# Who is involved in the MELESSA program?

**Source**: https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/research/melessa/about-the-melessa/
**Parent**: https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/research/melessa/

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](#accordionItem-5720801-0)

- [Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance](https://www.som.lmu.de/kmf/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
- [Institute for Leadership and Organization (ILO)](https://www.som.lmu.de/ilo/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Martin Högl
- [Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization](https://www.som.lmu.de/isto/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer
- [Institute for Risk Management and Insurance](https://www.som.lmu.de/inriver/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter
- [Institute for Marketing](https://www.som.lmu.de/marketing/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Marko Sarstedt
- [Institute for Market-based Management](https://www.en.melessa.uni-muenchen.de/04_bwl/04ls_imm/index.html "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Manfred Schwaiger
- [Institute for Accounting, Auditing and Analysis (AAA)](https://www.som.lmu.de/rwp/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Thorsten Sellhorn
- [Institute for Electronic Commerce and Digital Markets](https://www.som.lmu.de/ecm/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Martin Spann
- [Institute for Human Capital Management](https://www.en.pw.bwl.uni-muenchen.de/index.html "Link opens in a new window") \
  Prof. Dr. Ingo Weller
- [Professorship for Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance](https://www.som.lmu.de/brmi/en/index.html "Link opens in a new window") \
  Prof. Dr. Johannes Jaspersen

[ECONM Faculty of Economics](#accordionItem-5720801-1)

- [Seminar für Organisationsökonomik](https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/persons/contact-page/florian-englmaier-f095158f.html)\
  Prof. Dr. Florian Englmaier
- Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensökonomik und experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung
- [Seminar für Wirtschaftstheorie](https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/persons/contact-page/klaus-schmidt-414c7f88.html)\
  Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Schmidt
- [Seminar für Bevölkerungsökonomie](https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/persons/contact-page/uwe-sunde-9ccd3520.html)\
  Prof. Dr. Uwe Sunde
- [Seminar für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung](https://www.econ.lmu.de/en/persons/contact-page/joachim-winter-d460fdc4.html)\
  Prof. Dr. Joachim Winter

[Faculty of Psychology](#accordionItem-5720801-2)

- [Chair of Economic and Organisational Psychology](https://www.psy.lmu.de/wirtschaftspsychologie_en/index.html "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Felix Brodbeck
- [Chair of Social Psychology](https://www.lmu.de/psy/en/ "Link opens in a new window")\
  Prof. Dr. Mario Gollwitzer
- [Emmy Noether Group](https://www.lmu.de/psy/en/persons/contact-page/contact-page_15744.html "Link opens in a new window")\
  Dr. Alexander Soutschek

[Faculty of Philosophy](#accordionItem-5720801-3)

[Chair of Philosophy of Mind](https://www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/faculty/chair-of-philosophy-of-mind/ "Link opens in a new window")\
Prof. Dr. Ophelia Deroy

## Publications made possible by the research laboratory

[2024 - 2025](#accordionItem-208634-0)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2025.02.012 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://ssrn.com/abstract=5280340 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1086/729443 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.5282/edoc.XXXX "Link opens in a new window")
- Reichel, F. (2024). What’s in a name? The breadth of moral labels. SSRN. [https://ssrn.com/abstract=4830673](https://ssrn.com/abstract=4830673 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000726 "Link opens in a new window")

[2021 - 2023](#accordionItem-208634-1)

- Balbaa, M., & Worch, M. (2023). Sustainability, prices and emotions (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4563467). SSRN. [https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4563467](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4563467 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-67483-001.html "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282861 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2021.102038 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219892698 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.11.030 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28874/7/Grosch_Maximilian.pdf "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09690-8 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.1231 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61844 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27453/1/Karmeliuk_Maria.pdf "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244972 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.03.026 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://elifesciences.org/articles/61844 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013070118 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa039 "Link opens in a new window")

[2017 - 2020](#accordionItem-208634-2)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12192 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101573 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102191 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.08.008 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-019-00065-1 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.03.003 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.03.004 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.04.008 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.06.006 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhy109 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-019-09714-7 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0666-7 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.08.007 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s41464-017-0041-z "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2016.1244015 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.016 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2800 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12482 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-018-9576-1 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000135 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1370005 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9540-5 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00379 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](http://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000094 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-017-0228-1 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617695100 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12088 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9475-7 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-017-1028-x "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12182 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.04.049 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2016.12.004 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.11.007 "Link opens in a new window")
- Malmendier, U., & Schmidt, K. M. (2017). You owe me. American Economic Review, 107(2), 493-526. [https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140890](https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140890 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](http://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.06.012 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdw043 "Link opens in a new window")

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[2013 - 2016](#accordionItem-208634-3)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.12.008 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2016.1267531 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.03.006 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12101 "Link opens in a new window")
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- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.06.013 "Link opens in a new window")
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- 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.011 "Link opens in a new window")
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## Spokesman of the Board

Klaus Schmidt

Senior Faculty

Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Contract Theory, Industrial Organisation, Mechanism Design

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## Deputy Spokesman of the Board

Joachim Winter

Senior Faculty

Health Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Econometrics

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## Board members of other faculties

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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## 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](mailto:hiwis.melessa@econ.lmu.de)

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