Research
Working papers
The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention
Boneva, T., Buser, T., Falk, A., Kosse. F.
Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence
Cao, Y., Enke, B., Falk, A., Giuliano, P., Nunn, N.
Does Testosterone Increase Willingness to Compete, Confidence, and Risk-taking in Men? Evidence from Two Randomized Placebo-Controlled Experiments
Nadler, A., Wibral, M., Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Previtero, A., Weber, B., Camerer, C., Dreber, A., Nave, G.
What’s worth knowing? Economists’ opinions about economics
Andre, P., Falk, A.
Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions
Bénabou, R., Falk, A., Henkel, L.
NBER Working Paper 32073
Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning
Bénabou, R., Falk, A., Tirole, J.
NBER Working Paper 24798
Eliciting Moral Preferences under Image Concerns: Theory and Experiment
Bénabou, R., Falk, A., Henkel, L., Tirole, J.
Limited Self-knowledge and Survey Response Behavior
Falk, A., Henkel, L., Neuber, T., Strack, P.
IZA Discussion Paper 14526, updated manuscript in preparation
Publications
Misperceived Social Norms and Willingness to Act Against Climate Change
Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)
Andre, P., Boneva, T., Chopra, F., Falk, A.
Globally Representative Evidence on the Actual and Perceived Support for Climate Action
Nature Climate Change, 14, 253–259.
Andre, P., Boneva, T., Chopra, F., Falk, A. (2024)
Malleability of preferences for honesty
Economic Journal (conditionally accepted)
Abeler, J. Falk, A. & Kosse, F.
Self-assessment: The role of the social environment
Journal of Public Economics, vol. 223 (104908)
Falk, A., Kosse, F., Schildberg-Hörisch, H., Zimmermann, F. (2023)
Mentoring and schooling decisions: Causal evidence
Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming)
Falk, A., Kosse, F. & Pinger, P.
Intertemporal Altruism [working paper version]
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, vol. 16, no. 1
Chopra, F., Falk, A. & Graeber, T. (2024)
Attention and Dread: Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Information [working paper version]
Management Science, Article in Advance
Falk, A., & Zimmermann, F. (2023)
The Preference Survey Module: A Validated Instrument for Measuring Risk, Time, and Social Preferences
Management Science 69(4), 1935–1950
Falk, A., Becker, A., Dohmen, T. J., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2023)
Communicating through Defaults
Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)
Altmann, S., Falk, A. & Grunewald, A. (2022)
Patience and Comparative Development
Review of Economic Studies 89(5), 2806–2840.
Sunde, U., Dohmen, T., Enke, B., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Meyerheim, G. (2021).
Facing yourself – A Note on self-image
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 186, 724–734.
Falk, A. (2021).
The development of egalitarian norm enforcement in childhood and adolescence
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 667–680.
Bašić, Z., Falk, A., & Kosse, F. (2020).
Diffusion of Being Pivotal and Immoral Outcomes
Review of Economic Studies, 87(5), 2205–2229.
Falk, A., Neuber, T., & Szech, N. (2020).
Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition
Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 677–687.
Habersaat, K., Betsch, C., Danchin, M., Sunstein, C., Böhm, R., Falk, A., Brewer, N. T., Omer, S. B., Scherzer, M., Sah, S., Fischer, E. F., Scheel, A. E., Fancourt, D., Kitayama, S., Dubé, E., Leask, J., Dutta, M., MacDonald, N. E., Temkina, A., Lieberoth, A., Jackson, M., Lewandowsky, S., Seale, H., Fietje, N., Schmid, P., Gelfand, M., Korn, L., Eitze, S., Felgendreff, L., Sprengholz, P., Salvi, C., & Butler, R. (2020).
Re-Revisiting the marshmallow test: A direct comparison of studies by Shoda, Mischel, and Peake (1990) and Watts, Duncan, and Quan (2018)
Psychological Science, 31(1), 100–104.
Falk, A., Pinger, P., & Kosse, F. (2020).
Defaults and donations: Evidence from a field experiment
Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(5), 808–826.
Altmann, S., Falk, A., Heidhues, P., Jayaraman, R., & Teirlinck, M. (2019).
Global evidence on economic preferences
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(4), 1645–1692.
Falk, A., Becker, A., Dohmen, T., Enke, B., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2018).
Risk attitudes across the life course
Economic Journal, 127(605), F95–F116.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Golsteyn, B., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2017).
Nominal or real? The impact of regional price levels on satisfaction with life
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16(3), 1337–1358.
Deckers, T., Falk, A., & Schildberg-Hörisch, H. (2016).
Institutions and morals: A reply
European Journal of Political Economy, 40(B), 391–394.
Falk, A., & Szech, N. (2015).
Neural patterns underlying social comparisons of personal performance
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(4), 569–576.
Lindner, M., Rudorf, S., Birg, R., Falk, A., Weber, B., & Fliessbach, K. (2015).
Institutions and contract enforcement
Journal of Labor Economics, 33(3), 571–590.
Falk, A., Huffman, D., & MacLeod, W. B. (2015).
Representative evidence on lying costs
Journal of Public Economics, 113, 96–104.
Abeler, J., Becker, A., & Falk, A. (2014).
Effort increases sensitivity to reward and loss magnitude in the human brain
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(3), 342–349.
Lallement, J. H., Kuss, K., Trautner, P., Weber, B., Falk, A., & Fliessbach, K. (2014).
Contractual incompleteness, unemployment, and labor market segmentation
Review of Economic Studies, 81(1), 30–56.
Altmann, S., Falk, A., Grunewald, A., & Huffman, D. (2014).
The systematic place of morals in markets—Response
Science, 341(6147), 714.
Falk, A., & Szech, N. (2013).
Validating an ultra-short survey measure of patience
Economics Letters, 120(2), 142–145.
Vischer, T., Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., Schupp, J., Sunde, U., & Wagner, G. G. (2013).
Do lab experiments misrepresent social preferences? The case of self‐selected student samples
Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(4), 839–852.
Falk, A., Meier, S., & Zehnder, C. (2013).
Morals and Markets
Science, 340(6133), 707–711.
Falk, A., & Szech, N. (2013).
A city-wide experiment on trust discrimination
Journal of Public Economics, 100, 15–27.
Falk, A., & Zehnder, C. (2013).
A taste for consistency and survey response behavior
CESifo Economic Studies, 59(1), 181–193.
Falk, A., & Zimmermann, F. (2013).
A reward prediction error for charitable donations reveals outcome orientation of donators
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(2), 216–223.
Kuss, K., Falk, A., Trautner, P., Elger, C. E., Weber, B., & Fliessbach, K. (2013).
Living in two neighborhoods—Social interaction effects in the laboratory
Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 563–578.
Falk, A., Fischbacher, U., & Gächter, S. (2013).
It’s all about connections: Evidence on network formation
Review of Network Economics, 11(3).
Falk, A., & Kosfeld, M. (2012).
The relationship between economic preferences and psychological personality measures
Annual Review of Economics, 4, 453–478.
Becker, A., Deckers, T., Dohmen, T., Falk, A., & Kosse, F. (2012).
Competition and relational contracts: The role of unemployment as a disciplinary device
Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(4), 887–907.
Brown, M., Falk, A., & Fehr, E. (2012).
The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes
Review of Economic Studies, 79(2), 645–677.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2012).
Promotions and incentives: The case of multistage elimination tournaments
Journal of Labor Economics, 30(1), 149–174.
Altmann, S., Falk, A., & Wibral, M. (2012).
Individual risk attitudes: Measurement, determinants, and behavioral consequences
Journal of the European Economic Association, 9(3), 522–550.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., Sunde, U., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2011).
Unemployment and right‐wing extremist crime
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(2), 260–285.
Falk, A., Kuhn, A., & Zweimüller, J. (2011).
Relative versus absolute income, joy of winning, and gender: Brain imaging evidence
Journal of Public Economics, 95(3-4), 279–285.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Fliessbach, K., Sunde, U., & Weber, B. (2011).
You get what you pay for: Incentives and selection in the education system
Economic Journal, 120(546), F256–F271.
Dohmen, T., & Falk, A. (2010).
Direct evidence on risk attitudes and migration
Review of Economics and Statistics, 92(3), 684–689.
Jaeger, D. A., Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., Sunde, U., & Bonin, H. (2010).
Biased probability judgment: Evidence of incidence and relationship to economic outcomes from a representative sample
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 72(3), 903–915.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., Marklein, F., & Sunde, U. (2009).
Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Science, 326(5952), 535–538.
Falk, A., & Heckman, J. J. (2009).
Homo reciprocans: Survey evidence on behavioural outcomes
Economic Journal, 119(536), 592–612.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2009).
Experimental labor economics
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition.
Falk, A., & Gächter, S. (2008).
Testing theories of fairness—Intentions matter
Games and Economic Behavior, 62(1), 287–303.
Falk, A., Fehr, E., & Fischbacher, U. (2008).
Representative trust and reciprocity: Prevalence and determinants
Economic Inquiry, 46(1), 84–90.
Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2008).
Cross-sectional earnings risk and occupational sorting: The role of risk attitudes
Labour Economics, 14(6), 926–937.
Bonin, H., Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2007).
Social comparison affects reward-related brain activity in the human ventral striatum
Science, 318(5854), 1305–1308.
Fliessbach, K., Weber, B., Trautner, P., Dohmen, T., Sunde, U., Elger, C. E., & Falk, A. (2007).
Gift exchange in the field
Econometrica, 75(5), 1501–1511.
Falk, A. (2007).
Studying labor market institutions in the lab: Minimum wages, employment protection, and workfare
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 163(1), 30–45.
Falk, A., & Huffman, D. (2007).
The Hidden Costs of Control
American Economic Review, 96(5): 1611–1630.
Falk, A., & Kosfeld, M. (2006).
Fairness perceptions and reservation wages: The behavioral effects of minimum wage laws
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(4), 1347–1381.
Falk, A., Fehr, E., & Zehnder, C. (2006).
Clean evidence on peer effects
Journal of Labor Economics, 24(1), 39–57.
Falk, A., & Ichino, A. (2006).
The success of job applications: A new approach to program evaluation
Labour Economics, 12(6), 739–748.
Falk, A., Lalive, R., & Zweimüller, J. (2005).
Driving forces behind informal sanctions
Econometrica, 73(6), 2017–2030.
Falk, A., Fehr, E., & Fischbacher, U. (2005).
Choosing the Joneses: Endogenous goals and reference standards
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106(3), 417–435.
Falk, A., & Knell, M. (2004).
Relational contracts and the nature of market interactions
Econometrica, 72(3), 747–780.
Brown, M., Falk, A., & Fehr, E. (2004).
Why labour market experiments?
Labour Economics, 10(4), 399–406.
Falk, A., & Fehr, E. (2003).
Reasons for conflict: Lessons from bargaining experiments
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 159(1), 171–187.
Falk, A., Fehr, E., & Fischbacher, U. (2003).
On the nature of fair behavior
Economic Inquiry, 41(1), 20–26.
Falk, A., Fehr, E., & Fischbacher, U. (2003).
“Crime” in the lab—detecting social interaction
European Economic Review, 46(4–5), 859–869.
Falk, A., & Fischbacher, U. (2002).
Psychological foundations of incentives
European Economic Review, 46(4–5), 687–724.
Fehr, E., & Falk, A. (2002).
Reputation and reciprocity: Consequences for the labour relation
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 104(1), 1–26.
Gächter, S., & Falk, A. (2002).
Distributional consequences and intentions in a model of reciprocity
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 63/64, 111–129.
Falk, A., & Fischbacher, U. (2001).
Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic incentives in a repeated game with incomplete contracts
Journal of Economic Psychology, 20(3), 251–284.
Falk, A., Gächter, S., & Kovács, J. (1999).
Wage rigidity in a competitive incomplete contract market
Journal of Political Economy, 107(1), 106–134.
Fehr, E., & Falk, A. (1999).