Caio Lorecchio
Caio Lorecchio

Assistant Professor

Universitat de Barcelona

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Curriculum Vitae

Last updated on Jan 10, 2025.

Research and Teaching Fields

  • Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Information Economics, Political Economy, Industrial Organization.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, 2017-2021.
  • Visiting Student in Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2019-2020.
  • M.S. in Economics São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, 2015-2017.
  • Visiting Student, Sciences Po, 2011-2012.
  • B.S. in International Relations, University of Brasília, 2008-2013.

Current Position

  • Assistant Professor in Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, 2023-present.

Past Positions

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, 2021-2023.
  • Lecturer in Game Theory, Insper, 2021.

Other Activities

Publications

  • Caio Lorecchio, Daniel Monte (2023). Bad Reputation with Simple Rating Systems. Games and Economic Behavior, 142, 150-178.

    • We explore how simple rating systems can mitigate the negative effects of reputational concerns in online reputation systems, particularly in scenarios involving long-lived experts and short-lived customers.

  • Caio Lorecchio, Daniel Monte (2023). Dynamic Information Design under Constrained Communication Rules. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 15(1), 359-98.

    • We examine how an information designer can persuade agents to invest in a project under communication constraints that limit belief spread and hinder persuasion.

Ongoing Projects

  • Caio Lorecchio, Oriol Tejada, Gerard Domènech-Gironell (2024). Information Acquisition in Deliberative Democracies. Under review.

    • We study how deliberation in democracies impacts costly information acquisition and electoral outcomes. While it can enhance legitimacy and accuracy, it may also lead to free-riding or over-reliance on political experts.

  • Caio Lorecchio, William Fuchs, Vladimir Asriyan (2024). Multilateral Bargaining with Information Spillovers. Work in progress.

    • Correlated demands rationalize more dynamic pricing than what classic bargaining models suggest.

  • Caio Lorecchio, Braz Camargo, Laura Karpuska (2023). Political Accountability and Misinformation. Work in progress.

    • We study how misinformation affects political accountability. Misinformation can negatively impact effective accountability, but also, perhaps counter-intuitively, can increase it.

  • Caio Lorecchio (2022). Persuading Crowds. Working paper.

    • I examine crowd manipulation through dynamic info design, and show when to induce herd behavior from the outset and when to withold decisive releases for later periods.

Talks

  • 2024: 35th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory; Armenian Economic Association Meeting; North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society; XXXVIII Jornadas de Economia Industrial; Micro Theory Seminars of the Berlin School of Economics (HU, TU, WZB, ESMT, Hertie, Posdam); Economic Theory Seminars at University of Barcelona; Seminars on Game Theory and Economic Dynamics at University of Barcelona.
  • 2023: 34th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory; Armenian Economic Association Meeting; 3rd Durham Economic Theory Conference; Catalan Economic Society Congress; 2nd Universitat de Barcelona Microeconomics Workshop; 12th Annual Conference of the Israeli Chapter of the Econometric Society; Workshop on Economic Theories of the Information Society at CERGE-EI.
  • 2022: North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society; Universitat de Barcelona Microeconomics Workshop; 74th European Meeting of the Econometric Society; 4th Trobada of the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team; Economic Theory Seminars of Florida State University (virtual).
  • 2021: 6th World Congress of the Game Theory Society (virtual); North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (virtual), 43rd Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (virtual); Delhi Winter School (virtual).
  • 2019-2020: 42nd Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (virtual); Midwest Economic Theory Conference.

Teaching Experience

  • Microeconomics II (Industrial Organization), B.S. in Economics, University of Barcelona, 2023-present (instructor).
  • Microeconomics, M.S. in Political Economy and Institutions, Univesity of Barcelona, 2021-present (instructor).
  • Advanced Microeconomics (Winter Course), Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2024 (instructor).
  • Game theory, B.S. in Economics, Insper, 2021 (instructor).
  • Microeconomics (preparatory course for the Brazilian Admission Test for Graduate Students in Economics), B.S. in Economics, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, 2018-2019 (instructor).
  • Game Theory, Ph.D. in Economics, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, 2017-2018 (teaching assistant).
  • Mathematics for Economists, B.S. in Economics, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, 2016 (teaching assistant).

Referee Services

  • Mathematical Social Sciences, Brazilian Review of Econometrics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory.

Other Academic Services

  • International Tutor at University of Barcelona, 2024-present.
  • Member of the Recruiting Committee of the Economic Theory Section of University of Barcelona, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025.
  • Reviewer of the European Association of Young Economists, 2024, 2025.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society, 2024.
  • Organizer of the Universitat de Barcelona Microeconomics Workshops, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Grants and Awards

  • PID Grant (PID2023-148696OA-I00), Principal Researcher Olga Chiappinelly, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 2024-present.
  • PID Grant (PID2021-12837OB-I00), Principal Researchers Joan Calzada and Xavier Fageda, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 2022-present.
  • SGR Grant for the Research Group in Welfare Economics (SGR 00862), Principal Researcher Montserrat Vilalta, Government of Catalunya, 2021-present.
  • Emerging Areas Grant (UB-AE-2022), Principal Researchers Oriol Tejada and Ata Atay, University of Barcelona, 2022-2023.
  • Visiting Ph.D. Student Scholarship at University of Texas at Austin, Brazilian Ministry of Education, 2019-2020.
  • Best Theory Paper Award at the 41st Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society, 2019.
  • Graduate Scholarship, Brazilian Ministry of Education, 2015-2021.

Language Skills

  • Portuguese, English, Spanish, Catalan, French.

Programming Skils

  • Python, R, Matlab, LaTeX, Markdown.

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