Francesco Bilotta

PhD student in Economics at @UniBocconi
Theory | Behavioral | Political | Education

[Rodrigo Wagner @RodrigoWagnerB]

Voters may not recall correlation between policies and outcomes

Political narratives can exploit that through plausible narratives that reattribute outcomes to steal credit & shift blame

But with new govt is in office, narrative fades to reality and voters penalize incumbent

[Society for Computational Economics @SocCompEcon]

🏆 Congratulations to Piero De Dominicis @p_dedominicis (Bocconi), winner of the SCE Graduate Student Paper Award at #CEF2026 in Venice!
Runners-up: Yoshiya Yokomoto (Keio) & Steven Hoekstra (Amsterdam).
Bravo to all three! 👏

#ComputationalEconomics #Venice

[Francesco Bilotta @frbilo]

Here is a less cryptic description of our paper!

[Giacomo Manferdini @ManferdiniG]

Very happy that my paper with @frbilo found a wonderful home.

This was our second-year paper, and in many ways where research started for us: many conversations, whiteboards, arguments about politics and narratives, some frustration, and lots of fun.

What is it about? 👇

[Francesco Bilotta @frbilo]

In a dream last night, @ManferdiniG whispered in my ear

The public sees grain
But not which hand sowed the seed
So power tells tale

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

AEJ: Microeconomics: "Coarse Memory and Plausible Narratives" by Francesco Bilotta and Giacomo Manferdini. https://t.co/gSX5ZUOetZ

[David Van Dijcke @packlesshepherd]

I coded up an open-source, not-for-profit AI paper reviewer that rivals the performance of @reviewer3com, @RefineInk, and Stanford Agentic Reviewer (according to @GeminiApp). Costs <$2!

Live @ https://t.co/5m1Srky4H8. Plug in paper, @OpenRouter key, and email. #econtwitter.

[Francesco Bilotta @frbilo]

Looking forward!

Check out my JMP on metacognition and standardized tests here https://t.co/77Qu9JGEli

[Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew2021]

#econtwitter TOMORROW (25 Mar): Behavioral & Experimental Economics Workshop!

Join us at 11am GMT/ 10pm AEDT and listen to @frbilo(@Unibocconi), @NanaAinooson(@UCCGH_Official), @JuanchoSegnana(@TilburgU) & Feng(@HongKongPolyU)

Zoom link: https://t.co/C1TeP1jWQG

[Francesco Bilotta @frbilo]

@DKThomp @jburnmurdoch And, with @ManferdiniG we propose a postmodern postmortem in our
PAPER https://t.co/gcno7baTIm