Universität Bonn

Department of Economics / IAME

Where economic theory meets data
We use observational data and experimental data from the lab and from the field to test and improve economic theories of decision-making.
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Institute for Applied Microeconomics

The Institute for Applied Microeconomics is currently looking for student assistants.
Applications are accepted until March 31, 2025.

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 micro­econo­metric methods, and we col­laborate with psy­cholo­gists and neuro­scien­tists.

In Bonn we collaborate with BGSE, BonnEconLab, and CENs, as well as IZA and MPI for Re­search on Col­lec­tive Goods.

News

JProf. Aapo Stenhammar, Ph.D.
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May 2025

Funding of the Clus­ter of Excellence “ECON­tribute – Mar­kets & Public Policy,” of which IAME professor Thomas Dohmen is a spokesperson, has been extended for a third funding period. Congratulations to Thomas and all other Cluster members!

Boneva, Teodora
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April 2025

The article “Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action” by Teo­dora Boneva, Ar­min Falk, and coauthors has sparked the international reporting initiative The 89 Per­cent Proj­ect. Con­trib­u­tors to the 89 Per­cent Proj­ect are various renowned news out­lets across the world, such as The Guardian (UK), Corriere della Sera (Italy), TIME (USA), The Asahi Shim­bun (Ja­pan), Arab Re­por­ters for In­ves­ti­ga­tive Jour­nal­ism (Jordan), and Deut­sche Welle.

Backhaus, Teresa
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January 2025

The ar­ti­cle “Training in late careers — A structural approach” by Teresa Back­haus was pub­lished in Labour Eco­nom­ics.

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November 2024

The ar­ti­cle “Is pro-environmental effort affected by information about others’ behavior?” by Se­bastian Kube and coauthors was pub­lished in Ecological Eco­nom­ics.

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November 2024

The article “On the Im­pact of In­for­ma­tion Ma­nip­u­la­tion in Dem­o­crat­ic Elec­tions” by Matthias Kräkel and co­au­thors was pub­lished in the In­ter­na­tion­al Eco­nom­ic Re­­view. And the ar­ti­cle “Cor­rup­tion and Stooges in Pro­cure­ment” by Matthias Kräkel was pub­lished in Mar­ket­ing Sci­ence.

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October 2024

The articles “In­equal­ity and risk pref­er­ence” and “The value of commuting time, flexibility, and job security: Ev­i­dence from current and recent job­seekers in Flan­ders” by Thomas Dohmen and co­authors were published in the Journal of Risk and Un­cer­tain­ty and La­bour Eco­nom­ics, respectively. And the article “Does a single dose of testosterone increase willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking in men? Evidence from two randomised placebo-con­trolled experiments” by Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, and coauthors was published in Hormones and Be­hav­ior.

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