Former Members
Dr. Timo Promann
Research Interests
Behavioral and experimental economics, Ethical behavior in groups and individuals interacting with social norms and reputational concerns
Short Biography
2024-2025 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Hamburg, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Muehlheusser
2022-2024: Doctoral student, University of Hamburg, Graduate Program “Collective Decision-Making”
2017-2019: M.Sc. in Economics, University of Hamburg
2014-2017: B.Sc. in Economics, University of Hamburg
Dr. Niklas Wallmeier
https://sites.google.com/view/niklaswallmeier/homepage
Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Behavioral Economics, Sports Economics
Short Biography
2021-2023: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Hamburg, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Muehlheusser
2019-2021: Postdoctoral researcher, DFG project "Economic decision-making of groups"
2014-2019: Doctoral student and research assistant, University of Hamburg, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Muehlheusser
2011-2013: M.Sc. in Economics, University of Hamburg
2008-2011: B.Sc. in Economics, University of Hamburg
Publications
- Peer Effects Under Different Relative Performance Feedback and Grouping Procedures. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 177 (2), 178-204, 2021 (with K. Thiemann).
- Correlation Neglect and Voting Decisions: An Experiment. Economics Letters, 198, January 2021, 109656 (with J. Moser).
- The contribution of managers to organizational success: evidence from German soccer. Journal of Sports Economics, 19(6), 786-819, 2018 (with G. Muehlheusser, S. Schneemann and D. Sliwka).
- Gender differences in honesty: Groups versus individuals. Economics Letters, 128, 25-29, 2015 (with G. Muehlheusser and A. Roider).
Arna Wömmel
Dr. Claudia Schwirplies
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiaschwirplies
Research Interests
Environmental, behavioral and public economics and policy
Dr. Leonie Gerhards
Research Interests
Organizational economics, Overconfidence and response to feedback, Social norms and the law, Political economy, Behavioral and experimental economics
Short Biography
Since 2021: Lecturer in Economics, King’s Business School, King’s College London
2015 – 2021: Postdoc, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg
2013 – 2015: Postdoc, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University
2008 – 2013: Research Assistant, Department of Management and Microeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt
2008 – 2013: Doctoral studies in Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Professor Michael Kosfeld
2004 – 2008: Diploma studies in Economics, University of Bonn
Dr. Kathrin Thiemann
Research Interests
Microeconometrics, Educational Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Ecnomics
Short Biography
Since 2021 Data Analyst at ALP Institut für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung GmbH
2017-2019: Postdoc, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg
2011 – 2017: Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg
2010 –2011: Economist, Federal Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (BAuA), Dortmund
2008 – 2009: Master in International Economics, University of Birmingham, UK
2004 – 2007: Bachelor in European Studies, University of Osnabrueck
Prof. Dr. Berno Büchel
https://www.unifr.ch/amabe/en/chair/team/prof.html
Research Interests
Social Networks, Game Theory, Microeconomics
Since 2017: Professor of Economics at Université de Fribourg
Dr. Igor Legkiy
Research Interests
Auction Theory, Industrial Organization, Economics of Collusion, Mechanism Design
Short Biography
2014-2017: Doctoral student and teaching assistant, University of Hamburg, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Mühlheußer
2012-2014: M.Sc. in Politics, Economics and Philosophy, University of Hamburg
2008-2012: B.A. in Comparative Politics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Dr. Stefanie Pohlkamp
Applied Microeconometrics, Industrial Economics, Game Theory, Sport Economics
- 2011-2014: Doctoral student and research assistant at Univ. of Hamburg, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Mühlheußer
- 2008 - 2011: Research assistant at Univ. of Bielefeld, Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Mühlheußer
- 2008: Diploma in economics at Univ. of Osnabrück