Welcome
I am interested in law, psychology & economics (theory & experiments), including cooperation under imperfect information and the psychological and economic analysis of law in general. My publications mathemastical models and lab experiments (including statistical analysis) as well as traditional legal discourses.
Selected publications:
Information-Sensitive Leviathans, Journal of Public Economics 2016, vol. 144, 1-13 (co-authors C. Thöni, A. Nicklisch)
Punishment Despite Reasonable Doubt - A Public Goods Experiment with Sanctions under Uncertainty, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS) 2010, vol. 7(4), 847-867, (co-authors A. Nicklisch, C. Thöni)
The Transatlantic Divergence in Legal Thought: American Law and Economics vs. German Doctrinalism, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 2008, vol. 31, 295-360 (co-author M. Gelter)
- also published in Chinese, German, Iranian, Portuguese, Russian
Rückschaufehler ("Hindsight Bias") bei Sorgfaltspflichtverletzungen, Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht (ZSR) 2011, 5-26 (co-author V. Roberto)
Personal information:
Lawyer (Dr., LL.M.) and Psychologist (B.Sc., M.Sc.); University of Vienna, Columbia University.
I have held permanent positions at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany; the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, the Vienna University of Economics, Austria. I have held visiting positions at the Center for the Study of Rationality at Hebrew University, Israel; University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Nottingham (Economics/CeDEx), UK; University of Frankfurt, Germany.
I have given lectures at numerous universities, including Princton University, University of Oxford and Columbia University.
I speak German, English, Spanish and French.