Institute for Applied Microeconomics
The research conducted at the Institute for Applied Microeconomics (IAME) covers a broad range of topics, including
- labor economics, the economics of education, and human development,
- preference formation, evolution of social norms, and cognitive and affective determinants of decision-making,
- health and environmental economics,
- industrial organization, managerial economics, and personnel economics.
In our research, we
- apply microeconomic theory,
- we conduct lab and field experiments,
- we analyze survey and administrative data using state-of-the-art econometric methods, and
- we collaborate with psychologists and neuroscientists.
In Bonn we collaborate with BGSE, BonnEconLab, and CENs, as well as MPI for Research on Collective Goods.
Latest News
Most Recent Publications
“Eliciting moral preferences under image concerns: Theory and experiment”
The article “Eliciting moral preferences under image concerns: Theory and experiment” by Roland Bénabou, Armin Falk, Luca Henkel, and Jean Tirole was published in Games and Economic Behavior.
“Mental Models of the Stock Market”
The article “Mental Models of the Stock Market” by Peter Andre, Philipp Schirmer, and Johannes Wohlfart was published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
“Individual strategy choice in the repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma”
The article “Individual strategy choice in the repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma” by Teresa Backhaus and Yves Breitmoser was published in the European Economic Review.
“Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation”
The article “Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation” by Peter Andre, Teodora Boneva, Felix Chopra, and Armin Falk was published in Science.
“Open science, closed peer review?”
The article “Open science, closed peer review?” by Gary Charness, Anna Dreber, Daniel Evans, Adam Gill, and Séverine Toussaert was published in the Journal of the Economic Science Association.
“Life Expectancy, Age, and Patience”
The article “Life Expectancy, Age, and Patience” by Uwe Sunde, Armin Falk, and Johannes Hermle was published in the Economic Journal.
“The early bird gets the germs? The impact of early daycare attendance on children’s health”
The article “The early bird gets the germs? The impact of early daycare attendance on children’s health” by Mara Barschkett was published in the European Economic Review.
“The conceivable scope of negligence rules for internalizing multidirectional externalities”
The article “The conceivable scope of negligence rules for internalizing multidirectional externalities” by Urs Schweizer was published in Mathematical Social Sciences.
Where to Find Us
Our offices are located at
- Lennéstraße 43 (Professors Dohmen, Falk, Jagelka, Kube, Mink, Stenhammar, and von Gaudecker);
- Juridicum/Adenauerallee 24–42 (Professor Budde, Fetzer, Hoppe-Fischer, and Kräkel);
- ECONtribute, Niebuhrstraße 5 (Professors Boneva, Kőszegi, Schiprowski, and Schwank);
- IZA, Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 5–9 (Professor Zimmermann);
- BGSE, Kaiserstraße 1 (Professor emeritus Schweizer).