Jun.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Riener

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

Building 24.31, Room 01.30
Tel.: +49 211 81-10252

Educational Background
07/2010	PhD in Economics, University of Essex
10/2005	Diploma in Economics and Econometrics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
10/2003	Master in Economics, University of Vienna

Positions
since 08/2016	Assistant Professor, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
09/2014 - 07/206	Vertretungsprofessur Experimental Economics, Universität Mannheim
04/2010 - 03/2012	Postdoc, GK EIC, Universität Jena

Representative Publications
Ibanez, M. & Riener, G., "Sorting Through Affirmative Action", Journal of Labor Economics 36(2), 2018, 437-478. Gaudeul, A., Crosetto, P. & Riener, G., "Better stuck together or free to go? On the stability of cooperation when individuals have outside options.", Journal of Economic Psychology 59, 2017, 99-112. Regner, T. & Riener, G., "Privacy Is Precious: On the Attempt of Lifting Anonymity on the Internet to Increase Revenue", Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 26(2), 2017, 318-336. Riener, G. & Wiederhold, S., "Team Building and Hidden Costs of Control", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 123, 2016, 1–18. Heblich, S., Lameli, A., Riener, G., "The Effect of Perceived Regional Accents on Individual Economic Behavior: A Lab Experiment on Linguistic Performance, Cognitive Ratings and Economic Decisions", PLoS ONE 10 (2), 2015, e0113475. Gneezy, A., Gneezy, U., Riener, G. & Nelson, L.D., "Pay-What-You-Want, Identity, and Self-Signaling in Markets", PNAS 109 (19),2012, 7236– 7240.

Representative Publications

Ibanez, M. & Riener, G., "Sorting Through Affirmative Action", Journal of Labor Economics 36(2), 2018, 437-478.
Gaudeul, A., Crosetto, P. & Riener, G., "Better stuck together or free to go? On the stability of cooperation when individuals have outside options.", Journal of Economic Psychology 59, 2017, 99-112.
Regner, T. & Riener, G., "Privacy Is Precious: On the Attempt of Lifting Anonymity on the Internet to Increase Revenue", Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 26(2), 2017, 318-336.
Riener, G. & Wiederhold, S., "Team Building and Hidden Costs of Control", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 123, 2016, 1–18.
Heblich, S., Lameli, A., Riener, G., "The Effect of Perceived Regional Accents on Individual Economic Behavior: A Lab Experiment on Linguistic Performance, Cognitive Ratings and Economic Decisions", PLoS ONE 10 (2), 2015, e0113475.
Gneezy, A., Gneezy, U., Riener, G. & Nelson, L.D., "Pay-What-You-Want, Identity, and Self-Signaling in Markets", PNAS 109 (19),2012, 7236– 7240.

Current Research
Riener, G. & Wagner, V., "Behavioral Economics in Schools" Banerjee D., Ibanez, M., Riener, G. & Wollni, M. "Gender, Leadership and Affirmative Action in Matrilineal and Patriarchic societies" LeQuement, M., Kellner, C. & Riener, G., "Ambiguous Communication" Reinstein, D. & Riener, G., "The Economics of Charitable Giving and Fundraising"

Teaching and Research Interests
Labor Economics Experimental Economics Psychology Development

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