Publications of Bettina Rockenbach

Journal Article (42)

2024
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Engel, C., & Rockenbach, B. (forthcoming). What makes cooperation precarious? Journal of Economic Psychology
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Praxmarer, M., Rockenbach, B., & Sutter, M. (2024). Cooperation and norm enforcement differ strongly across adult generations. European Economic Review, 162
2023
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Fang, X., Goette, L., Rockenbach, B., Sutter, M., Tiefenbeck, V., Schoeb, S., & Staake, S. (2023). Complementarities in behavioral interventions: Evidence from a field experiment on resource conservations. Journal of Public Economics, 228
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Rockenbach, B., Tonke, S., & Weiss, A. (forthcoming). A large-scale field experiment to decrease non-payment for water: From diagnosis to treatment. Review of Economics and Statistics
2022
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Harrs, S., Rockenbach, B., & Wenner, L. M. (2022). Revealing good deeds: Disclosure of social responsibility in competitive markets. Experimental Economics, 25, 1349–1373
2021
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Fallucchi, F., Ramalingam, A., Rockenbach, B., & Waligora, M. (2021). Inequality and competitive effort: The roles of asymmetric resources, opportunity and outcomes. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 185, 81–96
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Rockenbach, B., Tonke, S., & Weiss, A. R. (2021). Self-serving behavior of the rich causes contagion effects among the poor. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 183, 289–300
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Rockenbach, B., Sadrieh, A., & Schielke, A. (2021). Paying with your personal data: The insensitivity of private information provision to asymmetric benefits. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 7, 64–73
2020
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Boonmanunt, S., Lauer, T., Rockenbach, B., & Weiss, A. (2020). Field evidence on the role of time preferences in conservation behavior. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 104
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Sadrieh, A., Rockenbach, B., & Schielke, A. (2020). Providing personal information to the benefit of others. PLoS One
2016
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Balafoutas, L., Nikiforakis, N., & Rockenbach, B. (2016). Altruistic punishment does not increase with the severity of norm violations in the field. Nature Communications, 7
2013
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Böhm, R., & Rockenbach, B. (2013). The Inter-Group Comparison – Intra-Group Cooperation Hypothesis: Social Comparisons Between Groups Increase Efficiency in Public Goods Provision. PLOS ONE, 8
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Gneezy, U., Rockenbach, B., & Serra-Garcia, M. (2013). Measuring Lying Aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 93, 293–300
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Hoffmann, M., Lauer, T., & Rockenbach, B. (2013). The Royal Lie. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 93, 305–313
2012
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Milinski, M., & Rockenbach, B. (2012). On the interaction of the stick and the carrot in social dilemmas. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 299, 139–143
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Rockenbach, B., & Sadrieh, A. (2012). Sharing Information. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81, 689–698
2011
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Große, S., Putterman, L., & Rockenbach, B. (2011). Monitoring in Teams: Using Laboratory Experiments to Study a Theory of the Firm. Journal of the European Economic Association, 9, 785–816
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Rockenbach, B., & Milinski, M. (2011). To qualify as a social partner humans hide severe punishment though their observed cooperativeness is decisive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS), 108, 18307–18312
2010
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Hennig-Schmidt, H., Rockenbach, B., & Sadrieh, K. (2010). In Search of Workers' Real Effort Reciprocity – A Field and a Laboratory Experiment. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8, 817–837
2009
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Irlenbusch, B., Gürerk, Ö., & Rockenbach, B. (2009). Motivating Teammates: The Leader’s choice between Positive and Negative Incentives. Journal of Economic Psychology, 30, 591–607
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Rockenbach, B., & Milinski, M. (2009). How to treat those of ill-repute. Nature, 457, 39–40
2008
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Rockenbach, B., Fehr, E., & Bernhard, H. (2008). Egalitarianims in Young Children. Nature, 1079–1084
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Rockenbach, B., Lauer, T., & Walgenbach, P. (2008). Not just hot air: Normative codes of conduct induce cooperative behaviour. Review of Managerial Science, 183–197
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Rockenbach, B., & Milinski, M. (2008). Punisher pays. Nature, 452, 297–298
2007
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Rockenbach, B. (2007). Fairness Crowded Out by Law: An Experimental Study on Withdrawal Rights: Comment. 
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 163, 106–108
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Rockenbach, B., & Milinski, M. (2007). Spying on Others Evolves. Science, 317, 464–465
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Rockenbach, B., Sadrieh, K., & Mathauschek, B. (2007). Teams Take the Better Risk. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 63, 412–422
2006
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Rockenbach, B., & Abbink, K. (2006). Option Pricing by Students and Professional Traders: A Behavioural Investigation. Managerial and Decision Economics, 27, 497–510
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Rockenbach, B., Irlenbusch, B., & Gürerk, Ö. (2006). The Competitive Advantage of Sanctioning Institutions. Science, 312, 108–111
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Rockenbach, B., & Milinski, M. (2006). The efficient interaction of indirect reciprocity and costly punishment. Nature, 444, 718–723
2005
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Rockenbach, B. (2005). A Strategic Analysis of Speculative Trade in a two-sided Asset Market with Information Diversity. International Game Theory Review, 7, 151–170
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Rockenbach, B., Abbink, K., Irlenbusch, B., Pezanis-Christou, P., Sadrieh, A., & Selten, R. (2005). An Experimental Test of Design Alternatives for the British 3G / UMTS Auction. European Economic Review, 49, 503–530
2004
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Rockenbach, B. (2004). The Behavioral Relevance of Mental Accounting for the Pricing of Financial Options. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 53, 513–527
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Rockenbach, B., & Fehr, E. (2004). Human Altruism: Economic, Neural, and Evolutionary Perspectives. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 14, 784–790
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Rockenbach, B., Potters, J., Sadrieh, K., & van Damme, E. (2004). Collusion under Yardstick Competition: An Experimental Study. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22, 1017–1038
2003
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Abbink, K., Darziv, R., Gilula, Z., Goren, H., Irlenbusch, B., Keren, A., … Zamir, S. (2003). The Fisherman's Problem: Exploring the tension between cooperative and non-cooperative concepts in a simple game. Journal of Economic Psychology, 24, 425–445
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Rockenbach, B., & Fehr, E. (2003). Detrimental Effects of Sanctions on Human Altruism. Nature, 422, 137–140
2002
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Abbink, K., Irlenbusch, B., Rockenbach, B., Sadrieh, A., & Selten, R. (2002). The behavioural approach to the strategic analysis of spectrum auctions: The case of the German DCS-1800 auction. ifo Studien - Zeitschrift für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, 3, 457–480
2001
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Rockenbach, B. (2001). Information, Aggregation, Speculation and Arbitrage in an Option Market Experiment. Revue d'Economie Politique, 111, 41–65
1993
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Rockenbach, B. (1993). Measuring the Typicalness of Behavior. Mathematical Social Sciences, 26, 35–49
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Rockenbach, B., & Selten, R. (1993). Demand Comwithment Bargaining in Three-Person Quota Game Experiments. International Journal of Game Theory, 22, 261–277
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Rockenbach, B., & Uhlich, G. R. (1993). The negotiation agreement area: An experimental analysis of two-person characteristic function games. Group Decision and Negotiation, 2, 323–345

Book (1)

1994
Book
Rockenbach, B. (1994). Springer Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 412 p. Springer Verlag

Book Chapter (3)

2014
Book Chapter
Nikiforakis, N. (2014). Self-governance through altruistic punishment? In B. Van Lange, B. Rockenbach, & T. Yamagishi (Eds.), Reward and Punishment in Social dilemmas, 197–213. New York: Oxford University Press
2008
Book Chapter
Engel, C., Lubell, M., Glimcher, P. W., Hastie, R., Rachlinski, J. J., Rockenbach, B., … Weber, E. (2008). Institutional Design Capitalizing on the Intuitive Nature of Decision Making. In C. Engel & W. Singer (Eds.), Better Than Conscious? Implications for Performance and Institutional Analysis, 413–432. Cambridge: MIT Press
2000
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Rockenbach, B., & Abbink, K. (2000). Der Fluch der Erfahrung: Professionelle Trader versus Studenten in einem Optionsbewertungsexperiment. In E. Hehn (Ed.), Innovative Anlagekonzepte, Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag

Working Paper (3)

2023
Working Paper
Fang, X., Goette, L., Rockenbach, B., Sutter, M., Tiefenbeck, V., Schoeb, S., & Staake, T. (2023). Complementarities in behavioral interventions: Evidence from a field experiment on resource conservation. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Discussion Paper 2023/13
2014
Working Paper
Engel, C., & Rockenbach, B. (2014). Give everybody a voice! The power of voting in a public goods experiment with externalities. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2009
Working Paper
Engel, C., & Rockenbach, B. (2009). We Are Not Alone: The Impact of Externalities on Public Good Provision. Bonn: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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