I am a postdoc in economics at the Technical University of Berlin since September 2023. I am endlessly fascinated by human behaviour, and my research focuses on fairness, morality, and social norms. As I delve into these topics, I admire the synergies between the behavioural disciplines, which enable us as economists to understand and model how people act and think.
I am an affiliated researcher at the
Berlin Behavioral Economics Group, the
Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies and the
Copenhagen Network of Experimental Economists.
PhD in Economics, 2023
Aarhus University
MS in Economics, 2021
Aarhus University
BA in Economics, 2018
Aarhus University
We offer a novel test of whether non-binding goals set ahead of a task are effective motivators, taking into account that individuals in principle could easily revise these goals. In our setting, subjects either set a goal some days prior to an online task (early goal) or right at the start of the task (late goal). Two further treatments allow for (unanticipated) explicit revision of the early goal. We observe that (i) early goals are larger than late goals; (ii) subjects who set early goals work more than those who only set a late goal if they explicitly revise their goal and are reminded about their revised goal. A secondary contribution of our paper is that our design addresses a treatment migration problem present in earlier studies on goals that stems from the fact that subjects in a ‘no goals’ control condition may privately set goals.
We study the decision whether to engage in costly punishment of a free rider in a survey-based experiment with 1423 students from seven study areas in the social sciences as well as medicine at Aarhus University, Denmark. Using a dictator game and a social dilemma game, that captures essential features of the public goods game, we replicate previous findings that economics students give significantly less than students from other disciplines. However, when subjects decide whether or not to punish a free rider, we find that economics students are just as likely to punish as students from other disciplines.
Average rating from evaluations: 4.6/5
Bachelor’s theses: 2 students
Master’s theses: 1 student
Advanced Microeconomics
Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Policy)
Öffentliche Finanzen (Public Economics)
Bachelor’s theses, Business Administration: 3 students
Bachelor’s theses, Economics: 7 students
Master’s topic, Economics: 1 student
Master’s theses, Economics: 1 student
Game Theory
Micro 1
Game Theory
International Trade
Mathematics for Economists
Principles of Micro and Macro
Game Theory
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