Discussion papers A01

Model Uncertainty

697/2025, A01, Robin Musolff, Florian Zimmermann

The Impact of Higher Education on Employer Perceptions

665/2025, A01, A02, Renske Stans, Laura Ehrmantraut, Malin Siemers, Pia Pinger. Forthcoming in Economic Journal.

Sticky Models

655/2025, A01, Paul Grass, Philipp Schirmer, Malin Siemers

War Causes Religiosity: Gravestone Evidence from the Vietnam Draft Lottery

614/2024, A01, Wladislaw Mill, Tobias Ebert, Jana B. Berkessel, Thorsteinn Jonsson, Sune Lehmann, Jochen E. Gebauer

Mental Models of the Stock Market

611/2024, A01, Peter Andre, Philipp Schirmer, Johannes Wohlfart

Norms as Obligations

610/2024, A01, Leonard Hoeft, Michael Kurschilgen, Wladislaw Mill. Published in International Review of Law and Economics 81 (2025). 106235.

Mental Models in Financial Markets: How Do Experts Reason About the Pricing of Climate Risk?

569/2024, A01, Rob Bauer, Katrin Gödke, Paul Smeets, Florian Zimmermann

Bargaining Under the Threat of a Nuclear Option

559/2024, A01, Franziska Heinicke, Wladislaw Mill, Henrik Orzen

Voting Under Salience Bias and Strategic Extremism

542/2024, A01, B03, Günnur Ege Bilgin, Cavit Görkem Destan

Ends Versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions

499/2024, A01, Roland Bénabou, Armin Falk, Luca Henkel

Coarse Wage-Setting and Behavioral Firms

492/2024, A01, Germán Reyes

Inequality of Opportunity and Income Redistribution

491/2024, A01, Marcel Preuss, Germán Reyes, Jason Somerville, Joy Wu

Cognitive Endurance, Talent Selection, and the Labor Market Returns to Human Capital

490/2023, A01, Germán Reyes

LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation

482/2023, A01, A04, B02, Yulia Evsyukova, Felix Rusche, Wladislaw Mill. First version: December 2023. Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics 140 (2025), 283-334

Historical Narratives About the COVID-19 Pandemic are Motivationally Biased

467/2023, A01, Philipp Sprengholz, Luca Henkel, Robert Böhm, Cornelia Betsch

Eliciting Moral Preferences Under Image Concerns: Theory and Evidence

441/2023, A01, Roland Bénabou, Armin Falk, Luca Henkel, Jean Tirole

Experimental Evidence on the Relationship Between Perceived Ambiguity and Likelihood Insensitivity

440/2023, A01, Luca Henkel

Spite in Litigation

401/2023, A01, Wladislaw Mill, Jonathan Stäbler

Proud to Not Own Stocks: How Identity Shapes Financial Decisions

380/2022, A01, C01, Luca Henkel, Christian Zimpelmann

Narratives About the Macroeconomy

350/2022, A01, Peter Andre, Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth, Johannes Wohlfart

MyPortfolio: The IKEA Effect in Financial Decisions

349/2022, A01, Fabian Brunner, Fabian Gramm, Wladislaw Mill. Published in Journal of Banking & Finance 154 (2023), 106529

Inflation Narratives

325/2021, A01, Peter Andre, Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth, Johannes Wohlfart

Egocentric Norm Adoption

323/2021, A01, Thomas Neuber

Reference Points and the Tradeoff Between Risk and Incentives

322/2021, A01, Thomas Dohmen, Arjan Non, Tom Stolp

Shallow Meritocracy

318/2021, A01, Peter Andre. Second version: February 2022. First version: September 2021. Published in Review of Economic Studies, 92(2): 772–807, 2025.

Fighting Climate Change: The Role of Norms, Preferences, and Moral Values

310/2021, A01, B03, Peter Andre, Teodora Boneva, Felix Chopra, Armin Falk

What’s Worth Knowing? Economists’ Opinions About Economics

308/2021, A01, Peter Andre, Armin Falk

Limited Self-Knowledge and Survey Response Behavior

307/2021, A01, Armin Falk, Thomas Neuber, Philipp Strack

Patience and Comparative Development

293/2021, A01, Uwe Sunde, Thomas Dohmen, Benjamin Enke, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Gerrit Meyerheim. Published in Review of Economic Studies, 89(5): 2806-2840, 2022. First version: April 2021.

Interview Sequences and the Formation of Subjective Assessments

268/2021, A01, B04, Jonas Radbruch, Amelie Schiprowski. First version: March 2021. Published in Review of Economic Studies 92 (2025), 1226-1256

Competition Between Friends and Foes

242/2020, A01, Wladislaw Mill, John Morgan. Published in European Economic Review 147 (2022), 104171

The Cost of a Divided America: An Experimental Study Into Destructive Behavior

238/2020, A01, Wladislaw Mill, John Morgan. Published in Experimental Economics 25 (2022), 974-1001

Fishing for Good News: Motivated Information Acquisition

223/2020, A01, B03, Si Chen, Carl Heese. First version: October 2020

How People Know Their Risk Preference

217/2020, A01, Ruben C. Arslan, Martin Brümmer, Thomas Dohmen, Johanna Drewelies, Ralph Hertwig, Gert G. Wagner. Published in Scientifc Reports, 10(15365): 1-14, 2020

Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence

186/2020, A01, A02, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger

Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment

172/2020, A01, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Florian Zimmermann. Published in Journal of Public Economics 223 (2023), 104908

Experimental Evidence on Misguided Learning

170/2020, A01, B07, Lorenz Götte, Marta Kozakiewicz

Associative Memory and Belief Formation

148/2020, A01, Benjamin Enke, Frederik Schwerter, Florian Zimmermann

Self-Selection of Peers and Performance

121/2019, A01, A02, Lukas Kiessling, Jonas Radbruch, Sebastian Schaube. First version: August 2019. Published in Management Science, 68(11): 7793-8514, 2022

Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children’s IQ and Economic Preferences

111/2019, A01, A02, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Thomas Deckers. Published in Journal of Political Economy, 129(9): 2504-2545, 2021

Mission of the Company, Prosocial Attitudes and Job Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment

100/2019, A01, Arjan Non, Ingrid Rohde, Andries de Grip, Thomas Dohmen. Published in Labour Economics 74 (2022), 102087

(Not) Everyone Can Be a Winner - The Role of Payoff Interdependence for Redistribution

097/2019, A01, Sebastian Schaube, Louis Strang

Motivated by Others’ Preferences? An Experiment on Imperfect Empathy

096/2019, A01, Jana Hofmeier, Thomas Neuber

The Dynamics of Motivated Beliefs

073/2019, A01, Florian Zimmermann. Published in American Economic Review, 110(2): 337-361, 2020

Determinants of Trust: The Role of Personal Experiences

072/2019, A01, Frederik Schwerter, Florian Zimmermann. Published in Games and Economic Behavior, 122: 413-425, 2020

Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development and Gender Equality

071/2019, A01, Armin Falk, Johannes Hermle. Published in Science, 362(6412), 2018

Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning

070/2019, A01, Roland Bénabou, Armin Falk, Jean Tirole

Willingness to Take Risk: The Role of Risk Conception and Optimism

023/2018, A01, Thomas Dohmen, Simone Quercia, Jana Willrodt. Published in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 67 (2023), 193-214

Parental Involvement and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences and Attitudes

022/2018, A01, Maria Zumbuehl, Thomas Dohmen, Gerard Pfann. Published in Economic Journal 131 (638), 2642-2670

The Formation of Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment

013/2018, A01, A02, Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Pia Pinger, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Armin Falk. Published in Journal of Political Economy, 128(2): 434-467, 2020

Affirmative Action and Retaliation in Experimental Contests

012/2018, A01, Francesco Fallucchi, Simone Quercia. Published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 156: 23-40, 2018

On the Relationship Between Cognitive Ability and Risk Preference

006/2018, A01, Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde. Published in Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(2): 115-134, 2018

Global Evidence on Economic Preferences

005/2018, A01, Armin Falk, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, Benjamin Enke, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde. Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(4): 1645-1692, 2018