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Georg Kirchsteiger
Welcome to my website. I am Professor of Microeconomics at the European Center of Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université libre de Bruxelles. I received my PhD from the University of Vienna. Before I moved to Brussels in 2004, I worked at the universities of Vienna, Tilburg, and Maastricht.
My research interests are in the fields of behavioral economics, experimental economics, game theory, and industrial economics. In 2000 I received the Hicks-Tinbergen Award of the European Economic Association (with Ernst Fehr and Arno Riedl).
I teach graduate microeconomics, behavioral economics, and game theory.
ContactECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles E-mail: georg.kirchsteiger@ulb.be
Office: Av. FD Roosevelt 42, R42.6.203 Phone: + 32 2 650 42 12
Mail: Av. FD Roosevelt 50, CP 114/04
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Kirchsteiger G., Lenaerts, T., & Suchon, R., (2024). Voluntary versus mandatory information disclosure in the sequential prisoner’s dilemma. Economic Theory, doi.org/10.1007/s00199-024-01563-y
Alós-Ferrer, C., Kirchsteiger, G., & Buckenmaier, J. (2022). Do
Traders Learn to Select Efficient Market Institutions? Experimental
Economics, 25, 203-228. doi.org/10.1007/s10683-021-09710-1
Di Guida, S., Han, T., Kirchsteiger, G.,
Lenaerts, T., & Zisis, I. (2021). Repeated
interaction and its impact on cooperation and surplus allocation - an
experimental analysis. Games, 12(1), 25. (Supplementary
Material). doi.org/10.3390/g12010025
Domingos, E., Grujić, J., Burguillo, J.,
Kirchsteiger, G., Santos, F., & Lenaerts, T. (2020). Timing
uncertainty in collective risk dilemmas encourages group reciprocation and
polarization. iScience, 23(12). doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101752
Dufwenberg, M., &
Kirchsteiger, G. (2019). Modelling Kindness.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,
167, 228-234. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.014
Aldashev, G.,
Kirchsteiger, G., & Sebald, A., (2017). Assignment procedure
biases in randomized policy experiments. Economic Journal, 127, 873–895. doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12321
Alós-Ferrer,
C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (2017). Market selection by
boundedly-rational traders under constant returns to scale. Economic
Letters, 153, 51-53. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.02.008
Conconi,
P., DeRemer, D., Kirchsteiger, G., Trimarchi, L., & Zanardi, M.
(2017). Suspiciously
timed trade disputes. Journal of International Economics, 105, 57-75. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.12.001
Kirchsteiger, G., Mantovani, M., Mauleon, A., &
Vannetelbosch, V. (2016). Limited
farsightedness in network formation. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 128, 97-120. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.05.016
Zisis, I., Di Guida, S., Han, T., Kirchsteiger, G.,
& Lenaerts, T. (2015). Generosity
motivated by acceptance - evolutionary analysis of an anticipation game. Scientific
Reports, 5, 18076. doi.org/10.1038/srep18076
Alós-Ferrer,
C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (2015). Learning and
market clearing: Theory and experiments. Economic Theory,
44(3), 339-360. doi.org/10.1007/s00199-009-0466-9
Karle, H.,
Kirchsteiger, G., & Peitz, M. (2015). Loss
aversion and consumption choice: Theory and experimental evidence. American
Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 7(2), 101–120. doi.org/10.1257/mic.20130104
Dufwenberg, M., &
Kirchsteiger, G. (2014). Reciprocity and the ultimatum game. In: How Werner Güth's ultimatum game shaped our understanding of social behavior (E. van Damme et al.), Journal of
Economic Behavior & Organization, 108,
292-314. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.014
Dufwenberg, M., Heidhues, P., Kirchsteiger, G., Riedel, F., & Sobel, J.
(2011). Other-regarding
preferences in general equilibrium. Review of Economic Studies, 78(2), 613-639. doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdq026
Alós-Ferrer,
C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (2010). General
equilibrium and the emergence of (non)market clearing trading institutions.
Economic Theory, 44(3), 339-360. doi.org/10.1007/s00199-009-0466-9
Kirchsteiger, G., &
Sebald, A. (2010). Investments
into education - Doing as the parents did. European Economic Review, 54(4), 501–516. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.09.004
Alós-Ferrer,
C., Kirchsteiger, G., & Walzl, M. (2010). On the
evolution of market institutions: The platform design paradox. Economic
Journal, 120(543), 215-243.
doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02297.x
Kirchsteiger, G., Rigotti, L. & Rustichini, A.
(2006). Your
morals might be your moods. Journal
of Economic Behavior & Organization,
59(2), 155-172. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2004.07.004
Kirchsteiger, G., Niederle,
M., & Potters, J. (2005). Endogenizing market institutions: An experimental approach.
European Economic Review, 49(7), 1827-1853; doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.05.006
Huck, S., Kirchsteiger, G., & Oechssler, J. (2005). Learning
to like what you have - Explaining the endowment effect. Economic
Journal, 115, 689-702. (Technical
Appendix). doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01015.x
Burda, M., Güth, W., Kirchsteiger, G., & Uhlig, H. (2005). Employment
duration and resistance to wage reductions: Experimental evidence. Homo
Oeconomicus, 22(2), 169-189
Dufwenberg, M., & Kirchsteiger, G.
(2004). A
theory of sequential reciprocity. Games and Economic Behavior, 47(6), 268-298. doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2003.06.003
Kirchsteiger, G., &
Prat, A. (2001). Inefficient
equilibria in lobbying. Journal of Public Economics, 82(3),
349-375. doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00134-1
Kerschbamer, R.,
& Kirchsteiger, G. (2000). Theoretically
robust but empirically invalid? An experimental investigation into tax
equivalence. Economic Theory, 16(3), 719-734
Dufwenberg, M., & Kirchsteiger, G.
(2000). Reciprocity
and wage undercutting. European Economic Review, 44(4-6),
1069-1078. doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00047-1
Güth, W.,
Kirchsteiger, G., & Ritzberger, K. (1998). Imperfectly
observable commitments in n-player games. Games and Economic Behavior, 23(1), 54-74. doi.org/10.1006/game.1997.0602
Fehr, E., Kirchsteiger, G., & Riedl, A. (1998). Gift
exchange and reciprocity in competitive experimental markets. European
Economic Review, 42(1), 1-34. doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(96)00051-7
Puppe, C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1997). On
the possibility of efficient private provision of public goods through
government subsidies. Journal of Public Economics, 489-504. doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00029-7
Fehr, E., Gächter,
S., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1997). Reciprocity
as a contract enforcement device: Experimental evidence. Econometrica, 65(4), 833-860. doi.org/10.2307/2171941
Puppe, C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1997). On
the formation of political coalitions. Journal of Institutional and
Theoretical Economics, 153(2), 293-319
Fehr, E., Gächter,
S., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1996). Reciprocal
fairness and noncompensating wage differentials. Journal
of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 152(4), 608-640
Puppe, C., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1996). Intransitive
choices based on transitive preferences: The case of menu-dependent information.
Theory and Decision, 41(1), 37-58. doi.org/10.1007/BF00134115
Fehr, E., Kirchsteiger, G., & Riedl, A. (1996). Involuntary
unemployment and non-compensating wage differentials in an experimental labour
market. Economic Journal, 106, 106-121. doi.org/10.2307/2234934
Kirchsteiger, G. (1994). The role of envy
in ultimatum games. Journal of Economic Behavior
& Organization, 25(3), 373-389. doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(94)90106-6
Fehr, E., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1994). Insider
power, wage discrimination, and fairness. Economic Journal,
104, 571-583. Reprinted in: Behavioral
Macroeconomics, Ian McDonald (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012. doi.org/10.2307/2234632
Fehr, E., Kirchsteiger, G.,
& Riedl, A. (1993). Does
fairness prevent market clearing? An experimental investigation. Quarterly
Journal of Economics, 108(2), 437-459. doi.org/10.2307/2118338
Kirchsteiger, G., & Larch, M. (2023). The enforcement dilemma of EU fiscal rules. CEPR Discussion Paper 18304
Aghadadashli, H.,
Kirchsteiger, G., & Legros, P. (2021). Cheap talk is
not cheap: Free versus costly communication. CEPR
Discusssion Paper 15843
Bouton, L., &
Kirchsteiger, G. (2015). Good rankings are
bad: Why reliable rankings can hurt consumers. NBER Working Paper 21083
Game Theory with Applications to Economics (ECON-S412)
Graduate Microeconomics I (ECON-S510)
Behavioral Economics (ECON-S513)
Graduate Microeconomics III (ECON-S519)