Dr. Michael Kurschilgen | MPI for Collective Goods

Senior Research Fellow

Norms, Learning, Uncertainty

2008-2012	International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World (IMPRS Uncertainty) and University of Jena PhD Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) Thesis: "How Norms Guide Behaviour in an Uncertain World" Supervisors: Christoph Engel, Werner Güth, and Oliver Kirchkamp
2010-2011	University of California, Berkeley Visiting PhD student at the Department of Economics Host: Shachar Kariv
2006-2007	Maastricht University MSc Economics Thesis: "The Equitability of the Spanish National Hydrological Plan" Supervisor: Bettina Klaus
2005-2006	SciencesPo Paris International Program in Political Science
2004-2006	Maastricht University BSc International Economic Studies
2002-2004	University of Bonn Economics

2013-present	Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn Research Fellow
2007-2008	associated business consultants gmbh Economic advisor for large mining projects in India and Kazakhstan

Engel, Christoph and Michael Kurschilgen [2013], "The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations: an Experiment,"American Law and Economics Review , forthcoming
Kurschilgen, Michael [2013], "Discretion, Productivity, and Work Satisfaction: Comment," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 169(1), 23-25
Kurschilgen, Michael [2011], "Disclosure, Agents, and Consumer Protection: Comment," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 167(1), 77-79
Engel, Christoph and Michael Kurschilgen [2011], "Fairness Ex Ante & Ex Post: Experimentally Testing Ex Post Judicial Intervention into Blockbuster Deals," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 8(4), 682–708

Can We Manage First Impressions in Cooperation Problems? An Experimental Study on “Broken (and Fixed) Windows”
(with Christoph Engel and Sebastian Kube)
The Jurisdiction Of The Man Within: Intrinsic Norms in a Public Goods Experiment
(with Christoph Engel)
Follow the Crowd or Your Conscience: an Experimental Study of Information, Self‑Reflection, and Social Preferences
Learning Tacit Collusion: How Internal Incentive Structures Affect Market Prices
(with Alexander Morell and Ori Weisel)

Monetary Incentives and Social Welfare
(with Shyam Sunder)
When Do I Accept Your Privilege? An Experimental Study of Fairness and Meritocracy
(with Carlos Kurschilgen)

Spring 2013	University of Bonn, Department of Political Science Welfare, Inequality, Justice, and Happiness (graduate students)
Fall 2012	University of Bonn, Department of Political Science Introductory Game Theory and Experimental Economics (graduate students)
Spring 2012	University of Bonn, Department of Political Science Welfare, Inequality, Justice, and Happiness (graduate students)
Fall 2011	University of Bonn, Department of Political Science Introductory Game Theory and Experimental Economics (graduate students)