My research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics. I study how psychological factors influence behavior of individuals and firms. I am also interested in topics related to functioning of labor markets, auction markets and information transmission.

Published papers:

• “Sick Pay Provision in Laboratory Labor Markets,” with Peter Duersch and Joerg Oechssler, European Economic Review, forthcoming
• “Legitimacy of Control,” with Wendelin Schnedler, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, forthcoming
• “Building Trust One Gift at a Time,” with Maroš Servátka and Steven Tucker, Games (Special Issue on Fairness in Games),2011, 2(4), 412-433
• “Words Speak Louder Than Money,” with Maroš Servátka and Steven Tucker, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, Vol. 32 (5), 700-709
• “Mandatory Sick Pay Provision: A Labor Market Experiment,” with Stefan Bauernschuster, Peter Duersch and Joerg Oechssler, Journal of Public Economics, 2010, Vol. 94 (11-12), 870-877
• “Saliency of Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game,” with James C. Cox and Maroš Servátka, Experimental Economics, 2010, Vol. 13 (1), 66–74
• “Unequal Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game,” with Maroš Servátka, Economics Bulletin, 2009, Vol 29 (4), 1-14

Working Papers:

• “ABC on Deals,” with Martin Dufwenberg and Maroš Servátka
• “Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission,” with James
  C. Cox and Maroš Servátka
• “Axiom of Monotonicity: An Experimental Test,” with Tridib Sharma
• “Early, Late, and Multiple Bidding in Internet Auctions”
• “Strategic Use of Trust,” with Maroš Servátka and Steven Tucker

Projects in progress: numerous...