Welcome!

I am an economist studying economic behavior across diverse domains using experiments and field data—from online surveys to real-world settings like sports—within an interdisciplinary framework. My work covers topics such as social cohesion, ethnic diversity, trust, preferences for redistribution, and performance under pressure.

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), based in the Research Center "Global Transformation." Please feel free to contact me.

E-Mail: david.pipke@ifw-kiel.de
Office: Düsternbrooker Weg 148, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Grimalda, G., Murtin, F., Pipke, D., Putterman, L., & Sutter, M. (2023). The politicized pandemic: Ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19. European Economic Review, 156, 104472. [ungated version]
Schütt, C., Pipke, D., Detlefsen, L., & Grimalda, G. (2023). Does ethnic heterogeneity decrease workers' effort in the presence of income redistribution? An experimental analysis. European Journal of Political Economy, 79, 102440. [ungated version]
Cetre, S., Algan, Y., Grimalda, G., Murtin, F., Pipke, D., Putterman, L., Schmidt, U., & Siegerink, V. (2024). Ethnic bias, economic achievement and trust: Experimental findings from Germany and the U.S. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 224, 996-1021. [ungated version]
Pipke, D. (2025). No Evidence of First-Mover Advantage in a Large Sample of Penalty Shootouts. Journal of Economic Psychology, 108, 102816.
Bogliacino, F., Grimalda, G., & Pipke, D. (2025). No gifts returned: Surprise bonuses reduce productivity in a natural field experiment (accepted at Management Science). [WP] [ungated version]

Revise & Resubmit

Bonnet, J., Ciani, E., Grimalda, G., Murtin, F., & Pipke, D. (2024). What explains preferences for redistribution?: Evidence from an international survey. OECD Papers on Well-being and Inequalities, No. 32. (R&R at European Economic Review, submitted). [WP]
Murtin, F., Bonnet, J., Fleischer, L.,..., Ogaki, M., Pipke, D., Putterman, L., Schmidt, U., & Smith, C. (2025). What factors explain trust in institutions? Multi-disciplinary evidence from Trustlab. (R&R at European Journal of Political Research).

Discussion Papers & Work in Progress

Grimalda, G., Lechthaler, W., Pipke, D., & von Carnap, T. (2023). The Radius of Trust: Evidence from Tribal Societies in Uganda. (draft available upon request).
Grimalda, G., Murtin, F., Pipke, D., Putterman, L., & Sutter, M. (2023). Have racial divides increased during the COVID-19 pandemic? An experimental investigation of interethnic trust relationships in the U.S. (draft available upon request).
Pipke, D. (2023). Support for the movement and prejudice: Evidence from BlackLives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd. (draft available upon request).
Grimalda, G., & Pipke, D. (2024). Revealing Employer's Profit-Oriented Motivations Behind Gift Exchange Increases Workers' Effort but Reduces Their Happiness. (submitted).
Grimalda, G., & Pipke, D. (2024). No Gains for the Generous Magician: A Natural Field Experiment Testing Indirect Reciprocity in Charity Donations. (draft available upon request).
Pipke, D. (2024). Inherited Intelligence and Meritocracy: Fairness Views in the US and Germany. mimeo. (work in progress).
Pipke, D. (2025). Revisiting Expectation-Based Reference Points in the Field: Large-Scale Evidence from Professional Soccer. (draft available upon request).
Dworsky, L., Pipke, D., & Tschank, J. (2025). Hard to Learn for the Future? Field Evidence from a Digital–Green Classroom Pilot Shows No Gains and Lower Enjoyment. (draft available upon request, submitted).

Policy Papers

Education

Dr. sc. pol. in Quantitative Economics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2023
Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2019
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2015