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Personal profile
Research overview
Luca Savorelli is a health economist and his research focuses on the economics of eating behaviour, fat taxes and social pressure to be thin. He is also interested in field experiments, which he has run in recent years working with firms in the healthcare, woodworking, and baked goods sectors. He has published also in the field of innovation economics, studying international collaborations in inventive activities.
Research interests
Economics of eating behaviour and obesity; Culture and economics; Democracy, incentives and organisation within firms; Economics of patents and innovation; Social pressure and economics behaviour.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Thinness and obesity: A model of food consumption, health concerns, and social pressure
Dragone, D. & Savorelli, L., Jan 2012, In: Journal of Health Economics. 31, 1, p. 243-256 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The ‘inventor balance’ and the functional specialization in global inventive activities
Picci, L. & Savorelli, L., Jan 2018, In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 27, 1, p. 39-61 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial competition and social welfare in the presence of non-monotonic network effects
Savorelli, L. & Seifert, J., 2 Jun 2017, St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 28 p. (School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper; no. 1615).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper
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Obesity and smoking: can we kill two birds with one tax?
Dragone, D., Manaresi, F. & Savorelli, L., Nov 2016, In: Health Economics. 25, 11, p. 1464-1482 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The inventor balance and the functional specialization in global inventive activities
Savorelli, L. & Picci, L., 19 Jan 2015, University of St Andrews, p. 1-41, 41 p. (School of Economics & Finance Discussion Paper ; no. 1502).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Self-determination and bottom-up rules: Self-determination and bottum-up rules in the workplace: a quasi-field experiment
Savorelli, L. (PI)
1/10/15 → 31/07/17
Project: Standard