PhD candidate in Environmental Economics
Email: d.contu@lse.ac.uk
Davide holds a Bachelor degree in European Economics and Policy and a Laurea Magistrale in Public Economics, both from the University of Cagliari, Italy. In addition, he studied at the University of York, UK, within the Department of Economics and Related Studies. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education from LSE.
Prior to starting his PhD in Environmental Economics at LSE, Davide employed stated preferences techniques at the University of Cagliari, investigating attitudes and preferences towards wind energy in Italy. In addition, he has been a visiting researcher at the Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies, University of Sydney Business School, investigating the issue of task complexity in choice experiments.
Publications
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Contu D, Strazzera E, Mourato S (2016) Modeling individual preferences for energy sources: The case of IV generation nuclear energy in Italy. Ecological Economics 127: 37-58-ISSN 0921-8009
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Strazzera E, Mura M, Contu D (2012) Combining choice experiments with psychometric scales to assess he social acceptability of wind farm energy projects: a latent class approach. Energy Policy 48: 334-347
Conferences
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Contu D, Strazzera E (2015). Salient attributes in Choice Experiments. International Choice Modelling Conference 2015-Austin (USA)
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Contu D, Strazzera E (2015). Salient attributes in Choice Experiments. Envecon 2015 London (UK)
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Contu D (2014) Il nucleare di IV generazione in Italia: atteggiamenti e preferenze. Italian Economic Association- Annual Conference- Trento (Italy)
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Contu D (2014) Nuclear energy in Italy after Fukushima: Acceptability and willingness to pay for IV generation technology. Energy, Environment and Well-being workshop-Delmenhorst (Germany)
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Strazzera E, Contu D, Ferrini S (2013) Check it out! A Monte Carlo analysis of the performance of selection criteria and tests for models fitted to choice experiments data. International Choice Modelling Conference- Sydney (Australia)
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Strazzera E, Mura M., Contu D (2012) Combining choice experiments with psychometric scales to assess the social acceptability of wind farm energy projects: a latent class approach. International Energy Workshop-Cape Town (South Africa)
Research Interests
Davide’s current research is on measuring attitudes and preferences towards nuclear energy in Italy, UK and the UAE, using stated preferences techniques. Besides the applied case studies, Davide focuses on methodological issues in choice modelling.
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