Current research
Editing a PNAS Special Feature
Bowles, S., Constantino, S., Mattauch, L., Schmelz, K. & Weber, E. (alphabetical order). Social dynamics of climate policy design. PNAS Special Feature.
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
Public moral agreement can overstate shared values: Intrinsic and strategic conformity (with F. Dvorak, U. Fischbacher and G. Sator). Status: revising manuscript.
Institution-preference complementarities: Do transitions from authoritarian to liberal-democratic institutions cultivate the value of autonomy? (with S. Bowles and A. Ziegelmeyer). Status: revising manuscript.
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.
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.
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.