Publications 2026

Project area A: Family and education policies

Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger [Projects A01, A02]
Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence
Journal of Political Economy 134 (2026), 366-396

Balasz Aczel, Barnabas Szaszi, Harry T. Clelland et al. (including Wladislaw Mill, Felix Rusche) [Project A01, A04]
Investigating the Analytical Robustness of the Social and Behavioural Sciences 
Nature 652 (2026), 135-142 

Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Yaming Cao, Ezgi Kaya [Project A03]
Gritty Peers
Labour Economics 100 (2026), 102870

Paula E. Gobbi, Anne Hannusch, Pauline Rossi [Project A03]
Family Institutions and the Global Fertility Transition
Journal of Economic Perspectives 40 (1) (2026), 47-70

Project area B: Product market regulation

Alex Gershkov, Benny Moldovanu, Philipp Strack, Mengxi Zhang [Project B01]
Optimal Security Design for RiskAverse Investors  
American Economic Review 115(6) (2026), 2050-2092 

Sarah Auster, Piero Gottardi, Ronald Wolthoff [Project B02]
Simultaneous Search and Adverse Selection 
Review of Economic Studies 92(6) (2026), 3541-3573

Francesc Dilmé, Daniel F Garrett [Project B02]
A Dynamic Theory of Random Price Discounts
The Review of Economic Studies 93 (2026), 1671–1709

Carl Heese, Stephan Lauermann [Project B04]
Persuasion and Information Aggregation in Elections 
Journal of Political Economy 133(10) (2026), 3305-3348 

Stephan Lauermann, Asher Wolinsky [Project B04]
Auctions with Frictions: Recruitment, Entry, and Limited Commitment
The Review of Economic Studies 93 (2026), 1167-1199

Jonas von Wangenheim [Project B04]
Optimal Information Design of Online Marketplaces with Return Rights 
Journal of Political Economy 133(9) (2026), 3019-3043 

Thomas Duso, Martin Peitz [Project B05]
Aligning Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in the EU 
Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 26 (2026), 6

Martin Peitz, Susumu Sato [Project B05]
Inflated Recommendations 
RAND Journal of Economics 57(2) (2026), 368-385 

Martin Peitz, Susumu Sato [Project B05]
Asymmetric Platform Oligopoly 
RAND Journal of Economics  57 (1) (2026), 60-77

Laura Alfaro, Harald Fadinger, Jan Schymik, Gede Virananda [Project B07]
The Rare-Earth Footprint of the Global Economy: Input-Output Evidence 
AEA Papers and Proceedings 116 (2026), 103-108 

Andreas Gerster, Mark A. Andor, Lorenz Goette  [Project B07]
Disaggregate Consumption Feedback 
Economic Journal 136(675) (2026), 1066-1086 

Project area C: Financial market regulation

Teresa Backhaus, Yves Breitmoser [Project C01]
Individual strategy choice in the repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma 
European Economic Review 188 (2), 772-807 

Andrea Modena, Giorgio Rizzini, Luca Regis [Project C03]
The equilibrium effects of mortality risk
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 243 (2026), 107463

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