"Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition" (with Gorkem Celik), Review of Economic Studies accepted for publication (doi: 10.1093/restud/rdag083 (Open access)
video presentation (March, 2025)
slides (updated to October, 2025)
working paper (July, 2026)
"Consumer Consent Regulation" German Economic Review 27 (1), 37-51. (2026). (doi: 10.1515/ger-2024-0124) (Open access)
lighter INSIGHTS version
working paper version (November 2024)
"Unidirectional incentive compatibility" (with Daniel Krähmer) Journal of Economic Theory 228, 106051 (2025). (doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2025.106051) (Open access)
working paper (April, 2024)
video presentation (May, 2024)
slides (December 2023)
"Dynamic Screening with Liquidity Constraints" (with Daniel Krähmer) Economic Theory 79, 1421–1453, (2025). (doi:10.1007/s00199-024-01616-2) (Open Access)
former title: "Dynamic Screening with Verifiable Bankruptcy"
working paper version (2024.03.22)
"Insourcing Vs Outsourcing in Vertical Structure" (with Dongsoo Shin), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 33(4), 481-769, (2024) (doi:10.1111/jems.12585) (Open Access)
working paper version (2022.11.03)
"The irrelevance of fee structures for certification" (with Martin Pollrich), American Economic Review: Insights 6 (1) 55-72, (2024) (doi: 10.1257/aeri.20220698)
working paper version (2022.11.03)
"Correlation-Savvy Sellers" RAND Journal of Economics 55(2), 266-291, (2024) (doi: 10.1111/1756-2171.12465) (Open Access)
working paper version (2022.11.05)
slides (2022.03.11)
presentations: Texas A&M, University Essex, Peking University, Toulouse School of Economics
"Collective Brand Reputation" (with Volker Nocke), Journal of Political Economy 131, 1-58 (2023) (doi: 10.1086/720986)
video presentation (October, 2021)
slides (May, 2020)
working paper version (2022.03.02)
''Optimal Non-Linear Pricing with Data-Sensitive Consumers'' (with Daniel Krähmer) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 15, 80.108 (2023) (doi: 10.1257/mic.20210190)
video presentation; slides (2021.04.29)
''Aggregate Information and Organizational Structures'' (with Gorkem Celik, Dongsoo Shin) Journal of Industrial Economics 71, 256-290 (2023). (doi: 10.1111/joie.12314) (Open Access)
''Public good overprovision by a manipulative provider'' (with Gorkem Celik, Dongsoo Shin) The RAND Journal of Economics 52, 314-333 (2021). (doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12370) (Open Access)
slides (November, 2019)
''Sequential versus static screening: An equivalence result'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Games and Economic Behavior 106, 317-328 (2017). (doi:10.1016/j.geb.2017.10.015)
slides (2017.02.24)
''Politically Induced Regulatory Risk and Independent Regulatory Agencies'' International Journal of Industrial Organization 54, 215-238 (2017). (doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.07.003)
''A Theory of Crowdfunding: A Mechanism Design Approach with Demand Uncertainty and Moral Hazard'' American Economic Review 107(6), 1430–1476 (2017). (doi:10.1257/aer.20151700)
''Certification and Market Transparency'' (with Konrad Stahl) Review of Economic Studies 84(4), 1842-1868 (2017). (doi:10.1093/restud/rdw064)
''Feed-in Subsidies, Taxation, and Inefficient Entry'' (with Fabio Antoniou) Environmental and Resource Economics 67(4), 925-940 (2017). (doi:10.1007/s10640-016-0012-8)
''Optimality of sequential screening with multiple units and ex post participation constraints'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Economics Letters 142, 64–68 (2016). (doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.03.010)
''Ex post information rents in sequential screening'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Games and Economic Behavior 90, 257-273 (2015). (doi:10.1016/j.geb.2015.03.003)
''Optimal Sales Contracts with Withdrawal Rights'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Review of Economic Studies 82, 762-790 (2015). (doi:10.1093/restud/rdv003)
''On the Timing of Climate Agreements'' (with Robert Schmidt) Environmental and Resource Economics 62, 521-547 (2015). (doi:10.1007/s10640-014-9828-2)
''Consumer Standards as a Strategic Device to Mitigate Ratchet Effects in Dynamic Regulation'' (with Raffaele Fiocco) Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 24, 550–569 (2015). (doi:10.1111/jems.12104/)
''Delegation and Dynamic Incentives'' (with Dongsoo Shin) RAND Journal of Economics 45, 495-520 (2014). (doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12059)
''Migration of the Talented: Can Europe catch up with the U.S.?'' (with Lydia Mechtenberg) Journal of Public Economic Theory 14, 945–969 (2012). (doi:10.1111/jpet.12005)
''Mediated Contracts and Mechanism Design'' Journal of Economic Theory 147 (3), 1280-1290 (2012). (doi:10.1016/j.jet.2012.01.005)
''Comments to “Correlated information, mechanism design and informational rents”'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Journal of Economic Theory 146, 2159-2164 (2011). (doi:10.1016/j.jet.2011.05.005)
''Optimal Procurement Contracts with Pre–Project Planning'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Review of Economic Studies 78, 1015-1041 (2011). (doi:10.1093/restud/rdq033)
''Regulatory Risk Under Optimal Monopoly Regulation'' Economic Journal 121, 740–762 (2011). (doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02441.x)
''Monopoly Distortions in Durability and Multi-Dimensional Quality'' Economics Letters 105,pp. 333-335, (2009). (doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.09.009)
''Entrepreneurial Financing, Advice, and Agency Costs'' Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, 845–870 (2009). (doi:10.1111/j.1530-9134.2009.00231.x)
''Accounting Transparency and the Asset Substitution Problem'' (with Katrin Burkhardt) The Accounting Review 84 (3), 689-713 (2009). (doi:10.2308/accr.2009.84.3.689)
''Planned Obsolescence as an Incentive Device for Unobservable Quality'' Economic Journal 119, 1405-1421 (2009). (doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02290.x)
''Ex Post Private Information and Monopolistic Screening'' (with Daniel Krähmer) B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 8:1 (Topics) Article 25, (2008). (doi:10.2202/1935-1704.1458)
''The Bologna Process: How student mobility affects multi-cultural skills and educational quality'' (with Lydia Mechtenberg) International Tax and Public Finance 15, 109-130 (2008). (doi:10.1007/s10797-007-9040-1)
''Contracting with Imperfect Commitment and Noisy Communication'' (with Helmut Bester) Journal of Economic Theory 136, 236-259 (2007). (doi:10.1016/j.jet.2006.07.009)
''VCG mechanisms and efficient ex ante investments with externalities'' (with Daniel Krähmer) Economics Letters 94, 192-196 (2007). (doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.06.028)
''Regulating Availability with Demand Uncertainty'' German Economic Review 8, 107-121 (2007). (doi:10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00136.x)
''Interim Information in Long Term Contracts'' Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 15, 1041-1067 (2006). (doi:10.1111/j.1530-9134.2006.00127.x)
''Buried in Paperwork: Excessive Reporting in Organizations'' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 60, 460-470 (2006). (doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2004.10.004)
''Deterministic versus Stochastic Mechanisms Principal-Agent Models'' Journal of Economic Theory 128, 306-314 (2006). (doi:10.1016/j.jet.2004.11.008)
''Ordinary Shares and Managers'' Journal of Economics 87, 44575 (2006). (doi:10.1007/s00712-005-0170-6)
''Timing of Verification Procedures: Monitoring versus Auditing'' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 59, 89-107 (2006). (doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2004.03.013)
''Mediation in Situations of Conflict and Limited Commitment'' (with Kay Mitusch) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 21, 467-500 (2005). (doi:10.1093/jleo/ewi018)
''Honest Certification and the Threat of Capture'' International Journal of Industrial Organization 23, 45-62 (2005). (doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2004.09.002)
''Comment on Internalization of Knowledge Spillovers in R&D Joint Ventures'' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 160, 75-78 (2004). (doi:10.1628/093245604773861113)
''Deterministic Mechanisms and the Revelation Principle'' Economics Letters 79, 333-37 (2003). (doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00037-5)
''Mitigating Non-Contractibility with Interim Randomization'' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 157, 231-245 (2001). (doi:10.1628/0932456013623132)
''Contracting with Imperfect Commitment and the Revelation Principle: The Single Agent Case'' (with Helmut Bester) Econometrica 69, 1077-1098 (2001). (doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00231)
''Imperfect Commitment and the Revelation Principle: The Multi-Agent Case'' (with Helmut Bester) Economics Letters 69, 165-17 (2000). (doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00301-3)
''Regulation in a Political Economy: An explanation of limited commitment of governments in the context of the ratchet effect'' Economics of Governance 1, 181-197, (2000). (doi:10.1007/PL00011013)
''Efficiency in Sequential Partnerships'' Journal of Economic Theory 85, 140-156 (1999). (doi:10.1006/jeth.1998.2496)
''Collusion and Renegotiation in a Principal-Supervisor-Agent Relationship'' The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 99, 497-518 (1997). (doi:10.1111/1467-9442.00078)
''Delegation of Monitoring in a Principal Agent Relationship'' Review of Economic Studies 64, 337-357 (1997). (doi:10.2307/2971717)