"The Hidden Costs of Dismissals: Behavioral Consequences of Impending Termination"
with Jakob Alfitian.
The Journal of Labor Economics. (forthcoming) Working Paper available [here].
“The Algorithmic Assignment of Incentive Schemes”
with Saskia Opitz, Dirk Sliwka, and Tom Zimmermann.
Management Science. 2025. 71(2): 1546-1563. Available [here].
"Social Comparison on Multiple Tasks – Sacrificing Overall Performance for Local Excellence?"
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter.
Journal of Accounting Research. 2024. 62(4):1309-1361. Available [here].
“When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace”
with Jakob Alfitian and Dirk Sliwka.
Management Science. 2024. 70(9): 5627-6482. Available [here].
“Time is (not) Money: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time.”
European Accounting Review. 2024. 33(2): 435-459. Available [here]. Alternative Theoretical Framework.
“Information, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on the Interaction of Management Controls.“
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka.
The Accounting Review. 2023. 98(5): 455–479. Available [here]. Online Appendix.
"Leisure Time, Performance Pay, and Crowding-Out"
Economics Letters. 2023. 231(1): 111266. Available [here].
"Talking About Performance or Paying for It? A Field Experiment on Performance Reviews and Incentives”
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka.
Management Science. 2023. 69(4): 1935-2545. Available [here].
“Performance Pay and Prior Learning - Evidence from a Retail Chain“
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka.
Management Science. 2021. 67(11): 6629-7289. Available [here].
“Time for Helping”
with Anastasia Danilov.
Journal of the Economic Science Association. 2016. 2(1): 36-47. Available [here].
"Discretion over Bonus Timing"
with Sidney Block, Saskia Opitz, and Dirk Sliwka.
Working Paper (2022) available [here].
"Performance Pay, Gifts, and the Relative Bonus Size."
with Raoul Isselhard and Kathrin Manthei.
Revision requested at Management Accounting Research.
Working Paper (2022) available [here].
"The Polarizing Performance Effect of Private Social Comparison Information "
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter.
Working Paper (2024) available [here].
"Targeting Targets"
with Saskia Opitz, Dirk Sliwka, Marina Talantceva, and Tom Zimmermann.
"Social Norms at the Workplace"
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Dirk Sliwka.
“Give Employees More Leisure to Boost Productivity”
California Management Review: Insights. 2025. Available [here].
“When Bonuses Backfire”
with Dirk Sliwka
Harvard Business Review, Digital Articles. 2024. Available [here].
“Performance Measures and Incentives - Evidence from Field Experiments in Firms”
with Matthias D. Mahlendorf.
Handbook on Performance Measures for Management Control. 2024.
“Bessere Performance im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel”
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter.
Controlling & Management Review. 2021, 65: 42-45. Available [here].
“New Work = New Pay? Spotboni in Form von Freizeit"
Personalführung, 2020, 6. Available [here].
“Boni steigern nicht zwingend die Leistung”
Controlling & Management Review. 2019. 63(3): 24-29. Available [here].
"Whistleblowing and Identity"
with Yutong Chen and Hari Ramasubramanian
"Workplace Health Monitoring: A Field Experiment"
with Yutong Chen and Yaxuan Chen