Applied microeconomics · Behavioral economics · Sports economics

Manuel Arrigo

PhD Candidate in Sport Economics

University of Lausanne

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Hi, I’m Manuel. Welcome to my website. I use economics to better understand everyday decisions, behavior, and markets. My work draws mainly on applied microeconomics and behavioral economics, with a particular interest in discrimination, reactions to luck, and how people form valuations and make decisions. I often use sport as a natural setting for these questions: incentives are strong, outcomes are observable, and rich data make it possible to study behavior in real-world, competitive environments.

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Selected Research

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Discrimination Without Wage Gaps?

Racial Preferences and Workplace Segregation in a Virtual Labor Market

with Carlos Gómez-González, Alfredo Fantetti, and Markus Lang

When Good Luck Turns Against You

Performance Responses to Noisy Intermediate Outcomes

with Carlos Gómez-González and Markus Lang

Sport Stadiums and Urban Economic Development

Evidence from Nightlight Data in Europe

with Sara Suárez-Fernández, Carlos Gómez-González, and Markus Lang

Recent & upcoming

Manuel Arrigo with the IAREP Elsevier Student Prize certificate

2026

IAREP/Elsevier Student Prize Award
Best Paper Award for Discrimination Without Wage Gaps?

2026–present

PhD Representative
European Sport Economics Association (ESEA)

February–March 2027

Research Stay in Osaka, Japan
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