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Working Papers

2024

1. Hungry Professors? Decision Biases Are Less Widespread than Previously Thought
   Papers, arXiv.org

2023

2. Communication and Hidden Action: A Credit Market Experiment
   Working Papers, Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee
   See also Journal Article Communication and hidden action: A credit market experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
3. Leveraging social comparisons: the role of peer assignment policies
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
4. Moral Constraints, Social Norm Enforcement and Strategic Default in Weak and Strong Economic Conditions
   Working Papers, Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee

2022

5. Hindsight Bias and Trust in Government
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
6. Hindsight Bias and Trust in Government: Evidence from the United States
   FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (3)

2021

7. Building an Equilibrium: Rules versus Principles in Relational Contracts
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (3)

2020

8. Communication, Credit Provision and Loan Repayment: Evidence from a Person-to-Person Lending Experiment
   Working Papers on Finance, University of St. Gallen, School of Finance
9. Worker Empowerment and Subjective Evaluation: On Building an Effective Conflict Culture
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2019

10. Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Experiments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. (2019) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Experiments, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2024) (2024)

2017

11. Social Norms and Strategic Default
    Working Papers on Finance, University of St. Gallen, School of Finance View citations (2)

2016

12. A Productive Clash of Cultures: Injecting Economics into Leadership Research
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2016)

2015

13. Does Competition Justify Inequality?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2015) View citations (3)

2014

14. Let the Market Decide: An Experimental Study of Competition and Fairness
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2013

15. Contracting Without a Plan: A Theory of Informal Justice
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Econometric Research Program.
16. How Do Judgmental Overconfidence and Overoptimism Shape Innovative Activity?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2013)
    See also Journal Article How do judgmental overconfidence and overoptimism shape innovative activity?, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2014) View citations (39) (2014)

2011

17. Big Experimenter Is Watching You! Anonymity and Prosocial Behavior in the Laboratory
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2011) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Big experimenter is watching you! Anonymity and prosocial behavior in the laboratory, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2012) View citations (36) (2012)
18. Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (11)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2010) View citations (12)
19. How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (11)
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2011) View citations (10)

2009

20. Reputation and Credit Market Formation: How Relational Incentives and Legal Contract Enforcement Interact
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (32)

2008

21. A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2008) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2009) View citations (186) (2009)
22. Contracts as Reference Points - Experimental Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (276)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (275)
    See also Journal Article Contracts as Reference Points--Experimental Evidence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (121) (2011)
23. Contracts as reference points � experimental evidence
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (252)
24. On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity
    Working Papers, Swiss National Bank
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2008)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2009) View citations (60) (2009)
25. The Emergence of Information Sharing in Credit Markets
    Working Papers, Swiss National Bank View citations (1)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2007) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The emergence of information sharing in credit markets, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier (2010) View citations (64) (2010)

2007

26. Discrimination and In-Group Favoritism in a Citywide Trust Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (39)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2007) View citations (40)

2006

27. Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment
    Working Papers, Swiss National Bank View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing (2007) View citations (121) (2007)

2005

28. Credit Registries, Relationship Banking and Loan Repayment
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (10)
29. The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wages
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (6)
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (129)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Communication and hidden action: A credit market experiment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 218, (C), 423-455
   See also Working Paper Communication and Hidden Action: A Credit Market Experiment, Working Papers (2023) (2023)
2. Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Experiments
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2024, 16, (4), 371-405
   See also Working Paper Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Experiments, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (4) (2019)

2023

3. Building an Equilibrium: Rules vs. Principles in Relational Contracts
   Organization Science, 2023, 34, (6), 2231-2249

2022

4. Self-regulation after temptation?
   Economics Letters, 2022, 214, (C)
5. “Just Words? Just Speeches?” On the Economic Value of Charismatic Leadership
   Management Science, 2022, 68, (9), 6355-6381 View citations (4)

2017

6. Competitive pricing reduces wasteful counterproductive behaviors
   Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 156, (C), 34-47 View citations (8)

2016

7. Rewards and punishments: informal contracting through social preferences
   Theoretical Economics, 2016, 11, (3) View citations (6)

2015

8. HOW DO INFORMAL AGREEMENTS AND REVISION SHAPE CONTRACTUAL REFERENCE POINTS?
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13, (1), 1-28 View citations (34)

2014

9. How do judgmental overconfidence and overoptimism shape innovative activity?
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 83, (C), 1-23 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper How Do Judgmental Overconfidence and Overoptimism Shape Innovative Activity?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2013

10. A city-wide experiment on trust discrimination
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 100, (C), 15-27 View citations (103)
11. DO LAB EXPERIMENTS MISREPRESENT SOCIAL PREFERENCES? THE CASE OF SELF-SELECTED STUDENT SAMPLES
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (4), 839-852 View citations (149)

2012

12. Big experimenter is watching you! Anonymity and prosocial behavior in the laboratory
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 75, (1), 17-34 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Big Experimenter Is Watching You! Anonymity and Prosocial Behavior in the Laboratory, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2011

13. Contracts as Reference Points--Experimental Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (2), 493-525 View citations (121)
    See also Working Paper Contracts as Reference Points - Experimental Evidence, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (276) (2008)

2010

14. The emergence of information sharing in credit markets
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2010, 19, (2), 255-278 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper The Emergence of Information Sharing in Credit Markets, Working Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)

2009

15. A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
    Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 355-384 View citations (186)
    See also Working Paper A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (12) (2008)
16. Contracts, Reference Points, and Competition-Behavioral Effects of The Fundamental Transformation
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 561-572 View citations (43)
17. On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (536), 333-353 View citations (60)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (536), 333-353 (2009) View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2007

18. Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2007, 39, (8), 1883-1918 View citations (121)
    Also in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2007, 39, (8), 1883-1918 (2007) View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment, Working Papers (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

2006

19. Fairness Perceptions and Reservation Wages—the Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wage Laws
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (4), 1347-1381 View citations (163)