We study a definition of subjective beliefs applicable to preferences that allow for the perception of ambiguity, and provide a characterization of such beliefs in terms of market behavior. Using...