Laetitia Francine Rita Placido

Education

Ph.D., Management, HEC Paris School of Management Paris

M.S., Quantitative Economics, University of Paris 1

M.S., Economics & Management, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan

Journal Articles

Levy-Garboua, L., Owen, C., Placido, L., & Rappoport, B. (2025). Learning by consuming in the lab. Experimental Economics, 28. 1240–1261.

Baillon, A., & Placido, L. F. (2019). Testing constant absolute and relative ambiguity aversion. Journal of Economic Theory,

Abdellaoui, M., Klibanoff, P., & Placido, L. (2015). Experiments on risk in relation to compound risk and ambiguity. Management science, 61(6). 1306-1322.

Placido, L., Mamou-Mani, A., & Sharp, D. (2011). Investigating perceptual differences between two trumpets of the same model type. Applied Acoustics, 72(12). 907-914.

Abdellaoui, M., Baillon, A., Placido, L., & Wakker, P. (2011). The Rich Domain of Uncertainty: Source functions and their experimental implementation. American Economic Review, 101(2). 695-723.

(2011). Ambiguity models and the Machina paradoxes. American Economic Review, 101(4). 1546-60.

L'Haridon, O., & Placido, L. (2009). Betting on Machina’s reflection example: An experiment on Ambiguity. Theory and Decision, 69(3). 375-393.

L'Haridon, O., & Placido, L. (2008). An Allais paradox for generalized Expected Utility Theories ?. Economics Bulletin, 4(19). 1-6.

Compound risks attitudes in the loss domain. 2025, In Progress.

Time as Insurance under Ambiguity: Experimental Evidence on Time Separability. Management Science,

Information and Self-selection in School Choice: an Experiment. Games and Economic Behavior,

Presentations

Placido, L. F., & Bastianello, L. (2026, June 26). Time as Insurance under Ambiguity: Experimental Evidence on Time Separability. Risk, Uncertainty and Decision. Bocconi, Italy

Placido, L. (2017, June 27). Testing constant relative and absolute ambiguity aversion. Society for Advancement in Economic Theory. Faro: University of Iowa.

Placido, L. (2017, November 15). Discovered preferences. Economics seminar. Shanghai, China: NYU Shanghai.

Placido, L. (2015, July 27). Discovering preferences: A theoretical framework and an experiment. Society for Advancement in Economic Theory. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.

Placido, L. (2015, June 2). Testing for constant absolute and relative ambiguity aversion. Risk, Utility and Decision. Bocconi, Milan: Bocconi.

Placido, L. (2014, July 2). Testing for constant absolute and relative ambiguity aversion. Foundations of Risk and Utility. Rotterdam: Erasmus University.

Placido, L. (2014, June 12). Discovering preferences: A theoretical framework and an experiment. AFSEE. Lyon, France: French Economic Association.

Placido, L. (2013, December 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. Experimental Economics Seminar. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh.

Placido, L. (2013, December 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. CESS Experimental Economics Seminar. : NYU.

Placido, L. (2012, June 30). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics. Granada, Spain: SABE.

Placido, L. (2012, July 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. International ESA conference. New York , USA: New York University.

Placido, L. (2012, August 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. Foundation of Risk and Utility. Atlanta: Georgia State University.

Placido, L. (2012, December 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. International Meeting in Experimental and Behavioral Economics (IMEBE). Valencia: University of Valencia.

Placido, L. (2012, December 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. AFSEE Annual meeting.

Placido, L. (2012, November 30). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. ESA Conference. Tucson: Experimental Economics Society.

Placido, L. (2011, April 30). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. Theory Bag lunch Seminar, Northwestern University. Northwestern University: Northwestern University.

Placido, L. (2011, December 31). Experiments on compound risk in relation to simple risk and ambiguity. Hotelling seminar, ENS Paris-Saclay. Cachan, France: ENS Paris-Saclay.

Placido, L. (2010, December 31). The Rich Domain of Uncertainty: Source functions and their experimental implementation. Special seminar series, Cambridge University. Cambridge: Faculty of Economics.

Placido, L. (2008, August 31). Betting on Machina’s reflection example: An experiment on Ambiguity. IAREP/SABE Behavioral Economics and Economic Psychology. Roma: LUISS University.

Placido, L. (2008, July 31). Betting on Machina’s reflection example: An experiment on Ambiguity. Experimental Economics Meeting. Dijon: AFSEE.

Placido, L. (2008, July 31). Betting on Machina’s reflection example: An experiment on Ambiguity. Foundation of Risk and Utility. Barcelona: FUR.

Placido, L. (2007, June 30). The Rich Domain of Uncertainty: Source functions and their experimental implementation. Subjective Probability and Utility in Decision Making. Warsaw: SPUDM.

Research Currently in Progess

Bernard, A., Levy-Garboua, L., Owen, C., & Placido, L. F.(n.d.). Information, choice diversity and welfare: An experiment on music choices. In Progress.

Placido, L. F.(n.d.). Testing varying risk and ambiguity attitudes under losses. In Progress.

Bernard, A., Lévy-Garboua, L., Owen, C., & Placido, L. F.(n.d.). Estimating demand systems for differentiated goods usingexperimental data. In Progress.

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