University of Copenhagen Awards Christoph Engel an Honorary Doctorate

University of Copenhagen Awards Christoph Engel an Honorary Doctorate

The University of Copenhagen has awarded Christoph Engel an honorary doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of law & economics.
The institute warmly congratulates Christoph Engel! 

Bettina Rockenbach elected President of the Leopoldina

Bettina Rockenbach elected President of the Leopoldina

The economist from the University of Cologne and senior research fellow of the institute will be the first woman to head the German National Academy of Sciences. During her term of office, she will strive to increase the impact of academic discussions on policy and society and enhance cooperation with national and international partners.

SEEDEC Conference 2025: Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries takes place in Bonn

SEEDEC Conference 2025: Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries takes place in Bonn

The institute – namely Matthias Sutter’s research group on Experimental Economics – organizes the next Seedec Conference 2025 in Bonn with the Norwegian School of Economics.
The Symposium will take place from 12–13 June 2025 at the Collegium Leoninum.

Christoph Engel receives lifetime award by the European Association of Law and Economics

Christoph Engel receives lifetime award by the European Association of Law and Economics

At its annual conference in Torino, the European Association for Law and Economics has bestowed its lifetime award to Christoph Engel

New publication by C.C. von Weizsäcker: "Freedom and Adaptive Preferences"

New publication by C.C. von Weizsäcker: "Freedom and Adaptive Preferences"

Traditional welfare economics works with the assumption of the fully rational economic agent (homo economicus) whose preferences are fixed: that is, they are not influenced by their economic environment. To the contrary, Carl Christian von Weizsäcker presents a theory of welfare economics that maintains the principles of normative individualism while allowing for adaptive or changeable preferences.

Upcoming Research Seminars

Vincent Toubiana, (CNIL France)

tba
Nov 25, 2024 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Basement

Christopher Roth, University of Cologne/MPI

Language Customization and the Market for News
Nov 27, 2024 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Ground Floor

Yonathan Arbel (University of Alabama)

tba
Dec 9, 2024 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hybrid: Zoom and basement

External Talks of MPI Members

No events

Recent Articles

Dertwinkel-Kalt, M., Feldhaus, C., Ockenfels, A., & Sutter, M.
Household reduction of gas consumption in the energy-crisis is not explained by individual economic incentives
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, forthcoming

Alysandratos, T., Georganas, S., & Sutter, M.
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024

Kaba, M., Koyuncu, M., Schneider, S. O., & Sutter, M.
European Economic Review, 2024, 168, 104818


More journal articles

Discussion Papers

Christoph Feldhaus; Lukas Reinhardt; Matthias Sutter
Trump ante Portas: Political Polarization Undermines Rule-Following Behavior

Christoph Engel; Johannes Kruse
Professor GPT: Having a large language model write a commentary on freedom of assembly

Zvonimir Bašić, Stefania Bortolotti, Daniel Salicath, Stefan Schmidt, Sebastian O. Schneider, Matthias Sutter
One size fits all? The interplay of incentives, effort provision, and personality


More discussion papers
Go to Editor View