My research interests are in applied microeconomics, in particular Economics of the Digital Age, Economics of Contracts, Industrial Organization, Personnel and Organizational Economics, Law & Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Sports, and Environmental Economics.
My research was published in journals such as the RAND Journal of Economics, the European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
Privacy concerns and willingness to adopt AI products: A cross-country randomized survey experiment (with L. Brandimarte, J. Gutmann, and F. Weber), CESifo Working Paper No. 11774
Honesty of groups: The effects of group size and group gender composition (with. A. Roider, T. Promann and N. Wallmeier), revised version of IZA Discussion Paper No. 16954
Management and performance in the public sector: Evidence from German municipalities (with F. Englmaier, A. Roider and Niklas Wallmeier)
When Engineering Meets Economics: AI-Powered Safe and Accountable Autonomous Driving, Artificial Intelligence for Transportation, Volume 1, September 2025, 100020, (with H. Dawid and X. Di)
chaTree: An oTree addon allowing face-to-face communication in online group experiments, Economics Letters, Volume 252, June 2025, 112349, (with T. Promann, J. Mayer, A. Roider, E. Tereschenko, N. Wallmeier)
Autonomous vehicles policy and safety investment: an equilibrium analysis with endogenous demand, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 182, 2024 (April), 2024, (with H. Dawid, X. Di, and P. Kort)
Autonomous Vehicles: Moral dilemmas and adoption incentives, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 181 (March), 2024, (with E. Feess)
Past and Future Developments in the Economics of Relational Contracts (with M. Fahn und W. B. MacLeod), Editorial for ``Symposium on the Economics of Relational Contracts: Past and Future Developments", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Volume 179(3-4), 2023, 413-440,
Morally questionable decisions by groups: Guilt sharing and its underlying motives, Games and Economic Behavior, 140, 380-400, 2023 (with E. Feess and F. Kerzenmacher)
Smart Products: Liability, Timing of Market Introduction, and Investments in Product Safety. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 134 (January), 2022 (with H. Dawid)
Optimal law enforcement with sophisticated and naive offenders. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 177, 836-857, 2020 (with B. Buechel and E. Feess).
Whistleblower Protection: Theory and Experimental Evidence. European Economic Review, 126, July 2020 (with L. Mechtenberg and A. Roider).
The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer. Journal of Sports Economics 19 (6), 786-819, 2018 (with S. Schneemann, D. Sliwka and N. Wallmeier).
Cost of completion versus diminution of value damages for deliberate breach: An economic analysis: Comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1 73 (1), 18-21, 2017.
Black Sheep or Scapegoats? Implementable Monitoring Policies With Unobservable Levels of Misbehavior. The Journal of Legal Studies, 45 (2), 331-366, 2016 (with B. Buechel).
The Impact of Managerial Change on Performance. The role of team heterogeneity. Economic Inquiry, 54 (2), 1128-1149, 2016 (with S. Schneemann and D. Sliwka).
Repeated Selection with Heterogenous Individuals and Relative Age Effects. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116, 387-406, 2015 (with H. Dawid).
Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals. Economics Letters, 128 (March), 25-29, 2015 (with A. Roider and N. Wallmeier).
Contracts as rent seeking devices: Evidence from German soccer. Economic Inquiry, 53 (1), 714-730, 2015 (with E. Feess and M. Gerfin).
Optimal incentive contracts for knowledge workers. European Economic Review, 67 (April), 82-106, 2014 (with F. Englmaier and A. Roider).
The state's enforcement monopoly and the private protection of property: Comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 170 (1), 24-26, 2014.
Discretion, productivity, and work satisfaction: Comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 169 (1), 26-28, 2013.
Sequential location games. RAND Journal of Economics, 42 (4), 639-663, 2011 (with S. Loertscher).
Screening in courts: On the joint use of negligence and causation standards. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 27 (2), 350-375, 2011 (with E. Feess and A. Wohlschlegel).
Environmental liability under uncertain causation. European Journal of Law and Economics, 28 (2), 133-148, 2009 (with E. Feess and A.Wohlschlegel).
How often should you open the door? Optimal monitoring to screen heterogeneous agents. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 67, 820-831, 2008 (with A. Ichino).
Black sheep and walls of silence. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 65, 387-408, 2008 (with A. Roider).
Global and local players in a model of spatial competition. Economics Letters, 98 (1), 100-106, 2008 (with S. Loertscher).
The inquisitorial and the adversarial procedure in a criminal court setting: Comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 165 (1), 44-46, 2008.
Unfair contests. Journal of Economics, 93 (3), 267-291, 2008 (with E. Feess and M. Walzl).
Regulating damage clauses in (labor) contracts. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 163(4), 531-551, 2007.
Transfer fee regulations in European football. European Economic Review, 47(4), 645-668, 2003 (with E. Feess).
The impact of transfer fees on professional sports: an analysis of the new transfer system for European football. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 105(1), 139-154, 2003 (with E. Feess).
Economic consequences of transfer fee regulations in European football. European Journal of Law and Economics, 13(3), 221-37, 2002 (with E. Feess).
Auswirkungen des neuen Transfersystems auf den Europäischen Fussball: Eine mikroökonomische Analyse. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, EH 4/02, 143-162, 2002 (with E. Feess).
Strategic environmental policy, clean technologies and the learning curve. Environmental and Resource Economics, 23(2), 149-166, 2002 (with E. Feess).
Settling multidefendant lawsuits under asymmetric information. International Review of Law and Economics, 20(2), 295-313, 2002 (with E. Feess).
Strategic environmental policy, international trade and the learning curve: The significance of the environmental industry. Review of Economics, 50(2), 178-194, 1999 (with E. Feess).
Unethical decisions by groups: The role of information and communication (with S. Dato, E. Feess, J. Mayer, and P. Nieken)
Groups performing complex tasks: The role of group size and group composition (with A. Roider, R. Vannozzi, and N. Wallmeier)
Simultaneous Location Games with Entry (with S. Loertscher)
Personal appearance and bargaining outcomes: Evidence from a TV Show (with L. Gerhards and L. Goerges)
Platform liability, product safety and optimal pricing (with H. Dawid and A. Kashefi)
Do Higher Order Risk Preferences Explain Choice Inconsistencies in Risk and Time Games? (with D. Rabie and A. Nicklisch)