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 BGSE2, BonnEconLab3, and CENs4, as well as IZA5 and MPI for Re­search on Col­lec­tive Goods6.

News

Backhaus, Teresa
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January 2025

The ar­ti­cle “Training in late careers — A structural approach” by Teresa Back­haus10 was pub­lished in Labour Eco­nom­ics.

Kube, Sebastian 1:1
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November 2024

The ar­ti­cle “Is pro-environmental effort affected by information about others’ behavior?” by Se­bastian Kube12 and coauthors was pub­lished in Ecological Eco­nom­ics.

Kräkel, Matthias 1:1
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November 2024

The article “On the Im­pact of In­for­ma­tion Ma­nip­u­la­tion in Dem­o­crat­ic Elec­tions” by Matthias Kräkel14 and co­au­thors was pub­lished in the In­ter­na­tion­al Eco­nom­ic Re­­view. And the ar­ti­cle “Cor­rup­tion and Stooges in Pro­cure­ment” by Matthias Kräkel14 was pub­lished in Mar­ket­ing Sci­ence.

Dohmen, Thomas 1:1
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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 Dohmen15 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 Dohmen16, Armin Falk17, and coauthors was published in Hormones and Be­hav­ior.

JProf. Aapo Stenhammar, Ph.D.
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October 2024

Aapo Stenhammar19 has joined the In­stitute for Applied Micro­eco­nom­ics as Junior­professor. Welcome to IAME, Aapo!

Zimmermann, Florian
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September 2024

The article “A note on motivated cognition and discriminatory beliefs” by Lasse Stötzer and Florian Zimmer­mann20 was pub­lished in Games and Eco­nom­ic Be­hav­ior.

How to find us

Our offices are located at

Links

  1. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/media/iame_shk_2025-03.pdf
  2. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/bgse-website
  3. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/bonneconlab
  4. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/cens-website
  5. https://www.iza.org
  6. http://www.coll.mpg.de/
  7. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/directory
  8. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/teaching
  9. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/seminars
  10. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/postdocs/teresa-backhaus
  11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102684
  12. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/hanna-maria-schwank
  13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108437
  14. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/kraekel
  15. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/dohmen/thomas
  16. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/dohmen
  17. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/armin-falk
  18. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/dohmen
  19. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/aapo-stenhammar
  20. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/botond-koszegi
  21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2024.08.002
  22. https://goo.gl/maps/cowYFUmWTt3LE6qK7
  23. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/sebastian-kube
  24. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/julia-mink
  25. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/hans-martin-von-gaudecker
  26. https://goo.gl/maps/vHNh4dk74p6EgQSVA
  27. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/budde/joerg
  28. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/thiemo-fetzer
  29. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/hoppe-fischer/eva
  30. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/kraekel/matthias
  31. https://goo.gl/maps/XCDenDFQBS9VZewx7
  32. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/teodora-boneva
  33. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/amelie-schiprowski
  34. https://maps.app.goo.gl/XfpBRFfNJZQ85LTu8
  35. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/en/department/professors/florian-zimmermann
  36. https://goo.gl/maps/SGUmAhzHr6Yov9JX8
  37. https://www.econ.uni-bonn.de/iame/en/team/schweizer/urs