Seminar lecture by Nobel Laureate Paul Milgrom

Seminar lecture by Nobel Laureate Paul Milgrom

On 18 March 2025, Paul Milgrom of Stanford University gave a lecture entitled ‘Auction Theory at Work: Internet Display Advertising’. Paul Milgrom shared his extensive experience in designing online advertising space allocation, addressing real-world challenges in auction theory. He explored key issues such as bid aggregation by demand-side platforms, refined ad targeting, leveraging past auctions to optimize future designs, and strategic bidding across multiple exchanges.

Matthias Sutter elected member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)

Matthias Sutter elected member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)

The institute warmly congratulates Matthias Sutter.

University of Copenhagen Awards Christoph Engel an Honorary Doctorate

University of Copenhagen Awards Christoph Engel an Honorary Doctorate

The University of Copenhagen has awarded Christoph Engel an honorary doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of law & economics.
The institute warmly congratulates Christoph Engel! 

Bettina Rockenbach elected President of the Leopoldina

Bettina Rockenbach elected President of the Leopoldina

The economist from the University of Cologne and senior research fellow of the institute will be the first woman to head the German National Academy of Sciences. During her term of office, she will strive to increase the impact of academic discussions on policy and society and enhance cooperation with national and international partners.

SEEDEC Conference 2025: Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries takes place in Bonn

SEEDEC Conference 2025: Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries takes place in Bonn

The institute – namely Matthias Sutter’s research group on Experimental Economics – organizes the next Seedec Conference 2025 in Bonn with the Norwegian School of Economics.
The Symposium will take place from 12–13 June 2025 at the Collegium Leoninum.

Upcoming Research Seminars

Solon Barocas (Cornell University and Microsoft)

Technology for legal applications of LLMs
Mar 24, 2025 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Zoom Meeting

Matthias Kasper (Eucken Institut, Wien)

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Apr 7, 2025 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Basement

Ori Katz (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

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Apr 7, 2025 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
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External Events

Keynote Speaker: Axel Ockenfels

10th Maastricht Behavioral Economic Policy Symposium
Jun 11, 2025 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Maastricht

Keynote Speaker: Axel Ockenfels

Computational Social Choice (COMSOC) at TU Wien, https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/comsoc2025/
Sep 17, 2025 - Sep 19, 2025
TU Wien, Institute of Logic and Computation

Recent Articles

Ambuehl, S., Ockenfels, A., & Stewart, C.
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 107(1), 78-94

Alfitian, J., & Vogelsang, T.
The hidden costs of dismissal: Behavioral consequences of impending termination
Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming

Van Doesum, N.J., Van Lange, P.A.M., Mischkowski, D., & Van Dijk, E.
Social mindfulness and the SoMi paradigm: A decade of research on low-cost prosociality
European Review of Social Psychology, forthcoming

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Discussion Papers

Absenteeism and Firm Performance: Evidence from Retail
John Zhuang Liu; Christoph Engel; Yun-chien Chang
Retaining Counsel: The Tipping Point Effect
The Negotiation Trap: An Experiment on a Large Language Model

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