Dr. Irenaeus Wolff
| Phone | +41 71 677 05 10 |
| wolff [at] twi-kreuzlingen.ch | |
| Address | Hauptstr. 90 8280 Kreuzlingen, Schweiz |
| Research | Experimental & Behavioural Economics, Models of bounded rationality, Behavioural public choice, Evolution of institutions and cooperation, evolutionary biology |
| Curriculum Vitae | Download |
Education
Dissertation on "Stress-testing the punishment solution: sanctions and performance in public-good games" (s.c.l.), University of Erfurt, 2010
Diplom (German equivalent to a Master) in Economics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 2007
Master of International Relations, Macquarie University Sydney, 2006
Baccalaureus Oeconomicus, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 2004
Studies abroad at St.Petersburg State University, at the faculties of applied mathematics and economics, 2003-04
Zivildienst (Alternative national service), Evangelische Akademie Nordelbien (Bad Segeberg), 2001
High School, A-levels: Friedrich-Engels-Gymnasium, Berlin 2000
Publications
"Does being elected increase subjective entitlements? Evidence from the laboratory", Economics Bulletin, 33(1): 794--796 (2013).
"Retaliation and the Role for Punishment in the Evolution of Cooperation", Journal of Theoretical Biology, 315: 128--138 (2012).
"On the nature of reciprocity: evidence from the Ultimatum Reciprocity Measure", with Andreas Nicklisch, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 84(3): 892--905 (2012).
"Cooperation norms in multiple-stage punishment", with Andreas Nicklisch, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13(5): 791--827 (2011).
"The limited power of voting to limit power", with Hong Geng and Arne R. Weiss, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13(5): 695--719 (2011).
Working Papers
"Institution design in social dilemmas: How to design if you must?", with Bettina Rockenbach (revise & resubmit at the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)
"Incentive Effects of Funding Contracts: An Experiment", with J.Philipp Reiss (revise & resubmit at Experimental Economics, 2nd round)
"The effects of punishment in dynamic public-good games", with Özgür Gürerk and Bettina Rockenbach
"Strategic Reasoning in Hide-and-Seek Games: A Note", with Timo Heinrich
"Punishers under fire: Retaliation and the evolution of cooperation" (discontinued)
Work in Progress
"Cooperation when player types are common knowledge"
"Funding of entrepreneurs: an experiment on contract choice", with J.Philipp Reiss
"The negative effects of having a second chance", with Mareike Hoffmann and Abdolkarim Sadrieh
"The Effects of Retake Opportunities on Performance: Final Exams in Law Studies as an Example", with Thomas Dimpfl
"Intergenerational justice and demographic change", with Katharine Bendrick
Conferences, Presentations and Invited Talks
Association for Public Economic Theory (APET, Lyon 2009 Workshop on "Public Economics: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches", Istanbul 2010 World Meeting) , Economic Science Association (ESA, Rome 2007 World Meeting, Innsbruck 2009 European Meeting, Copenhague 2010 World Meeting, Luxemburg 2011 European Meeting, Cologne 2012 European Meeting), German Society of Experimental Economics (GfEW, Magdeburg 2006, Mannheim 2008, Karlsruhe 2012), International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Economics (IMEBE, Alicante 2008), Maastricht Behavioral and Experimental Economics Symposium (M-BEES, 2011), Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE, Lille 2008), Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting (THEEM, 2011, 2012)
Seminar presentations: Stockholm School of Economics (2008), University of Bonn (2009), Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut (TWI, 2009)
Teaching
Summer 2013
Experimental Methods (lecture, Bachelor programme), University of Konstanz
Summer 2012
Strategic Behaviour in Simple Games (preparatory seminar for participants' BA-theses, with S. Schudy), University of Konstanz
Winter 2011/2012
Behavioural Institutional Design (strategy seminar, Master programme, with U. Fischbacher), University of Konstanz
Summer 2011
Evolution of Cooperation (lecture, Master programme), University of Konstanz
Winter 2010/2011
Behavioural Public Choice (lecture, Master & PhD-programme), University of Konstanz
Winter 2009/2010
Game Theory (tutorial, Master programme), University of Erfurt
Summer 2009
Seminar on Behavioral Public Choice, University of Erfurt
Winter 2008/2009
Game Theory (tutorial, Master programme), University of Erfurt
Summer 2008
Seminar on Behavioral Public Choice (with B. Rockenbach), University of Erfurt
Winter 2007/2008
Introduction to microeconomics (tutorial), University of Erfurt
Summer 2007
Strategy Seminar "social dilemma" (with B. Rockenbach), University of Erfurt
