Research Focus

Experimental Law and Economics, Behavioural Law and Economics, Economic Law.

Academic Career

• 1988 Doctoral Thesis in Tübingen
• 1992 Post Doctoral Thesis in Hamburg
• 1992 Professor in Osnabrück
• 1997 Head of the Project Group
• 2003 Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director at the Institute
• 2003 Professor in Bonn
• 2004 Honorary Professor in Osnabrück
• 2012-2013 Sanders Chair, Erasmus University Law School, Rotterdam

• Member of the Academic Board to the German Minister of Economics and Labour
• Member of the Academia Europaea
• Member of the Scientific Council, Centre for European Economic Research (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, ZEW) Mannheim
• Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Research Institute for Public Administration, Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer
• Member of the Board (Hochschulrat), University of Erfurt
• Chair of the Advisory Board, Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics

Co-Editor:

• Archiv für Presserecht
• Law and Economics of International Telecommunications

Publications

Engel C., Kurschilgen M., The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations. Customary Law in the Lab, American Law and Economics Review, In Press. Preprint

Engel C., Glöckner A., Role Induced Bias in Court: An Experimental Analysis, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, In Press. Preprint

Engel C., Aufgaben, Leitgedanken des Rechts. FS Paul Kirchhof, Kube H., et al., (Eds.), Heidelberg, pp. 57-69, 2013.

Engel C., Behavioral Law and Economics: Empirical Methods, issue 2013/01, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2013. Abstract Full text

Glöckner A., Engel C., Can We Trust Intuitive Jurors? Standards of Proof and the Probative Value of Evidence in Coherence Based Reasoning, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, vol. 10, pp. 230-252, 2013. SSRN

Engel C., Deterrence by Imperfect Sanctions – A Public Good Experiment, issue 2013/09, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2013. Abstract Full text

Engel C., Legal Experiments: Mission Impossible?, Erasmus Law Lectures, vol. 28, no. 1: Eleven, pp. 36, 2013.

Engel C., Nudged to Be Consistent, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, vol. 169, pp. 45-48, 2013.

Chmura T., Engel C., Englerth M., Selfishness As a Potential Cause of Crime. A Prison Experiment, issue 2013/05, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2013. Abstract Full text

Engel C., Kleine M., Who is Afraid of Pirates? An Experiment on the Deterrence of Innovation by Imitation, issue 2013/07, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2013. Abstract Full text

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