Who is involved in the MELESSA program?

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The linking of different disciplines promotes the inter-faculty exchange of scientists and enables innovative research at a high level.

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MELESSA was founded within the framework of the Excellence Initiative by 19 professors of LMU Munich, from five different faculties under the direction of Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Schmidt (VWL). The laboratory was put into operation in January 2008.

By linking the different disciplines, the inter-faculty exchange of scientists and innovative research are specifically promoted. Such a strong participation of different disciplines in one laboratory offers best conditions for versatile research on a high level.

The laboratory consists of several laboratory rooms. The air-conditioned large laboratory room contains a permanently installed network of 25 computers. Two other rooms are used to conduct audio, video and group experiments. In addition, there are 25 tablet computers that can be used for mobile experiments outside the lab. With this equipment, MELESSA is one of the most modern experimental laboratories in Germany.

Associated Chairs

Munich School of Management SOM

Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance\ Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
Institute for Leadership and Organization (ILO)\ Prof. Dr. Martin Högl
Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization\ Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer
Institute for Risk Management and Insurance\ Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter
Institute for Marketing\ Prof. Dr. Marko Sarstedt
Institute for Market-based Management\ Prof. Dr. Manfred Schwaiger
Institute for Accounting, Auditing and Analysis (AAA)\ Prof. Dr. Thorsten Sellhorn
Institute for Electronic Commerce and Digital Markets\ Prof. Dr. Martin Spann
Institute for Human Capital Management \ Prof. Dr. Ingo Weller
Professorship for Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance \ Prof. Dr. Johannes Jaspersen

ECONM Faculty of Economics

Seminar für Organisationsökonomik\ Prof. Dr. Florian Englmaier
Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensökonomik und experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung
Seminar für Wirtschaftstheorie\ Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Schmidt
Seminar für Bevölkerungsökonomie\ Prof. Dr. Uwe Sunde
Seminar für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung\ Prof. Dr. Joachim Winter

Faculty of Psychology

Chair of Economic and Organisational Psychology\ Prof. Dr. Felix Brodbeck
Chair of Social Psychology\ Prof. Dr. Mario Gollwitzer
Emmy Noether Group\ Dr. Alexander Soutschek

Faculty of Philosophy

Chair of Philosophy of Mind\ Prof. Dr. Ophelia Deroy

Publications made possible by the research laboratory

2024 - 2025

Kapetaniou, G. E., Vural, G., & Soutschek, A. (2025). Frontoparietal theta stimulation causally links working memory with impulsive decision making. Cortex, 185, 240–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2025.02.012
Mengel, F., Grimm, V., & Zhou, X. (2025). The impact of social identity for social learning and the dynamics of opinions. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=5280340
Englmaier, F., Grimm, S., Grothe, D., Schindler, D., & Schudy, S. (2024). The effect of incentives in non-routine analytical team tasks. Journal of Political Economy, 132(8), 2695–2747. https://doi.org/10.1086/729443
Reichel, F. J. (2024). Communication and social norms: Experimental evidence on beliefs and behavior (Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). LMU München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät. https://doi.org/10.5282/edoc.XXXX
Reichel, F. (2024). What’s in a name? The breadth of moral labels. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4830673
Soutschek, A., & Wittekind, C. E. (2024). Lower motivation for rewarded mental effort in tobacco dependence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(5), 615–623. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000726

2021 - 2023

Balbaa, M., & Worch, M. (2023). Sustainability, prices and emotions (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4563467). SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4563467
Kapetaniou, G. E., Deroy, O. & Soutschek, A. (2023). Social metacognition drives willingness to commit. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-67483-001.html
Ziegler, A. (2023). Persuading an audience: Testing information design in the laboratory (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2023-048/I). Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282861
Back, C., Morana, S., & Spann, M. (2021). Do robo-advisors make us better investors? Working Paper.
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/233499/1/1755397119.pdf
Berndt, M., Schmidt, F. M., Sailer, M., & Fischer, F. (2021). Investigating statistical literacy and scientific reasoning & argumentation in medical-, social sciences-, and economics students. Learning and Individual Differences, 90, 102038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2021.102038
Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Fischer, J. A., Heinze, J., & Fischer, D. (2021). Group-level integrative complexity: Enhancing differentiation and integration in group decision-making. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(1), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219892698
Furtner, N. C., Kocher, M., Martinsson, P., Matzat, D., & Wollbrant, C. (2021). Gender and cooperative preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 181, 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.11.030
Grosch, M. (2021). Metabolic brain connectivity after acute unilateral vestibulopathy: Longitudinal analysis and single subject classification in the rat [Doctoral dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]. LMU Munich Institutional Repository. https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28874/7/Grosch_Maximilian.pdf
Grimm, S., Kocher, M. G., Krawczyk, M., & Le Lec, F. (2021). Sharing or gambling? On risk attitudes in social contexts. Experimental Economics, 24(4), 1253–1279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09690-8
Guber, R., Kocher, M. G., & Winter, J. (2021). Does having insurance change individuals' self-confidence? Journal of Risk and Insurance, 88(2), 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.1231
Kapetaniou, G., Reinhard, M. A., Christian, P., Jobst, A., Tobler, P. N., Padberg, F., & Soutschek, A. (2021). The role of oxytocin in delay of gratification and flexibility in non-social decision making. eLife, 10, e61844. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61844
Karmeliuk, M. (2021). Team behavior in auctions, reciprocity on markets, and gender bias in student evaluations of teachers [Doctoral dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]. LMU Munich Institutional Repository. https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27453/1/Karmeliuk_Maria.pdf
Knoller, C., Neuß, S., & Peter, R. (2021). How social preferences provide effort incentives in situations of financial support. PLOS ONE, 16(1), 183–205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244972
Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2021). Gender differences in face-to-face deceptive behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 187, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.03.026
Reinhard, M. A., Kapetaniou, G. E., Christian, P., Jobst, A., & Derntl, B. (2021). The role of oxytocin in delay of gratification and flexibility in non-social decision making. eLife, 10, e61844. https://elifesciences.org/articles/61844
Schmidt, K. M., & Ockenfels, A. (2021). Focusing climate negotiations on a uniform common commitment can promote cooperation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013070118
Schindler, D., & Westcott, M. (2021). Shocking racial attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe. The Review of Economic Studies, 88(1), 489–520. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa039

2017 - 2020

Kugler, K. G., & Coleman, P. T. (2020). Get Complicated: The Effects of Complexity on Conversations over Potentially Intractable Moral Conflicts. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 13(3), 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12192
Litterscheidt, R., & Streich, D. (2020). Financial education and digital asset management: What's in the black box?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 87, 101573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101573
Batrancea, L. et al. (2019). Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 74, 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102191
Cagala, T., Glogowsky, U., Grimm, V., Rincke, J., & Tuset-Cueva, A. (2019). Rent extraction and prosocial behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 166, 709-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.08.008
Doyle, L., & Schindler, D. (2019). μCap: connecting FaceReaderTM to z-Tree. Journal of the Economic Science Association 5(1), 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-019-00065-1
Grimm, S. (2019). Effects of choice observability on risk taking: The role of norms. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 80, 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.03.003
Grimm, S., & Klimm, F. (2019). Blaming the refugees? Experimental evidence on responsibility attribution. Journal of Economic Psychology, 72, 156-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.03.004
Klimm, F. (2019). Suspicious success - Cheating, inequality acceptance, and political preferences. European Economic Review, 117, 36-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.04.008
Klimm, F., & Loipersberger, F. (2019). Choice as justification for dishonesty. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 81, 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.06.006
Kocher, M, Lucks, K.E., & Schindler, D. (2019). Unleashing Animal Spirits: Self-Control and Overpricing in Experimental Asset Markets. The Review of Financial Studies, 32(6), 2149–2178. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhy109
Martinsson, P., Persson, E. (2019). Physician behavior and conditional altruism: the effects of payment system and uncertain health benefit. Theory Decis 87, 365–387 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-019-09714-7
Schwardmann P., & van der Weele J. (2019). Deception and self-deception. Nature Human Behaviour, 3, 1055–1061. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0666-7
Dwenger, N., & Lohse, T. (2018). Do individuals successfully cover up their lies? Evidence from a compliance experiment. Journal of Economic Psychology, 71, 74-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.08.007
Fiederling, K., Schiller, J., & von Bieberstein, F. (2018). Can we Trust Consumers' Survey Answers when Dealing with Insurance Fraud? Schmalenbach Business Review, 70(2), 111-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41464-017-0041-z
Hartmann, F. G. H., & Schreck, P. (2018). Rankings, Performance, and Sabotage: The Moderating Effects of Target Setting. European Accounting Review, 27(2), 363-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2016.1244015
Kocher, M. G., Lahno, A. M., & Trautmann, S. T. (2018). Ambiguity aversion is not universal. European Economic Review, 101, 268-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.016
Kocher, M. G., Schudy, S., & Spantig, L. (2018). I lie? We lie! Why? Experimental evidence on a dishonesty shift in groups. Management Science, 64(9): 3971-4470. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2800
Kocher, M. G., Tan, F., & Yu, J. (2018). Providing global public goods: Electoral delegation and cooperation. Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 381-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12482
Kocher, M., Schindler, D., S. Trautmann T., & Xu, Y. (2018). Risk, Time Pressure, and Selection Effects. Experimental Economics, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-018-9576-1
Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A., Kaschner, T., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2018). Gender differences in the initiation of negotiations: A meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 144(2), 198. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000135
Kuhn, T., Solaz, H., & van Elsas, E. J. (2018). Practising what you preach: how cosmopolitanism promotes willingness to redistribute across the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(12), 1759-1778. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1370005
Kurz, V., Orland, A., & Posadzy, K. (2018). Fairness versus efficiency: how procedural fairness concerns affect coordination. Experimental economics, 21(3), 601-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9540-5
Maier, M. A., Dechamps, M. C., & Pflitsch, M. (2018). Intentional observer effects on quantum randomness: a Bayesian analysis reveals evidence against micro-psychokinesis. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 379. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00379
Pachler, D., Kuonath, A. , Specht, J., Kennecke, S., Agthe, M., & Frey, D. (2018). Workflow Interruptions and Employee Work Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Polychronicity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(3), 417-427. http://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000094
Bieberstein, F., & Schiller, J. (2018). Contract design and insurance fraud: an experimental investigation. Review of Managerial Science, 12(3), 711-736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-017-0228-1
Aydogan, G., Jobst, A., D'Ardenne, K., Müller, N., & Kocher, M. G. (2017). The Detrimental Effects of Oxytocin-Induced Conformity on Dishonesty in Competition. Psychological Science, 28(6), 751-759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617695100
Autumn, L., Konrad, K. A., & Morath, F. (2017). Balance of power and the propensity of conflict. Games and Economic Behavior, 103, 168-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013
Herbst, L., Morath, F., & Konrad, K.A. (2017). Balance of power and the propensity of conflict. Games and Economic Behavior, 103, 168-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013
Jaspersen, J., & Aseervatham, V. (2017). The Influence of Affect on Heuristic Thinking in Insurance Demand. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 84(1), 239-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12088
Kocher, M. G., Martinsson, P., Myrseth, K. O. R., & Wollbrant, C. E. (2017). Strong, bold, and kind: Self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas. Experimental Economics, 20(1), 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9475-7
Kocher, M. G., Poulsen, O., & Zizzo, D. J. (2017). Social preferences, accountability, and wage bargaining. Social Choice and Welfare, 48(3), 659-678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-017-1028-x
Konrad, K. A., Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2017). Compliance with endogenous audit probabilities. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 821-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12182
Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Buyer and seller data from pay what you want and name your own price laboratory markets. Data in brief, 12, 513-517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.04.049
Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Delegating pricing power to customers: Pay what you want or name your own price?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 136, 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019
Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Delegating pricing power to customers: Pay what you want or name your own price?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 136, 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019
Lindner, F., & Rose, J. (2017). No need for more time: Intertemporal allocation decisions under time pressure. Journal of Economic Psychology, 60, 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2016.12.004
Ludwig, S., Fellner-Röhling, G., & Thoma, C. (2017). Do Women Have More Shame than Men? An Experiment on Self-Assessment and the Shame of Overestimating Oneself. European Economic Review, 92, 31-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.11.007
Malmendier, U., & Schmidt, K. M. (2017). You owe me. American Economic Review, 107(2), 493-526. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140890
Schmidt, K. M., Fey, L., & Thoma, C. (2017). Competition and incentives. European Economic Review, 98, 111-125. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.06.012
Schumacher, H., Kesternich, I., Kosfeld, M., & Winter, J. (2017). One, two, many—Insensitivity to group size in games with concentrated benefits and dispersed costs. The Review of Economic Studies, 84(3), 1346-1377.https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdw043

2013 - 2016

Baillon, A., Koellinger, P. D., & Treffers, T. (2016). Sadder but wiser: The effects of affective states and weather on ambiguity attitudes. Journal of Economic Psychology, (53), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.12.008
Clemons, E. K., Wilson, J., Matt, C., Hess, T., Ren, F., Jin, F., & Koh, N. S. (2016). Global differences in online shopping behavior: Understanding factors leading to trust. Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(4), 1117-1148. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2016.1267531
Englmaier, F., & Gebhardt, G. (2016). Social dilemmas in the laboratory and in the field. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 128, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.03.006
Knoller, C. (2016). Multiple reference points and the demand for principal‐protected life annuities: An experimental analysis. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 83(1), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12101
Kocher, M., & Matzat, D. (2016). Preferences over punishment and reward mechanisms in social dilemmas. Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics, 172(1), 163-194. https://doi.org/10.1628/093245616X14500948554072
Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2016). Dubious versus trustworthy faces: what difference does it make for tax compliance?. Applied Economics Letters, 23(6), 394-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1076150
Thoma, C. (2016). Under-versus overconfidence: an experiment on how others perceive a biased self-assessment. Experimental Economics, 19(1), 218-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9435-2
Aseervatham, V., Jaspersen, J.G., & Richter, A. (2015). The Affection Effect in an Incentive Compatible Insurance Demand Experiment. Economics Letters, 131, 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.03.029
Bartling, B., & Schmidt, K. M. (2015). Reference points, social norms, and fairness in contract renegotiations. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13(1), 98-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12109
Autumn, L., Konrad, K. A., & Morath, F. (2015). Endogenous group formation in experimental contests. European Economic Review, 74, 163-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.12.001
Ke, C., Konrad, K. A., & Morath, F. (2015). Alliances in the shadow of conflict. Economic Inquiry, 53(2), 854-871. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12151
Kocher, M. G., Pahlke, J., & Trautmann, S. T. (2015). An experimental test of precautionary bidding. European Economic Review, 78, 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.04.009
Kocher, M., Martinsson, P., Matzat, D., & Wollbrant, C. (2015). The role of beliefs, trust, and risk in contributions to a public good. Journal of Economic Psychology, 51, 236-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.10.001
Koellinger, P., & Treffers, T. (2015). Joy leads to overconfidence, and a simple countermeasure. PLOS ONE, 10(12), e0143263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143263
Pahlke, J., Strasser, S., & Vieider F.M. (2015). Responsibility Effects in Decision Making under Risk. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 51(2), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-015-9223-6
Schöning, N., Thurner, P. W., & Binder, M. (2015). Indifference and inconsistency as moderators of framing effects: An experiment using the example of nuclear energy. In Yearbook for Theory of Action and Decision (127-158). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-07583-5_5
Fright, P. (2015). Honesty in managerial reporting: How competition affects the benefits and costs of lying. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 27, 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2014.01.001
Englmaier, F., Strasser, S., & Winter, J. (2014). Worker characteristics and wage differentials: Evidence from a gift-exchange experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 97, 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.06.013
Konrad, K. A., Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2014). Deception choice and self-selection–The importance of being earnest. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 107, 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.07.012
Konrad, K. A., Morath, F., & Müller, W. (2014). Taxation and market power. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 47(1), 173-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12067
Lahno, A.M., & Serra-Garcia, M. (2014). Peer Effects in Risk Taking. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 50(1), 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-015-9209-4
Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2014). Gender differences in deception behaviour–the role of the counterpart. Applied Economics Letters, 21(10), 702-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.848020
Schiffels, S., Fügener, A., Kolisch, R., & Brunner, O. J. (2014). On the assessment of costs in a newsvendor environment: Insights from an experimental study. Omega, 43, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.05.002
Schikora, J. (2014). How do groups stabilize corruption. Journal of International Development 26(7), 1071-1091. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.2902
Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Zeithammer, R. (2014). Pay what you want as a marketing strategy in monopolistic and competitive markets. Management Science, 61(6), 1217-1236. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1946
Bartling, B., Fehr, E., & Schmidt, K. (2013). Use and Abuse of Authority-A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation. JEEA, 11(4):711-742. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12017
Bartling, B., Fehr, E., & Schmidt, K. M. (2013). Discretion, productivity, and work satisfaction. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE, 169(1), 4-22. https://doi.org/10.1628/093245613X660357
Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. M., & Maier, M. A. (2013). Morals Matter in Economic Games. PLOS ONE, 8, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081558
Efferson, C., & Vogt, S. (2013). Viewing men's faces does not lead to accurate predictions of trustworthiness. Scientific Reports, 3, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01047
Gneezy, U., Rockenbach, B., & Serra-Garcia, M. (2013). Measuring lying aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.025
Ke, C., Konrad, K.A., & Morath, F. (2013). Brothers in Arms - An Experiment on the Alliance Puzzle. Games and Economic Behavior, 77, 61-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2012.08.011
Sandroni, A., Ludwig, S., & Kircher, P. (2013). On the difference between social and private goods. The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, 13(1), 151-177. https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2012-0008
Serra-Garcia, M., Van Damme, E., & Potters, J. (2013). Lying about what you know or about what you do?. Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(5), 1204-1229. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12034
V cousin, S. (2013). Delegating decision rights for anticipated rewards as an alternative to corruption: An experiment. European Journal of Political Economy, 31, 188-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2013.06.001

2009 - 2012

Aydin, N., Krueger, J., Fischer, J., Hahn, D., Frey, D., Kastenmüller, A., & Fischer, P. (2012). A man`s best friend: How the presence of a dog decreases mental distress after social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 446-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.011
Bartling, B., Fehr, E., & Schmidt, K. M. (2012). Screening, competition, and job design: Economic origins of good jobs. American Economic Review, 102(2), 834-64 http://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.2.834
Houser, D., Vetter, S., & Winter, J. (2012). Fairness and cheating. European Economic Review, 56(8), 1645-1655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.08.001
Pahlke, J., Strasser, S. & Vieider, F. M. (2012). Risk-taking for others under accountability. Economics Letters, 114(1), 102-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.037
Vieider, F. M. (2012). Moderate stake variations for risk and uncertainty, gains and losses: methodological implications for comparative studies. Economics Letters, 117(3), 718-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.028
Fiedler, M., Haruvy, E., & Li, S. X. (2011). Social distance in a virtual world experiment. Games and Economic Behavior, 72(2), 400-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2010.09.004
Faulmüller, N., Kerschreiter, R., Mojzisch, A., & Schulz-Hardt, S. (2010). Beyond group-level explanations for the failure of groups to solve hidden profiles: The individual preference effect revisited. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13, 653-671. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430210369143
Lammers, F., & Schiller J. (2010). Influencing factors for fraudulent behavior of policyholders: first experimental findings. Journal for the entire insurance industry, 99, 649-663. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12297-010-0097-z
Fiedler, M., & Haruvy E. (2009). The lab versus the virtual lab and virtual field - An experimental investigation of trust games with communication. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 72(2) , 716-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.07.013

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Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy : Prof. Dr. Felix C. Brodbeck\ +49 89 2180-5201\ brodbeck@psy.lmu.de

Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies : Prof. Dr. Ophelia Deroy\ ophelia.deroy@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Faculty of Business Administration : Prof. Dr. Martin Spann\ +49 89 2180-72051\ spann@lmu.de

Laboratory Manager

Dr. Dominik Grothe

Administrative Staff

Head of Research Department & Experimental Laboratory MELESSA\ \ Organizational, Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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+49 89 2180-9786

As a student assistant in the MELESSA team

As a Hiwi at MELESSA you have the chance to actively participate in scientific research and learn from the experience of experimenters from different disciplines. Key tasks include recruiting and managing participants, as well as ensuring that experiments run smoothly. One is always prepared and supported by the management of the laboratory and experienced Hiwis. At the regular "Hiwi meetings" you can address problems and new ideas for improvement and develop the lab further as a team. The friendly chair of MELESSA and the diverse work create a professional and positive atmosphere that allows personal and professional development and provides valuable insights into science for students.

Our Student Research Assistants\ \ \ \ : Azizullah, Sultan \ Berthold, Eva \ Bielecki, Henri \ Wizani, Lena \ Ye, Gelan\

Contact\ \ : Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 9729\ E-Mail: hiwis.melessa@econ.lmu.de

Visitors Adress : Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München\ MELESSA - Munich Experimental Laboratory for Economic and Social Sciences\ Giselastr. 10 (1. Stock) - Room 110\ 80802 München