Discussion Paper Series
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2024
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Bašić, Z., Bortolotti, S., Salicath, D., Schmidt, S., Schneider, S. O., & Sutter, M. (2024). One size fits all? The interplay of incentives, effort provision, and personality. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/13
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Engel, C. (2024). Experimental comparative law 2.0? Large language models as a novel empirical tool. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/12
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Henning, A., & Langenbach, P. (2024). Bridging the human-automation fairness gap: How providing reasons enhances the perceived fairness of public decision-making. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/11
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Engel, C. (2024). Gewichtsformel – wörtlich genommen. Ein empirischer Test mit der Hilfe eines Sprachmodells. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/10
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Breitkopf, L., , , Schildberg-Hörisch, H., & Sutter, M. (2024). Do economic preferences of children predict behavior? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/9
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Hellwig, M. F. (2024). Dynamic efficiency and inefficiency in a class of overlapping-generations economies with multiple assets. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/8
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Hellwig, M. F. (2024). National central banks and the governance of the European system of central banks. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/7
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Offer, K., Mischkowski, D., Rahwan, Z., & Engel, C. (2024). Deliberately ignoring unfairness: Responses to uncertain inequality in the ultimatum game. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/6
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Engel, C., & (2024). Asking GPT for the ordinary meaning of statutory terms. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/5
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Engel, C. (2024). The German Constitutional Court – activist, but not partisan? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/4
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Stoelinga, N. (2024). Education during conflict: The effect of territorial control by insurgents on schooling. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/3
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Bašić, Z., , , Romano, A., Sutter, M., & Zoller, C. (2024). The roots of cooperation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/2
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Engel, C., , & Ockenfels, A. (2024). Integrating machine behavior into human subject experiments: A user-friendly toolkit and illustrations. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2024/1
2023
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, , Rockenbach, B., Sutter, M., , , & (2023). Complementarities in behavioral interventions: Evidence from a field experiment on resource conservation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/13
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, , , Sutter, M., & (2023). Diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage in credence goods markets. Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/12
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, , , Sutter, M., & (2023). Serving consumers in an uncertain world: A credence goods experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/11
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Engel, C. (2023). Treu und Glauben: Frag GPT. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/10
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, , Kaba, M., & Sutter, M. (2023). Female leadership and workplace climate. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/9
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Kaba, M., , Schneider, S. O., & Sutter, M. (2023). Social norms, political polarization, and vaccination attitudes: Evidence from a survey experiment in Turkey. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/8
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, Langenbach, P., & (2023). Even in the best of both worlds, you can't have it all: How German voters navigate the trilemma of mixed-member proportionality. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/7
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, & Schneider, S. O. (2023). Income risk, precautionary saving, and loss aversion: An empirical test. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/6
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Hellwig, M. F. (2023). The economics of Hilbert's hotel: An expository note. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn. Discussion Paper 2023/5
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Hellwig, M. F. (2023). Overlapping-generations economies under uncertainty: Dynamic inefficiency/efficiency with multiple assets and no labour. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/4 (superseded by MPI Discussion Paper 2024/8)
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Sutter, M., , Untertrifaller, A., Froitzheim, M., & Schneider, S. O. (2023). Financial literacy, experimental preference measures and field behavior: A randomized educational intervention. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/3
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, , Sutter, M., & (2023). Homophily and transmission of behavioral traits in social networks. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/2
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, & Mischkowski, D. (2023). The importance of reciprocity: Investigating individual differences underlying conditional cooperation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/1
2022
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, Schildberg-Hörisch, H., Schneider, S. O., & Sutter, M. (2022). Information provision over the phone saves lives: An RCT to contain COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh at the pandemic’s onset. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/9
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, , & Sutter, M. (2022). Reputation vs selection effects in markets with informational asymmetries. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/8
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Engel, C., & Rahal, R.-M. (2022). Eye-tracking as a method for legal research. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/7
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Engel, C. (2022). Judicial decision-making: A survey of the experimental evidence. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/6
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Sterba, M.-B. (2022). The fairness of inequality due to risk and effort choices. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/5
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Hermstrüwer, Y., & Langenbach, P. (2022). Fair governance with humans and machines. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/4
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, & Schneider, S. O. (2022). Motivated reasoning, information avoidance, and default bias. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/3
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Cerrone, C., Hermstrüwer, Y., & (2022). School choice with consent: An experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/2
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, , , , & Sutter, M. (2022). The politicized pandemic: Ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2022/1
2021
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Engel, C. (2021). Crime as conditional rule violation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/20
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Hellwig, M. F. (2021). Public-good provision with macro uncertainty about preferences: Efficiency, budget balance, and robustness. Bonn: Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/19
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Hellwig, M. F. (2021). Social choice in large populations with single-peaked preferences. Bonn: Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/18
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, , & Sutter, M. (2021). Improving workplace climate in large corporations: A clustered randomized intervention. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper No. 2021/17
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, , , , & Sutter, M. (2021). The formation of risk preferences through small-scale events. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/16
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Hellwig, M. F. (2021). „Capitalism: What has gone wrong?“ Who went wrong? Capitalism? The market economy? Governments? “Neoliberal” economics? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/15
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Engel, C., , & (2021). Religion and tradition in conflict: Experimentally testing the power of social norms to invalidate religious law. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/13
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, , , , & Sutter, M. (2021). Children’s patience and school-track choices several years later: Linking experimental and field data. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/12
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Normann, H.-T., & Sternberg, M. (2021). Human-Algorithm Interaction: Algorithmic Pricing in Hybrid Laboratory Markets. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/11
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Hellwig, M. F. (2021). Safe assets, risky assets, and dynamic inefficiency in overlapping-generations economies. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/10
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Zufall, F., , & (2021). Towards a simple mathematical model for the legal concept of balancing of interests. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/9
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Engel, C. (2021). Wettbewerb und Gemeinwohl. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/8
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, , & Sutter, M. (2021). Competitiveness of entrepreneurs and salaried workers. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/7
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, & Schneider, S. O. (2021). Income risk, precautionary saving, and loss aversion: An empirical test. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/6
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Engel, C. (2021). Lucky you: Your case is heard by a seasoned panel - panel effects in the German constitutional court. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/5
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Falch, R. (2021). How do people trade off resources between quick and slow learners? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/4
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Kiessling, L., , , & Sutter, M. (2021). Parental paternalism and patience. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/3
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Towfigh, E. V. (2021). Der Umgang mit Empirie beim Nachweis von Diskriminierung. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/2
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, , , , , & Sutter, M. (2021). Improving healthy eating in children: Experimental evidence. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2021/1
2020
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, Praxmarer, M., & Sutter, M. (2020). The intrinsic value of decision rights: A note on team vs individual decision-making. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/30
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Engel, C. (2020). Challenges in the interdisciplinary use of comparative law. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/29
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Romano, A., Sutter, M., , & (2020). Political ideology, cooperation, and national parochialism across 42 nations. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/28
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Chatziathanasiou, K., Hippel, S., & Kurschilgen, M. (2020). Does the threat of overthrow discipline the elites? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/27
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Bašić, Z., & Eugenio, V. (2020). Personal norms — and not only social norms — shape economic behavior. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/25
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Hellwig, M. F. (2020). Twelve years after the financial crisis: Too-big-to-fail is still with us. Comments on the financial stability board’s consultation report ‘evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms.’ Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/24
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Engel, C., & (2020). Does the fundamental transformation deter trade? An experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/23
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Schneider, S., & Sutter, M. (2020). Higher order risk preferences: New experimental Measures, determinants and field behavior. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/22
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, , , & Sutter, M. (2020). Psychological pressure and the right to determine the moves in dynamic tournaments: Evidence from a natural field experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion paper 2020/21
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Hellwig, M. F. (2020). Incomplete-information games in large populations with anonymity. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/20
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, Heinz, M., , & Sutter, M. (2020). Trustworthiness in the Financial Industry. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/19. A revised version with the new title "Social Preferences of Young Professionals and the Financial Industry" is forthcoming with Management Science in 2022.
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Bašić, Z., & (2020). The influence of self and social image concerns on lying. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/18
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Sutter, M., , Untertrifaller, A., Froitzheim, M., & Schneider, S. O. (2020). Financial literacy, experimental preference measures and field behavior: A randomized educational intervention. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/17
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, Schneider, S., & (2020). Addressing validity and generalizability concerns in field experiments. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/16
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Hellwig, M. F. (2020). Property taxes and dynamic inefficiency: A correction of a “correction.” Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collecctive Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/15
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Kiessling, L. (2020). How do parents perceive the returns to parenting styles and neighborhoods? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/14
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, , , Schneider, S., & Sutter, M. (2020). Discrimination, narratives and family history: An experiment with Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper No. 2020/13
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Kiessling, L., & (2020). The long-run effects of peers on mental health. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/12
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, , , & Sutter, M. (2020). Reveal it or conceal it: On the value of second opinions in a low-entry-barriers credence goods market. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/11
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, , , Sutter, M., & (2020). Monetary and social incentives in multi-tasking: The ranking substitution effect. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/10
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, , & Traxler, C. (2020). Salience, incentives, and timely compliance: Evidence from speeding tickets. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/9
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, , & Langenbach, P. (2020). Fines versus damages: Experimental evidence on care investments. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/8
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Hellwig, M. F. (2020). Dynamic inefficiency and fiscal interventions in an economy with land and transaction costs. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/7
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Engel, C. (2020). Rechtswissenschaft als Sozialwissenschaft. Spurensuche im Jahrgang 2019 der ZGR. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper no. 2020/6
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Álvarez Benjumea, A., & Winter, F. (2020). The breakdown of anti-racist norms: A natural experiment on normative uncertainty after terrorist attacks. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/5
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Hillenbrand, A., , & Winter, F. (2020). Volunteering at the workplace under incomplete information: Teamsize does not matter. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion paper no. 2020/4
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Engel, C., & Rahal, R.-M. (2020). What the judge argues is not what the judge thinks: Eye tracking as a window into judicial decision making. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/3
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, & Engel, C. (2020). Property is dummy proof: An experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/2
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Engel, C., & (2020). Manna from heaven for judges: Judges’ reaction to a quasi-random reduction in caseload. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2020/1
2019
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Hellwig, M. F. (2019). Incomplete-Information Games in Large Populations with Anonymity. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/14
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Hellwig, M. F. (2019). Banks, Politics and European Monetary Union. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper no. 2019/13
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, , & (2019). The Stability of Conditional Cooperation: Egoism Trumps Reciprocity in Social Dilemmas. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper no. 2019/12
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Hermstrüwer, Y. (2019). Transparency and Fairness in School Choice Mechanisms. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/11
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Cerrone, C., , & (2019). Ignorance is bliss: a game of regret. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/10
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, & Sutter, M. (2019). How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/9
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, , , & Sutter, M. (2019). An experimental study on the effects of communication, credibility, and clustering in network games. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/8
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Lindner, F., , , & (2019). Social Status and Risk-Taking in Investment Decisions. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/7
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Hoeft, L., , & (2019). Normative Perception of Power Abuse. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/6
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Hellwig, M. F. (2019). Target-Falle oder Empörungsfalle? Zur deutschen Diskussion über die Europäische Währungsunion. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/5
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, & Güth, W. (2019). Personal Information Disclosure under Competition for Benefits: Is Sharing Caring? Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/4
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, , & Sutter, M. (2019). Credence goods markets and the informational value of new media: A natural field experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/3
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Engel, C., , & (2019). Tax morale and fairness in conflict: An experiment. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/2
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Engel, C. (2019). Estimating heterogeneous reactions to experimental treatments. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2019/1
2018
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, & Hellwig, M. F. (2018). Bank Leverage, Welfare, and Regulation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods