Research
I am mainly working on behavioral and experimental economics. I currently combine lab-experimental methods with large scale field experiments.
Working Papers
Until the debt will tear us apart: the rise of affective polarisation” with Roula Nezi (Surrey), Ann-Kathrin Reinl (Munich), and Alexia Katsanidou (Cologne)
Procedural Preferences in Competitive Environments: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from Madagascar with Marcela Ibanez and Viviana Uruena
Addressing Validity and Generalizability Concerns in Field Experiments with Sebastian Schneider (MPI Bonn) and Valentin Wagner, link
Hidden moral costs of control: Field evidence from performance appraisals in the public sector with Marcela Ibanez, Jan Priebe and Dewi Susanti, under review
Affirmative action and application strategies with Ritwik Banerjee, Marcela Ibanez and Soham Sahoo
Gender and Leadership: Experiments in Matrilineal and Patriarchic Societies in India with Debosree Banerjee, Marcela Ibanez and Meike Wollni
Work in progress
Narratives to Sustainable Agriculture: Evidence from Madagascars Vanilla Farmers with Marcela Ibanez and Viviana Uruena. Funded by Volkswagenfoundation
Substitution between Charities Evidence from several experiments on how people substitute between charities and whether multiple charitable appeals create crowding in or crowding out of charitable contributions. With David Reinstein (Maastricht)
Behavioral Insights into Pension Savings: Surveys and Lab-in-the-field experiments in Bogota, Colombia. Survey on financial issues, well-being and cognitive ability (1200 subjects). Matched with 600 answers from a lab-in-the-field experiment on higher order risk preferences. Joint with Marcela Ibanez (Gottingen) and Sebastian Schneider (MPI Bonn).
Household Bargaining over Prosocial Decisions: Evidence from Egypt. Representative sample of Cairo population of married women. 600 observations of household survey data and bargaining experiments over charitable donations. Joint with Marcela Ibanez and Ghida Karbala.