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Prof. Dr. Florian Engl

Research Interests

behavioral and experimental economics, behavioral ethics, and the study of institutions.

Curriculum Vitae

Detailed information on his professional activities can be found here.

Private Website

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Publicatons

Efficiency wages with motivated agents,
with Jesper Armouti-Hansen, Lea Cassar, and Anna Deréky,
Games and Economic Behavior, 2024, Vol. 145: 66-83.

Control Aversion in Hierarchies,
with Alessandro De Chiara, Holger Herz, and Esther Manna,
CESifo Working Paper, 2022, Nr. 9779.

Ideological Motives and Group Decision-Making,
single-authored,
CESifo Working Papers, 2022, Nr. 8742.

Spillover Effects of Institutions on Cooperative Behavior, Preferences, and Beliefs,
with Arno Riedl and Roberto A. Weber,
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2021, Vol. 13 (4): 261-99.

A Theory of Causal Responsibility Attribution,
CESifo Working Papers, 2022, Nr. 9898,
revise and resubmit at Economic Journal.  

Game Form Misconceptions Are Not Necessary for a Willingness-to-pay vs. Willingness-to-accept Gap,
with Björn Bartling and Roberto A. Weber,
Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2015, Vol. 1 (1): 72-85.

Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? – An Experimental Study,
with Björn Bartling and Roberto A. Weber,
European Economic Review, 2014, Vol. 70: 512-524


Education

2011 – 2015
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Zurich

2006 – 2010
Diplom Volkswirt (equiv. Master in Economics), University of Munich


Academic Positions and Affiliations

10/2021 –
Associate Professor (W2), University of Regensburg


04/2017 –
CESifo Research Network Affiliate


09/2016 - 
Member of the Committee for Organizational Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik


10/2015 – 09/2021
Assistant Professor (W1), University of Cologne 
(on paternity leave from 02/2017-07/2017, 06/2019-08/2019, and 11/2020- 09/2021)


Visiting Positions

08/2016 -
University of Munich, CES Visitor

02/2015 – 08/2015
New York University, Department of Economics

08/2009 – 05/2010
Cornell University, Ph.D. Program of Economics


Courses taught (current and past)

Behavioral Economics (Lecture & Tutorial, Bachelor level), University of Regensburg (2022, 2023)

Economic Ethics (Lecture & Tutorial, Bachelor level), University of Regensburg (2022)

Compliance Management (Lecture, Master level), University of Cologne (2016, 2017)

Business Ethics (Lecture, Bachelor level), University of Cologne (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Topics in Compliance (Seminar, Bachelor level), University of Cologne (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

Introduction to Game Theory (TA, Bachelor level), University of Zurich (2014)

Advanced Microeconomics II (TA, Master level), University of Zurich (2012, 2013, 2014)


Refereeing

European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of the Economic Science Association, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Management Science, Nature: Scientific Reports, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik.



  1. Faculty of Business, Economics, Management Information Systems
  2. Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Chair of Economic Psychology and Ethics

CHAIRHOLDER

Prof. Dr. Florian Engl


E-Mail: florian.engl@ur.de

Phone: +49 941 943 3259

Office: RW(L) 4.11

Office hours: by arrangement