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 Publications (incl. accepted and forthcoming papers)


  1. “Is Generosity Time-inconsistent? Present Bias across Individual and Social Contexts", with L. Wenner
    Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) (Working Paper Version)
  2. “Preferences and Perceptions in Provision and Maintenance Public Goods”, with S. Gächter and S. Quercia
     Games and Economic Behavior (2022), 135, p. 338-355
  3. "Governance and Competition"
    European Economic Review (2022), 148 
  4. "On the Persistence of Dishonesty" with S. Bortolotti and L. Wenner
    ​Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022), 200, p. 1053-1065
  5. "Investigating the failure to best respond in experimental games", with D. Alempaki, A. Colman, G. Loomes, and B. Pulford
    Experimental Economics (2022), 25, p. 656-679
  6. "The Influence of Empirical and Normative Expectations on Cooperation", with S. Quercia
     Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2021), 190, p. 691-703​ 
  7. “Not all Group Members are created Equal: Heterogeneous Abilities in Intergroup Contests”, with F. Fallucchi, E. Fatas, and O. Weisel
    Experimental Economics (2021), 24, p. 669-697
  8. "People prefer Coordinated Punishment in Cooperative Interactions", with S. Gächter, L. Molleman, and C. Starmer
    Nature Human Behavior (2019), 3, p. 1145-1153
  9. "Promoting voter registration: the effects of low-cost interventions on behavior and norms", with T. Lane, D. Nosenzo, and C. Starmer
    Behavioral Public Policy (2019), 1-24
  10. "Reciprocity and the Tragedies of Maintaining and Providing the Commons", with S.Gächter and S.Quercia
    Nature Human Behavior (2017), 1, p. 650-565, (News and views by Herbert Gintis) (Editorial)
  11. "Bonus versus Penalty: How Robust are the Effects of Contract Framing?", with J. de Quidt, F. Fallucchi, D. Nosenzo, and S. Quercia
    Journal of the Economic Science Association (2017), 3(2), p. 174-182
  12. "Affirmative Action, Cooperation, and the Willingness to work in Teams"
    Journal of Economic Psychology (2017), 62, p. 50-62
  13. "Inequality, Inequity Aversion, and Group Performance", with D. Sliwka and N. Zhou
    Social Choice and Welfare  (2016), 46(2), p. 263-286
  14. "Heterogeneity and Cooperation: The Role of Capability and Valuation on Public Goods Provision"
    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2015), 109, p. 120-134
  15. "Conditioning on What? The Effects of Heterogeneous Contributions on Cooperation", with B. Hartig and B. Irlenbusch
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (2015), 55, p. 48-64

Working Papers


  • “Understanding Cooperation in an Intertemporal Context”, with T. Lauer
    revise & resubmit at Management Science​​​​
  • "Social Preferences under the Shadow of the Future", with S. Quercia​ and E. Tripodi
  • “Impartial policymakers prefer to impose carbon offset measures over other climate policies”, with D. Kübler and A. Ockenfels
    revise & resubmit at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Work in Progress (selection)


  • ​“Groups are more Libertarian than Individuals”, with P. Doerrenberg, C. Feldhaus, and A. Ockenfels
  • “Promises in an Uncertain World”, with F. Ederer, K. Khalmetski and F. Schneider
  • "Leadership in multi-generational public goods problems", with J. Lohse
  • "Betrayal, Risk Taking, and Redistribution", with S. Bortolotti, I. Soraperra, and M. Sutter

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