Prof. Dr. Anke Gerber

Professor of Economics, in particular Microeconomic Theory and Experiments
Address
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Department of Economics
Von-Melle-Park 5
20146 Hamburg
Office
Room: 2076
Office hours
Thursday, 2-3 p.m.
Contact
Tel: +49 40 2395-24675
Biography
- Since 06/2009: Full Professor of Economics (W3), in particular Microeconomic Theory and Experiments, University of Hamburg
- 09/2007-05/2009: Associate Professor of Economics (W2), in particular Microeconomics, University of Hamburg
- 10/2006-03/2007: Visiting Professor of Economics, Heidelberg University
- 06/2006-08/2007: Reader ("Oberassistentin"), Swiss Banking Insitute, University of Zurich
- 01/2002-05/2006: Reader ("Oberassistentin"), Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich
- 10/1999-12/2001: Research Associate ("Assistentin"), Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich
- 04/1999-09/1999: Research Fellow in the project "Evolution in Financial Markets", financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG), Bielefeld University
- 12/1998-03/1999: Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 303, University of Bonn
- 12/1998: PhD in Economics, Bielefeld University (Title of the PhD thesis: "Bargaining and Coalition Formation")
- 02/1995-12/1998: PhD student at the Graduate College "Mathematical Economics", Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW), Bielefeld University
- 01/1995: Diploma in Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University (Title of the Diploma thesis: "A Principle of Equivalence"
- 10/1989-01/1995: Undergraduate and graduate studies in Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University
Working Paper
- "The Timing of Political Pledges" (joint with Jesus S. Ibrahim), April 2026, available from authors upon request.
- "On the Endogenous Order of Play in Sequential Games" (joint with S. Barberà), January 2026, available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6150210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6150210.
- "Sequential Voting and Agenda Manipulation: The Case of Forward Looking Tie-Breaking" (joint with S. Barberà), October 2015, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2483329.
Academic and Professional Services
- Spokesperson of the DFG Graduate Program "Collective Decision-Making" (GRK 2503) since 2020.
- Member of Academia Europaea.
- Member of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare.
- Member of the Standing Field Committee in Economic Theory of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik).
- Director of the master program M.Sc. Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP).
- Member of the Editorial Board of Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (Springer-Verlag).
- Member of the Editorial Board of Games.
- Referee for: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Constitutional Political Economy, Econometrica, Economic Theory, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, Environmental and Resource Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Games and Economic Behavior, German Economic Review, International Game Theory Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Mathematical Social Sciences, OR Spektrum, Public Choice, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Spanish Economic Review, Theory and Decision.