Research interests
Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Industrial Organization, Insurance Economics, Labor Economics.
Publications (peer-reviewed)
Electoral Cycles in Savings-Bank Lending (with F. Englmaier). Journal of the European Economic Association. Forthcoming 2017. (Link)
Price Discontinuities in an Online Market for Used Cars (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller). Management Science. Forthcoming 2017. (Link)
Resilience to Natural Disasters: Insurance Penetration, Institutions, and Disaster Types (with M. Breckner, F. Englmaier, and U. Sunde), Economics Letters. Vol. 148, pp. 106–110. 2016. (Link)
Understanding the SES Gradient in Health: The Role of Childhood Circumstances (with F. Heiss, D. McFadden, J. Winter). In D.A. Wise (ed.), Discoveries in the Economics of Aging. NBER & University of Chicago Press, pp. 187-219. 2014. (Link)
‘Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?’ Revisited: An Analysis of the Causal Pathways from Socio-Economic Status to Health (with F. Heiss, D. McFadden, J. Winter). In D.A. Wise (ed.), Investigations in the Economics of Aging. NBER & University of Chicago Press, pp. 267-317. 2012. (Link 1 & Link 2)
Price Discontinuities in an Online Market for Used Cars (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller). Management Science. Forthcoming 2017. (Link)
Resilience to Natural Disasters: Insurance Penetration, Institutions, and Disaster Types (with M. Breckner, F. Englmaier, and U. Sunde), Economics Letters. Vol. 148, pp. 106–110. 2016. (Link)
Understanding the SES Gradient in Health: The Role of Childhood Circumstances (with F. Heiss, D. McFadden, J. Winter). In D.A. Wise (ed.), Discoveries in the Economics of Aging. NBER & University of Chicago Press, pp. 187-219. 2014. (Link)
‘Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?’ Revisited: An Analysis of the Causal Pathways from Socio-Economic Status to Health (with F. Heiss, D. McFadden, J. Winter). In D.A. Wise (ed.), Investigations in the Economics of Aging. NBER & University of Chicago Press, pp. 267-317. 2012. (Link 1 & Link 2)
Finished working papers
Does Bidding for Complex Goods Reflect All Relevant Information? Field Evidence from Online Gaming (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller).
Determinants and Effects of Reserve Prices in Online Auctions (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller).
Determinants and Effects of Reserve Prices in Online Auctions (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller).
Work in progress
Power Politics: Electoral Cycles in German Electricity Prices (with F. Englmaier, L. Hinreiner, and A. Roider).
The SES Gradient in Health and the Roles of Affordability and Adherence: Evidence from HRS-linked Medicare Data.
The Impact of Seemingly Irrelevant Focal Points on Wage Setting and Job Satisfaction (with F. Englmaier and F. Peterhammer).
Behavioral Biases in Employment Relations: Evidence from Personnel Records.
Dividends and Elections: Evidence from German Savings Banks (with M. Köhler).
On the Substitutability of Public Spending and Bank Lending: Explaining Menu Choices of Local Politicians (with Jonas Markgraf).
The Political Economy of Tax Evasion.
The SES Gradient in Health and the Roles of Affordability and Adherence: Evidence from HRS-linked Medicare Data.
The Impact of Seemingly Irrelevant Focal Points on Wage Setting and Job Satisfaction (with F. Englmaier and F. Peterhammer).
Behavioral Biases in Employment Relations: Evidence from Personnel Records.
Dividends and Elections: Evidence from German Savings Banks (with M. Köhler).
On the Substitutability of Public Spending and Bank Lending: Explaining Menu Choices of Local Politicians (with Jonas Markgraf).
The Political Economy of Tax Evasion.
Other publications (not peer-reviewed)
Electoral Cycles in German Savings-Bank Lending (with F. Englmaier), OUPblog, Oxford University Press. 2017.
Price Discontinuities in an Online Market for Used Cars (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller), Media Briefing for the 2017 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. 2017.
Electoral Cycles in German Public-Bank Lending (with F. Englmaier). International Banker Magazine. 2015.
Price Discontinuities in an Online Market for Used Cars (with F. Englmaier and A. Schmöller), Media Briefing for the 2017 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. 2017.
Electoral Cycles in German Public-Bank Lending (with F. Englmaier). International Banker Magazine. 2015.
