Working papers

(see here for more working papers)

2023

"The Puzzling Practice of Paying 'Cash for Votes' ", with Murugesan, A. CesIfo Working paper 10504.

"Is There a Dividend of Democracy? Experimental Evidence from Cooperation Games", with Markussen, T. CesIfo Working paper 10616.

2022

"Work Motivation and Teams", with Haeckl, S. and Sausgruber,  R. 
WP SSRN (paper) (SOM -  supplementary online materials)

2021

"Self-Signaling in Moral Voting", with Mechtenberg, L, Perino, G, Treich, N. and Wang, S. CEPR DP 15645 (revised, version, May 2023) Published in Journal of Public Economics

2020

"Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice", with Kartal, M.  (Oct 2022) (appendix) Published in American Economic Review

"Equal Opportunities for All?  How Income Redistribution Promotes  Support for Economic Inclusion", with Reindl, I. (paper) (instructions and screenshots) Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

2019

"Civic Engagement as a Second-Order Public Good: The Cooperative Underpinnings of the Accountable State", with Kamei, K, Putterman, L. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper No. 19-10 (paper) Published in European Economic Review

"Distributional Preferences Explain Individual Behavior Across Games and Time", with Hedegaard, M., Kerschbamer, R. and Müller, D. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper No. 19-09 (paper) Published in Games and Economic Behavior

"Disincentives from Redistribution: Evidence on a Dividend of Democracy”, with Sonntag, A and Sausgruber, R. Department of Economics University of Copenhagen, Working paper No. 19-08 (paper). Published in European Economic Review

2018

"Robust Inference in Risk Elicitation Tasks", with O. Andersson, H.J. Holm  and E. Wengström. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 18-09 (paper) Published in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

 2017

"Thinking Fast, Thinking Badly", with Jimenez. N, Rodriguez-Lara, I. and Wengström, E. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 17-24 (paper) (ssrn) Published in Economics Letters

"Choosing a Public-Spirited Leader. An experimental investigation of political selection", with Markussen, T. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 17-04 (paper) (ssrn) Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

2016

"Voter Motivation and the Quality of Democratic Choice", with Mechtenberg, L. CEPR discussion paper DP11622 (paper) and Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 16-13 (paper) (ssrn) (SOM- supplementary online materials) Published in Games and Economic Behavior

"Experimental Evidence on Expressive Voting", with Wagner, A.  Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 16-12 (paper) (ssrn) Published in Oxford Handbook of Public Choice

"Money Illusion and Household Finance", with Stephens, T.A.  Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 16-14 (paper) (ssrn) (SOM - supplementary only materials) 

"Personality Traits and the Gender Gap in Ideology", with Morton, R. and Wengström, E. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 16-08 (paper) (ssrn) Published in The Political Economy of Social Choices

2015

"Price Competition and Reputation in Markets for Experience Goods: An Experimental Study", with Lünser, G. and Huck, S. Working paper WZB Berlin SP II 2013–312 (paper) Published in Rand Journal of Economics

2014

"Judicial Error and Cooperation", with Markussen, T. and Putterman, L. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 14-27 (paper) (ssrn) Published in European Economic Review

"Medical Insurance and Free Choice of Physician Shape Patient Overtreatment. A Laboratory Experiment", with Huck, S., Lünser, G. and Spitzer, F. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 14-19 (paper) (ssrn) Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

"Fairness is Intuitive", with Cappelen, A.W., Nielsen, U.H., Tungodden, B. and Wengström, E. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 14-10 (paper) (ssrn). Published in Experimental Economics

"The Price of Prejudice", with Hedegaard, M. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen working paper 14-05 and CEPR discussion paper 9953a (paper) (revised Feb. 2017, Appendix, replication data) Published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

"Corruption in Committees: An Experimental Study of Information Aggregation through Voting", with Morton, R. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 14-18. (ssrn) (revised, sept 2014). Published in Journal of Public Economic Theory

2013

"Risk Aversion Relates to Cognitive Ability: Fact or Fiction?", with Andersson, O., Wengström, E. and Holm, H.J., Working paper 2013-9, Department of Economics, Lund University (paper) (supplementary materials) Published in Journal of the European Economic Association

"Discriminatory Taxes are Unpopular - Even when they are Efficient and Distributionally Fair", with Sausgruber, R. (paper) (ssrn) Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

"Risking Other People's Money. Experimental Evidence on bonus Schemes, Competition, and Altruism", with Andersson, O., Holm, H.J., and Wengström, E. CEPR DP9743 (paper) (ssrn) Conditionally accepted in Scandinavian Journal of Economics

"Does Money Illusion Matter?: Reply", with Fehr, E. (paper) (online appendix) Published in American Economic Review

"Deciding for Others Reduces Loss Aversion", with Andersson, O., Holm, H.J., and Wengström, E.  Working paper 976, Research Institute for Industrial Economics. (paper) (ssrn) Published in Management Science

"Second Thoughts on Free Riding", with Nielsen, U.H. and Wengström, E. (paper) (ssrn) Published in Economics Letters

2012

" 'At Least I Didn't Lose Money' -- Nominal Loss Aversion Shapes Evaluations of Housing Transactions", with Stephens, T.A. CEPR discussion paper 9198 (paper). Read about this paper in voxeu.org

"The Dark Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation through Majority Voting", with Morton, R. and Piovesan, M., Harvard Business School Working paper no. 13-017 and CEPR WP 9098 (paper) (ssrn) Conditionally accepted in Games and Economic Behavior

"Give and Take in Dictator Games", with Cappelen, A.W., Nielsen, U.H., Sørensen, E.Ø. and Tungodden, B. NHH Department of Economics, Working paper 14/2012 (paper) (ssrn) (supplementary materials) Published in Economics Letters

"Competition, Cooperation, and Collective Choice", with Reuben, E. and Markussen, T. IZA discussion paper 6620 and CEPR working paper no. 9099 (paper) (ssrn) (replication data). Published in Economic Journal

"Coalition Context, Voter Heuristics and the Coalition-Directed Vote", with Duch, R. (paper) (supplementary materials)

2011

"Inequality Aversion and Voting on Redistribution", with Höchtl, W. and Sausgruber, R. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 11-10, (paper) (ssrn). Published in European Economic Review

"Predicting Lotto Numbers", with Jørgensen, C.B. and Suetens, S., Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 11-10, (paper) (revised, Aug. 2012). Published in Journal of the European Economic Association

"Income and Ideology: How Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Education Shape Political Attitudes", with Morton, R. and Wengström, E., Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 11-08 (paper) (ssrn). 

"The Gambler's Fallacy and Gender", with Suetens, S., Center Discussion paper 2011-011 (paper) (ssrn). Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

"State or Nature? Formal vs. Informal Sanctioning in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods", with Kamei, K. and Putterman, L., Working paper Brown University 2011-03 (paper) (ssrn) (supplementary materials). Published in Experimental Economics

"Self-Organization for Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Voting on Formal, Informal, and No Sanction Regimes", with Markussen, T. and Putterman, L., Vienna Economics Papers, Working paper 1103 (paper) (ssrn) (supplementary materials) (revised, May 2013) Published in Review of Economic Studies

2010

"Are We Taxing Ourselves? How Deliberation and Experience Shape Voting on Taxes", with Sausgruber, R. (thoroughly revised version of "Tax Salience, Voting, and Deliberation"), May 2010 (paper). Published in Journal of Public Economics

"Public Goods and Voting on Formal Sanction Schemes: An Experiment", with Putterman, L.  and Kamei, K. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 10-02, April 2010. (paper) (ssrn) (supplementary online materials). Published in Journal of Public Economics

"Serving the Public Interest", with Markussen. T., Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 10-11, April 2010. (paper) (ssrn)

2009

"Microfoundations of Social Capital", with Thöni, C. and Wengström, E. Working paper 09-24, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, October 2009. (ssrn) (supplementary online materials) (revised version) Published in Journal of Public Economics

"Voting on Thresholds for Public Goods: Experimental Evidence", with Rauchdobler, J.,  and Sausgruber , R. Cesifo working paper and Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Working paper 09-27, December 2009. (paper) (ssrn). Revised version (incl. instructions) Published in Public Finance Analysis

2008

"Money Illusion and Nominal Inertia in Experimental Asset Markets", with Noussair, C. and Richter, G. Working paper 08-29, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, November 2008. (ssrn). Published in Journal of Behavioral Finance

"Let the Experts Decide? Asymmetric Information, Abstention, and Coordination in Standing Committees", with Morton, R. Working paper 08-25, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, November 2008. (ssrn). Published in Games and Economic Behavior

"Everyone is a Winner. Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition", with Reuben, E. Working paper 08-26, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, November 2008. (ssrn) (revised version: Sept. 2009). Published in European Journal of Political Economy

2007

"Limited Rationality and Strategic Interaction. The Impact of the Strategic Environment on Nominal Inertia", with Fehr, E. Revised version, October 2007. (paper) (supplementary materials: 1_overview , 2_appendices , 3_data , 4_programs etc.) Published in Econometrica

"Consumer Networks and Firm Reputation" with Huck, S. and Lünser, G. October 2007. Working paper 07-28, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen and Discussion paper no. 6624, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London (CEPR). Published in Economics Letters

"Pricing and Trust" with Huck, S. and Ruchala, G. January 2007. Working paper 07-04, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen and Discussion Paper no. 6135, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London. (ssrn)

2006

"Pure Redistribution and the Provision of Public Goods" with Sausgruber, R. December 2006. Working paper 06-24, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. Published in Economics Letters

"Competition Fosters Trust" with Huck, S. and Ruchala, G. November 2006. Working paper 06-22, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen and Discussion Paper no. 6009, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London. (ssrn) Published in Games and Economic Behavior

"Staying on the Dole" with Strulik, H. and Vanini, P.; October 2006. Working paper 06-18, University of Copenhagen and Discussion Paper no. 5967, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London. (ssrn) (revised version, Oct. 2007)

2005

"Micro Evidence on the Adjustment of Sticky-Price Goods: It's How Often, Not How Much" with Goette, L. and Minsch, R.; November 2005 Working paper 05-20, University of Copenhagen, (ssrn) and CEPR working paper no. 5364.

"Achieving Compliance when Legal Sanctions are Non-Deterrent", with Feld, L.; Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Working Paper 05-17, Feb. 2005. Published in Scandinavian Journal of Economics

"Individual Irrationality and Aggregate Outcomes" with Fehr, E.; Working paper 05-09, University of Copenhagen, July 2005 (ssrn) Published in Journal of Economic Perspectives

2004

"Cournot Competition, Contestability, and Hit-and-Run Entry and Exit in a Teaching Experiment" with Gächter, S., Thöni, C.; October 2004 (ssrn) Published in Journal of Economic Education

"Reciprocity, Social Ties, and Competition in Markets for Experience Goods", with Huck, S., revised July 2004 (paper). Published in Journal of Socio-Economics

"Expectations and the Effects of Money Illusion", with Fehr, E.; DNB Staff reports 115, 2004 (paper). Published in Proceedings of the International Economic Association

"Testing the Mill Hypothesis of Fiscal Illusion", with Sausgruber, R.; revised September 2004 (paper) (ssrn). Published in Public Choice

"Money Illusion and Coordination Failure", with Fehr, E., IZA Discussion paper no. 1013, Feb. 2004 (paper) (ssrn) (final version). Published in Games and Economic Behavior

2003

"Tax Liability Side Equivalence in Gift-Exchange Labor Markets", with Riedl, A., Tinbergen institute discussion paper 03-065/1, August 2003. (paper) (ssrn) Published in Journal of Public Economics

"Price Rigidity in Customer Markets", with Renner, E., Discussion Paper 2003-16, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, September 2003 (paper) Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

"The Diffusion of Policy Innovations", with Sausgruber, R., Discussion Paper 2003-14, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, May 2003 (paper) (ssrn). Published in Journal of Evolutionary Economics

2002

"A Little Fairness may Induce a Lot of Redistribution in Democracy", with Sausgruber, R., (paper, version Dec. 2002), Revised version, August 2004, Published in European Economic Review

"Voting when Money and Morals Conflict. An Experimental Test of Expressive Voting", Discussion Paper 2002-07, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, April 2002 (paper) (ssrn). Published in Journal of Public Economics

"To Buy or Not to Buy? An Experimental Study of Consumer Boycotts in Retail Markets", with Engelmann, D.; Discussion Paper 2002-13, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, May 2002 (paper) (ssrn). Revised version, August 2003. Published in Economica

"Do Institutions Promote Rationality? An Experimental Study of the Three-Door Anomaly", with Slembeck, T. Discussion Paper 2002-21, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, September 2002. (paper) (ssrn) (try the game). Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization