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Affiliation:
Centre de droit public
University of Lausanne
[Google scholar] <\/a>
[University webpage]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Work in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n
\n\nThe Complementarity of Good Institutions and Voluntary Cooperation: \nExperimental Evidence from 43 Societies\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter and Jonathan Schulz<\/span>
\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n\n\n
\n\nGender Differences in Preferences: Means, variability, and malleability\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Stefan Volk<\/span>
\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n
\n\nSpheres of Influence in Multigame Contact\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Niclas Kongstad, Joao Montez and Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\nInterplay of Cooperation and Coordination in Indefinitely Repeated Games\n\n [WP]<\/a> [cepr]<\/a> \n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Vincent Laferri\u00e8re, Joao Montez and Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n\n
\nSalience in public goods games<\/strong>\n
\nwith Deborah Kistler and Su Nanxu<\/span>
\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nMultigame Contact: A Double-Edged Sword for Cooperation<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics<\/em>, 16 (2024), pp. 39-61
\nwith Vincent Laferri\u00e8re, Jo\u00e3o Montez and Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nDeterrence, settlement, and litigation under adversarial versus inquisitorial systems<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nPublic Choice<\/em>, 196 (2023), pp. 331-356
\nwith Alice Guerra, Maria Maraki and Baptiste Massenot<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nExplaining Excess Entry in Winner-Take-All Markets<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nManagement Science<\/em>, 69 (2023), pp. 1050-1069
\nwith Vincent Laferri\u00e8re and David Staubli<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nSelection into Experiments: New Evidence on the Role of Preferences, Cognition, and Recruitment Protocols<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics<\/em>, 98 (2022), pp. 101871
\nwith Petra Thiemann, Jonathan Schulz and Uwe Sunde<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nSocial closeness can help, harm and be irrelevant in solving pure coordination problems<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nEconomics Letters<\/em>, 216 (2022), pp. 110552
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter, Chris Starmer, Fabio Tufano and Till O Weber<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCommunication and market sharing: An experiment on the exchange of soft and hard information<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nInternational Economic Review<\/em>, 62 (2021), pp. 175-198
\nwith Andreas Freitag and Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nConverging evidence for greater male variability in time, risk, and social preferences<\/strong>\n [wp]<\/a> [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America<\/em>, 118 (2021), pp. e2026112118
\nwith Stefan Volk<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nGreater male variability in cooperation: Meta-analytic evidence for an evolutionary perspective<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nPsychological Science<\/em>, 32 (2021), pp. 50-63
\nwith Stefan Volk and Jose M Cortina<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nLitigation spending and care under the English and American rules: Experimental evidence<\/strong>\n [wp]<\/a> [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nAmerican Law and Economics Review<\/em>, 23 (2021), pp. 164-206
\nwith Baptiste Massenot and Maria Maraki<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nTrigger-happy or precisionist? On demand for monitoring in peer-based public goods provision<\/strong>\n [wp]<\/a> [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Public Economics<\/em>, 200 (2021), pp. 104429
\nwith Andreas Nicklisch and Louis Putterman<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nDebiasing preferences over redistribution: an experiment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nSocial Choice and Welfare<\/em>, 55 (2020), pp. 823-843
\nwith Romain Espinosa and Bruno Deffains<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nUncovering the heterogeneity behind cross-cultural variation in antisocial punishment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 180 (2020), pp. 291-308
\nwith Adrian Bruhin and Kelly Janizzi<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCross-cultural behavioral experiments: Potential and challenges<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nHandbook of Research Methods and Applications in Experimental Economics<\/em>, (2019), pp. 349-367
\n<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nHidden persuaders: Do small gifts lubricate business negotiations?<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nManagement Science<\/em>, 65 (2019), pp. 3449-3947
\nwith Michel Andr\u00e9 Mar\u00e9chal<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nHunting unicorns? Experimental evidence on exclusionary pricing policies<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Law and Economics<\/em>, 62 (2019), pp. 457-484
\nwith Aaron Edlin, Catherine Roux and Armin Schmutzler<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPunishment under threat: The role of personality in costly punishment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Research in Personality<\/em>, 81 (2019), pp. 47-55
\nwith Stefan Volk and Helena Nguyen<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nConditional cooperation: Review and refinement<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a> [cctype]<\/a>
\nEconomics Letters<\/em>, 171 (2018), pp. 37-40
\nwith Stefan Volk<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nNudging generosity: Choice architecture and cognitive factors in charitable giving<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics<\/em>, 74 (2018), pp. 139-145
\nwith Jonathan F Schulz and Petra Thiemann<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nSurvey Response and Observed Behavior‍: Emancipative and Secular Values Predict Prosocial Behaviors<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology<\/em>, 48 (2017), pp. 461-489
\nwith Deborah Kistler and Christian Welzel<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nHome Bias in Multimarket Cournot Games<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nEuropean Economic Review<\/em>, 89 (2016), pp. 361-371
\nwith Catherine Roux and Lu\u00eds Santos-Pinto<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nInformation-sensitive Leviathans<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Public Economics<\/em>, 144 (2016), pp. 1-13
\nwith Andreas Nicklisch and Kristoffel Grechenig<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nOverconfidence and career choice<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nPLoS ONE<\/em>, 11 (2016), pp. e0145126
\nwith Jonathan F Schulz<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPolitical self-serving bias and redistribution<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Public Economics<\/em>, 134 (2016), pp. 67-74
\nwith Bruno Deffains and Romain Espinosa<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nA Note on CES Functions<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics<\/em>, 59 (2015), pp. 85-87
\n<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCollusion among many firms: The disciplinary power of targeted punishment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 116 (2015), pp. 83-93
\nwith Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nDo control questions influence behavior in experiments?<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nExperimental Economics<\/em>, 18 (2015), pp. 185-194
\nwith Catherine Roux<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPeer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Psychology<\/em>, 48 (2015), pp. 72-88
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nAffect and fairness: Dictator games under cognitive load<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Psychology<\/em>, 41 (2014), pp. 77-87
\nwith Jonathan F Schulz, Urs Fischbacher and Verena Utikal<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nInequality aversion and antisocial punishment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nTheory and Decision<\/em>, 76 (2014), pp. 529-545
\n<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nBimodal Bidding in Experimental All-Pay Auctions<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nGames<\/em>, 4 (2013), pp. 608-623
\nwith Christiane Ernst<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nMicrofoundations of Social Capital<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Public Economics<\/em>, 96 (2012), pp. 635-643
\nwith Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengstr\u00f6m<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nTemporal stability and psychological foundations of cooperation preferences<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 81 (2012), pp. 664-676
\nwith Stefan Volk and Winfried Ruigrok<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nZwischen Eigennutz und Gemeinsinn<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nSpektrum der Wissenschaft<\/em>, 1 (2012), pp. 50-57
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nMicromotives, microstructure and macrobehavior‍: The case of voluntary cooperation<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Mathematical Sociology<\/em>, 35 (2011), pp. 26-65
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPersonality, personal values and cooperation preferences in public goods games: A longitudinal study<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nPersonality and Individual Differences<\/em>, 50 (2011), pp. 810-815
\nwith Stefan Volk and Winfried Ruigrok<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCulture and cooperation<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B<\/em>, 365 (2010), pp. 2651-2661
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter and Benedikt Herrmann<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPunishment despite reasonable doubt\u2014A public goods experiment with sanctions under uncertainty<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Empirical Legal Studies<\/em>, 7 (2010), pp. 847-867
\nwith Kristoffel Grechenig and Andreas Nicklisch<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nSocial comparison and performance: Experimental evidence on the fair wage-effort hypothesis<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 76 (2010), pp. 531-543
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nMeasuring Conditional Cooperation: A Replication Study in Russia<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nExperimental Economics<\/em>, 12 (2009), pp. 87-92
\nwith Benedikt Herrmann<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nAntisocial punishment across societies<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nScience<\/em>, 319 (2008), pp. 1362-1367
\nwith Benedikt Herrmann and Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a><\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nExcess entry in an experimental winner-take-all market<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 67 (2008), pp. 150-163
\nwith Urs Fischbacher<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCournot competition and hit-and-run entry and exit in a teaching experiment<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Education<\/em>, 37 (2006), pp. 418-430
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter and Jean-Robert Tyran<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nCross-cultural differences in norm enforcement<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nBehavioral and Brain Sciences<\/em>, 28 (2005), pp. 822-823
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter and Benedikt Herrmann<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/a>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nSocial Learning and Voluntary Cooperation among Like-Minded People<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of the European Economic Association<\/em>, 3 (2005), pp. 303-314
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nTrust, voluntary cooperation, and socio-economic background: Survey and experimental evidence<\/strong>\n [doi]<\/a> [pdf]<\/a>
\nJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization<\/em>, 55 (2004), pp. 505-531
\nwith Simon G\u00e4chter and Benedikt Herrmann<\/span>
\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

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