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I am Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics and Professor of Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

My research focuses on questions at the intersection of behavioral and public economics. Currently, I am involved in several projects that aim to explore how well people understand economic mechanisms and how this understanding influences their policy preferences.  A related area of research that excites me is examining how complexity of rules and bureaucratic procedures affect individual behavior. I have also dedicated significant attention to studying the determinants of rule compliance, particularly in the context of tax evasion.

Other affiliations: ZEW, Cesifo

E-Mail: necker@ifo.de

My CV can be found here