Research field 2: Behavioral Economics

The research questions of experimental economics are fascinating and allow academics and interested lay people to wonder at human reasoning and mental abbreviations. Experimental research investigates the market behavior of different actors, their decision-making behavior under risk and uncertainty, as well as strategic behavior in the present and over time. Research topics at the University of Bremen include fraud, investment decisions, health decisions and the behavior on digital platforms.

Economic experiments are characterized by the fact that participants usually receive a monetary remuneration. In addition, the experimenter will provide you with a comprehensive description of the experimental design in advance. In other words, participants know that they are not being manipulated in a covert way (no cheating policy). In particular, the monetary compensation serves to identify the revealed preferences of the subjects, rather than merely stated preferences, such as those found in surveys.

Contact Persons

Prof. Dr. Lars Hornuf

WIWI 2 Building
Phone: +49 (0)421 218 - 66 820
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Prof. Dr. Torben Klarl

WIWI 2 Building, Room F 2170
Phone: +49 (0)421 218-66560
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Publications

Ariely, D., Garcia-Rada, X., Gödker, K., Hornuf, L. und Mann, H.(2019): The impact of two different economic systems on dishonesty, European Journal of Political Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.02.010

Hornuf, L. und Klöhn, L.(2019): Do judges hate speculations? European Journal of Law and Economics, 47(2): 147-169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-018-09608-z 

Braun, S. und Hornuf, L. (2018): Authentic leadership and followers’ cheating behavior – A laboratory experiment from a self-concept maintenance perspective, in: Dorianne Cotter-Lockard (eds.): Authentic Leadership and Followership: International Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan: 215-244.

Hornuf, L. und Rieger, M.(2017): Can Television Reduce Xenophobia? The Case of East Germany, IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 02/2017 und CESifo Working Paper No. 6632. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2932276

Mann, H., Garcia-Rada, X., Hornuf, L. und Tafurt, J.(2016): What Deters Crime? Comparing the Effectiveness of Legal, Social, and Internal Sanctions Across Countries, Frontiers in Psychology (Cognitive Science), 7(85): DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00085.

Mann, H., Garcia-Rada, X., Hornuf, L., Tafurt, J. und Ariely, D. (2016): Cut from the Same Cloth: Similarly Dishonest Individuals Across Countries, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(6): 858-874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022116648211