Current research

Proposal for a PNAS Special Feature

Bowles, S., Constantino, S., Mattauch, L., Schmelz, K. & Weber, E. (alphabetical order). Social dynamics of climate policy design. Proposal for a PNAS Special Feature (under review).

Contribution to books

Bowles, S. and Schmelz, K. (in press). Endogenous social preferences and why they matter. In: B. Enke, P. Giuliano, N. Nunn and L. Wantchekon (eds.). Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior. Elsevier.

Working papers and work in progress

Cooperation, bribery, and the rule of law (with U. Fischbacher and E. Freidin). Status: revising manuscript.

E-nstructions: A tool for electronic instructions in laboratory experiments, JERP 2011-008.

State coercion and control aversion: An internet study in East and West Germany (with A. Ziegelmeyer). Status: revising manuscript.

Liberal and collectivist egalitarianism: Experimental evidence (with Sam Bowles). Status: paper draft in progress.

Perspective: Addressing the climate crisis when policy design affects citizens’ values and beliefs (with S. Bowles). Status: paper draft in progress.

Strategic conformity accelerates the polarization of moral judgement (with F. Dvorak, U. Fischbacher and G. Sator). Status: revising manuscript.

Discrimination by target or trait? The role of political orientation and Moral Foundations (with U. Fischbacher and D. Grammling). Status: revising manuscript.

Gender inequality in selection for leadership: The case of consistency (with A. Chadi, U. Fischbacher, M. Hussein and I. Wolff). Status: revising first draft.

Adverse effects of privacy violations and spying (with D. Dohmen). Status: revising manuscript.

The social multiplier of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance: Estimates and policy implications (with S. Bowles). Status: data collected.

Who is control averse? An online experiment with representative samples from two sides of a border (with U. Fischbacher). Status: data collected.

Direct and indirect utility of attention (with A. Schöttner). Status: data collected.