Prof. Dr. Dr. Lydia Mechtenberg

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• Since 2012: Associate Professor of Economics at the Universität Hamburg (tenured)
• 2011 - 2012: Replacement Chair for Public Finance at the University of Mannheim, Department of Economics
• 2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Department "Markets and Politics/Market Behavior"
• 2005 - 2009: Researcher/Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Berlin, Department of Microeconomics
• 2005: Fall and spring term, filling in for Professor Dr. Kuebler at the Technical University of Berlin, Department of Microeconomics
• 2003 - 2005: Researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Department "Markets and Politics"
• 2001 - 2005: Researcher at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Philosophy
• 2006: PhD in Economics, Technical University of Berlin (Degree: summa cum laude/ with distinction. Supervisors: Dorothea Kuebler, Paul Heidhues)
• 2004: PhD in Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Degree: summa cum laude/ with distinction)
• 2002: Diplom (equivalent to Master) in Economics, Free University of Berlin (best degree of the cohort)
• 2000: Master in Philosophy, Free University of Berlin

• Behavioral Economics
• Experiments
• Game Theory
• Political Economy
• Market Design

Preferences over Taxation of High-Income Individuals: Evidence from an online survey experiment (with D. Engelmann, E. Janeba and N. Wehrhöfer, European Economic Review 157, 104505, 2023 [DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104505]).

Deliberative structures and their impact on voting behavior under social conflict (with J. Brandts and L. Gerhards, Experimental Economics 25, 680–705, 2022 [DOI: 10.1007/s10683-021-09729-4]).

Competition for Context-Sensitive Consumers (with A. Apffelstaedt, Management Science 67(5), 2828-2844, 2020 [DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3675]).

Whistle-Blower Protection: Theory and Experimental Evidence ((with G. Muehlheusser and A. Roider, European Economic Review 126, 103447, 2020 [DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103447]).

The Swing Voter's Curse in Social Networks (with B. Buechel, Games and Economic Behavior 118, 241-268, 2019 [DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.08.009]).

Voter Motivation and the Quality of Democratic Choice (with Jean-Robert Tyran, Games and Economic Behavior 116, 241-59, 2019 [DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2018.12.002]).

If I can do it, so can you! Peer Effects on Perseverance (with B. Buechel and J. Petersen, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 155, 301-314, 2018 [DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2018.09.004]).

When do conflicting parties share political power? An experimental study (with M. Battaglini, Journal of Experimental Political Science 2, 139-15, 2015 [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2015.2]).

On the Failure of Hindsight-Biased Principals to Delegate Optimally (with D. Danz, D. Kübler and J. Schmid, Management Science 61(8), 1938-1958, 2015 [DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2087]).

Why Votes Have Value: Instrumental Voting with Overconfidence and Overestimation of Others' Errors (with I. Dittmann, D. Kübler and E. Maug, Games and Economic Behaviour 84, 17-38, 2014 [DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2013.12.004]).

A strategic mediator who is biased into the same direction as the expert can improve information transmission (with J. Münster, Economic Letters 117, 490-492, 2012 [DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.050]).

Migration of the Highly Talented: Can Europe Catch Up with the U.S.? (with R. Strausz, Journal of Public Economic Theory 14, 945-969, 2012 [DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12005]).

Cheap Talk in the Classroom: How biased grading at school explains gender differences in achievements, career choices, and wages (Review of Economic Studies 76, 1431-1459, 2009 [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00551.x]).

The Bologna Process: How student mobility affects multi-cultural skills and educational quality (with R. Strausz, International Tax and Public Finance 15 (2), 109-130, 2008 [DOI:10.1007/s10797-007-9040-1]).

Self-Signaling in Moral Voting (with G. Perino, N. Treich, J.-R. Tyran, and S. Wang, CEPR Discussion Paper DP15645), Revise & Resubmit from the Journal of Public Economics.

When Do Proxy Advisors Improve Corporate Decisions? (with B. Büchel and A. F. Wagner).

Public Perception on Authority, Transparency, and Bias of AI in Courts: A Vignette Experiment with Chat Intervention (with H. Hüning and A. Wömmel).

Using Arguments to Persuade: Experimental Evidence (with H. Hüning and S. Wang).

Detecting Argumentative Discourse in Online Chat Experiments (with H. Hüning and S. Wang).

How to Talk about an Out-Group: Effects on In-Group Trust and Out-Group Generosity (with J. Biermann and H. Hüning).

Fairness in Matching Markets: Experimental evidence (with T. Koenig, D. Kuebler, and R. Schmacker).

The Paradox of Integration: A model of relative group standings.

Das Verbundprojekt „DEMOS: Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe“ wurde von der EU für eine Laufzeit von drei Jahren bewilligt (Principal Investigator: Frau Prof. Dr. Dr. Lydia Mechtenberg, Fachbereich VWL). An dem Projekt unter der Sprecherschaft des ‚Centre for Social Sciences‘ der ‚Hungarian Academy of Sciences‘ (CSS HAS) sind europaweit 15 Institutionen beteiligt, denen für die Projektlaufzeit über 3 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Das Projekt verfolgt zwei übergeordnete Zielsetzungen: Zum einen arbeitet es auf ein besseres Verständnis des Phänomens des Populismus hin und zum anderen zielt es darauf, der gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen des Populismus durch die Operationalisierung des Konzeptes der „democratic efficacy“ zu begegnen.