Research

Work in Progress

"The Good, the Bad, and the Bayesian: Self-Confidence and Algorithmic Advice", with Fabian Gerstmeier, and Michel Tolksdorf

Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7145640 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7145640

We study how self-confidence shapes the use of algorithmic advice in an online age-prediction experiment. The paper shows that algorithmic advice affects not only point predictions but also confidence in final judgments, and that participants systematically underutilize high-quality advice relative to a Bayesian benchmark.

"Generalized Assurance Mechanism in Threshold Public Goods Provision: Theory and Experiment", with Zhi Li, Jie Zheng, and Penfei Liu

Working paper available upon request (latest version: 08.2026, discussion paper at the 2026 ESA European Conference).

Develops and experimentally tests a generalized assurance mechanism for threshold public goods, showing that fixed contribution thresholds with zero marginal assurance can improve coordination, reduce miscoordination-induced non-provision, and increase welfare.

"Who Gets to Decide? Leader Selection and the Acceptance of Inequality", with Xin Zhang

Work in progress.

Develops a laboratory experiment on how leader selection procedures affect workers' beliefs and acceptance of workplace inequality, disentangling belief-based channels from direct procedural legitimacy effects.