Federico Trombetta
Contact details
Telephone:
Email: F dot Trombetta at warwick dot ac dot uk
Room: S0.77 Social Sciences Building
Advice & Feedback hours: Thursday 3-4 pm and 5-6 pm (S0.95). PLEASE BOOK YOUR SLOT HERE
Research interests
I am a PhD student at Warwick Economics. In my research, I use economic theory to study the effects of information on political decisions. In a nutshell, I am interested in...
- Political Economy
- Political agency, accountability and information
- Competition and media capture
- Populism and social media
- Media Economics
Supervisors
Working papers
The Price of Silence: Media Competition, Capture, and Electoral Accountability - UPDATED VERSION
When the light shines too much: rational inattention and pandering - R&R Journal of Public Economic Theory
Work in progress
The Newsroom Dilemma: Media Competition, Speed and Investigative Journalism (with Ayush Pant) - abstract
Ora et Guberna. The Economic Impact of Benedict's Rule (with Domenico Rossignoli)
Teaching
Academic year 2018-2019
Previous years
- EC220: Mathematical Economics 1a (2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 term 1)
- PH336: Principles of Political Economy: Economics & Politics (2015-2016 & 2016-2017, term 2)
- Game Theory (WSS 2017, 2018)
- Teaching materials 2017-2018
Affiliations
- Political Economy and Public Economics research group
- Centre for Research in Economic Theory and its Applications (CRETA) research fellow
'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo. 'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings