Mats Köster, MSc

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

Building 24.31 Room 01.08

Tel. +49 211 81-10247

Educational Background
10/2014 - 09/2016	M.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
10/2011 - 09/2014	B.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Positions
09/2018 - 05/2019	Research Stay, UC Berkeley
Since 10/2016	Doctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
04/2016 – 09/2016	Research Assistant, DICE, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
07/2013 – 03/0216	Student Assistant, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Representative Publications
Violations of First-Order Stochastic Dominance as Salience Effects (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 59 (2015), 42-46. Salient Compromises in the Newsvendor Game (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 141 (2017), 301-315. Attention-Driven Demand for Bonus Contracts (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt and F. Peiseler), European Economic Review, 115 (2019), 1-24. Salience and Skewness Preferences (mit M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of the European Economic Association, 18, (2020), 2057-2107. To Buy or Not to Buy? Price Salience in an Online Shopping Field Experiment (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt and M. Sutter), European Economic Review, 130 (2020), Article 103593.

Representative Publications

Violations of First-Order Stochastic Dominance as Salience Effects (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 59 (2015), 42-46.
Salient Compromises in the Newsvendor Game (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 141 (2017), 301-315.
Attention-Driven Demand for Bonus Contracts (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt and F. Peiseler), European Economic Review, 115 (2019), 1-24.
Salience and Skewness Preferences (mit M. Dertwinkel-Kalt), Journal of the European Economic Association, 18, (2020), 2057-2107.
To Buy or Not to Buy? Price Salience in an Online Shopping Field Experiment (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt and M. Sutter), European Economic Review, 130 (2020), Article 103593.

Recent Research
Salient Cues and Complexity (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt) Optimal Stopping in a Dynamic Salience Model, CESifo Working Paper No. 8496 (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt and J. Frey) A Multivariate Salience Theory of Choice Under Risk Steering Fallible Consumers (with Paul Heidhues and Botond Kőszegi) Attention to Online Sales: The Role of Brand Image Concerns, DICE Discussion Paper No 335 (with M. Dertwinkel-Kalt).

Recent Research

Teaching and Research Interests
Behavioral Industrial Organization Limited Attention

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