Reto Cueni

Research Interests

Behavioral Economics/Finance (Herd Behavior), Political Economy, Economic Policy

Publications

Cueni, R., Frey, B.S., 2011. “The Costs of Non-Herding.” Mimeo, University of Zurich.

Cueni, R., Frey, B.S., forthcoming (a). “Repressed Voice and Costs of Non-Herding.” In: Grundmann S., Moeslein F. & Riesenhuber K. (eds.) Contract Governance - Dimensions in Law and Interdisciplinary Research. TBD, Berlin. (Edition based on papers of the International Contract Governance Conference, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany)).

Cueni, R., Frey, B.S., forthcoming (b). “How to Overcome Herding Behavior in Firms.” In: Joseph M. Rosannas & Joan E. Ricart (eds.) Towards a New Theory of the Firm. TBC, Barcelona. (Edition based on papers of the 2nd International Conference on Humanzing the Firm and the Management Profession, IESE Business School, Barcelona (Spain)).

Neckermann, Susanne; Cueni, Reto und Frey, Bruno S., 2010. “Awards At Work”, Working Paper Nr. 411. Zurich: Department of Economics, University of Zurich

In the Media

WirtschaftsWoche (2012) "New Economics: Der Lohn des Lobes"; vol.10, p. 38, date of issue: March 5,2012.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2011) "Irrweg der variablen Leistungsentlöhnung"; date of issue: August 12, 2011.

Handelsblatt (2009) "Mitarbeiter mit Ruhm und Ehre motivieren"; vol. 158, p. 7, date of issue August 19, 2009.

Selected Presentations

How to Overcome Herding Behavior in Firms?
2nd International Conference on Humanizing the Firm and the Management Profession, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain 2011; (jointly with Prof. Frey).

Repressed Voice and Costs of Non-Herding.
International Contract Governance Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 2010; (jointly with Prof. Frey).

What is an Award Worth? – An Econometric Assessment of the Impact of Awards on Employee Performance.
10th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2010.

Research Positions

Since September 2009 Doctoral Student and Research Assistant, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

March 1 - August 31, 2012 Visiting Doctoral Student at Columbia Business School, New York, USA

Teaching / Organizer

HS2011: New Challenges in Political Economy, Ph.D. Workshop; Organizers: Prof. Frey, Jana Gallus and Reto Cueni (University of Zurich).

FS2011: Theory of Economic Policy, Teaching (Master level, Seminar) OLAT

HS2010: Psychology, Economics & Law, Ph.D. Workshop; Organizers: Prof. Frey, Reto Cueni (University of Zurich), Prof. Engel (Max-Planck, Bonn).

FS2010: Theory of Economic Policy, Teaching (Master level, Seminar)