Configurations of Ancestral Norms and Women’s Empowerment,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 07/2026.
IAAEU Discussion Papers
Opting out of Autocracy: Foreign Media, Institutional Legitimacy, and State-Dependent Human Capital,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 06/2026.
The Effects of Monetary Compensation on Paid Volunteers: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Germany,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 05/2026.
Industrial Relations and Working from Home in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2026.
published in: LABOUR.
Immigration and Crimes against Natives: The 2015 Refugee Crisis in Germany,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2026.
Councils of Contentment: Works Councils and Income Perceptions,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2026.
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 39: article number 38.
Fog or Smog? The Impact of Uncensored Reporting on Pollution on Individuals’ Environmental Preferences,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2026,
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 138: 103325.
Who Bears the Brunt: Tuition Fees and Educational Mismatch,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2025.
Trade Union Membership and Bonus Payments: German Survey Evidence,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2025,
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 242,107404.
The Effect of West German Television on Smoking and Health: A Natural Experiment from German Reunification,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2025,
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 104, 103077.
The Union Wage Mark-up for Immigrants in the United States,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2025,
forthcoming in: Industrial Relations.
Trade Union Membership and Life Satisfaction,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 08/2024.
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(3): 462-477.
Television and Family Demography: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in East Germany,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 07/2024.
published in: Labour Economics, 91: 102640.
Bonuses, Profit-sharing and Job Satisfaction: the More, the Better?,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 06/2024.
published in: ILR Review, 78(5): 832-858.
Making the Right Call: The Heterogeneous Effects of Individual Performance Pay on Productivity,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 05/2024.
published in: Labour Economics, 94: 102694.
Guarding Expertise and Assets: Non-competition Agreements and Their Implications,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2024.
A Neglected Determinant of Eating Behaviors: Relative Age,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2024.
published in: Economics of Education Review, 110, 102756.
Business Stealing + Economic Rent = Insufficient Entry? An Integrative Framework,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2024.
Collective Bargaining about Corporate Social Responsibility,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2024.
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d´économique.
Minimum Wage Non-compliance: The Role of Co-determination,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2023.
A newer version was published in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 60: 365-402.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2023.
A newer version was published in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 60: 365-402.
Suffering and prejudice: Do negative emotions predict immigration concerns?,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2023.
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 37: Art. 54..
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2023.
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 37: Art. 54..
Seeking Shelter in Times of Crisis? Unemployment, Perceived Job Insecurity and Trade Union Membership,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2023.
published in: Economica, 90(359): 1041-1088.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2023.
published in: Economica, 90(359): 1041-1088.
Informational Rents and the Excessive Entry Theorem: The Case of Hidden Action,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2023.
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 71(2): 237-252.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2023.
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 71(2): 237-252.
2022
Immigrants and Trade Union Membership: Does Integration into Society and Workplace Play a Moderating Role?,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2022.
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 62(2): 262-292.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2022.
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 62(2): 262-292.
On the Welfare Effects of Adverse Selection in Oligopolistic Markets,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2022.
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 138: 22-41.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2022.
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 138: 22-41.
Endogenous Market Structure and Partisan Competition Authorities,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2022.
published as "Partisan Competition Authorities, Cournot-Oligopoly, and Endogenous Market Structure" in: Southern Economic Journal, 89(1): 238-270.
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2022.
published as "Partisan Competition Authorities, Cournot-Oligopoly, and Endogenous Market Structure" in: Southern Economic Journal, 89(1): 238-270.
2021
Cost Uncertainty in an Oligopoly with Endogenous Entry
IAAEU Discussion Paper 05/2021.
published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 74(4): 927-948.
Tax Evasion by Firms
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2021,
published in: Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer Science + Business Media, New York.
Adverse Selection, Heterogeneous Beliefs, and Evolutionary Learning
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2021.
published in: Dynamic Games and Applications, 12: 343–362.
Our Product is Unique: A Note on a Delegation Game with Differentiated Products
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2021.
published in: Economics Bulletin, 41(3): 1322-1329.
Wage Determination in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Works Councilors in Germany
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2021.
A substantially revised version was published in Economic and Industrial Democracy, 45(1): 83-115.
2020
Unions and Workers' Well-being
IAAEU Discussion Paper 08/2020.
also: GLO Discussion Paper 726.
published in: Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics: Springer Reference,
Hrsg.: Zimmermann, Klaus F., Springer-Verlag: Berlin und Heidelberg, 2020.
Guess who's there: Employment Protection Legislation and the Degree of Substitutability between Labour Contracts
IAAEU Discussion Paper 07/2020.
Trade Unions and Corporate Social Responsibility
IAAEU Discussion Paper 06/2020.
published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 93(1): 177-203.
Termination of Employment Contracts by Mutual Consent and Labor Market Fluidity
IAAEU Discussion Paper 05/2020.
An Efficiency-Wage Model with Habit Concerns About Wages
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2020.
also: IZA Discussion Paper 13454.
also: CESifo Working Paper 8428.
published as "Habit formation and Wage Determination" in: Managerial and Decision Economics,42(1): 61-76.
Horizontal FDI in a Dynamic Cournot-Oligopoly with Endogenous Entry
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2020.
published as "A Political Economy Perspective on Horizontal FDI in a Dynamic Cournot-Oligopoly with Endogenous Entry" in: European Journal of Political Economy, 63: 101897.
Younger, Dissatisfied, and Unhealthy - Relative Age in Adolescence
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2020,
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 37: 100858.
Thorstein Veblen, Joan Robinson, and George Stigler (probably) never met: Social Preferences, Monopsony, and Government Intervention
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2020,
published as: "Social Preferences, Monopsony and Government Intervention" in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 54(2): 864-891.
2019
All on Board? New Evidence on Board Gender Diversity from a Large Panel of European Firms
IAAEU Discussion Paper 04/2019.
published in: European Management Journal, 38(4): 634-645.
The Structure and Behavioral Effects of Revealed Social Identity Preferences,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 03/2019.
published in: Economic Journal, 130(632): 2569-2595.
Evaluating Welfare and Economic Effects of Raised Fertility,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 02/2019.
published as "Fiscal and Welfare Effects of Raised Fertility in Poland: Overlapping Generations Model Estimates" in: Population and Development Review, 45(4): 795-818.
Ostracism in Alliances of Teams and Individuals: Voting, Exclusion, Contribution, and Earnings,
IAAEU Discussion Paper 01/2019.