Papers

Our group carries out theoretical and applied microeconomic research. Recent papers include:

Refereed papers since 2008:

Armin Schmutzler (2011), “Local Transportation Policy and the Environment”, Environmental and Resource Economics 48(3), 511-535. Abstract and Download
Armin Schmutzler (2011), “A Unified Approach to Comparative-Statics Puzzles in Experiments”, Games and Economic Behaviour 71(1), 212 - 223. Abstract and Download
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler (2011), “Foreign Direct Investment and R&D Offshoring”, Oxford Economic Papers 63(1), 134 - 157. Abstract and Download
Dario Sacco and Armin Schmutzler (2011), “Is there a U-shaped relation between competition and investment”, International Journal of Industrial Organization 29(1), 65 - 73. Abstract and Download
Dennis Gärtner and Manfred Gärtner (2011), “Wage Traps as a Cause of Illiteracy, Child Labor, and Extreme Poverty”, Research in Economics 65(3), 232 - 242.

Donja Darai, Dario Sacco and Armin Schmutzler (2010), “Competition and Innovation: An Experimental Investigation”, Experimental Economics 13(4), 439 - 460.
Dennis Gärtner (2010), “Monopolistic Screening Under Learning by Doing”, RAND Journal of Economics 41(3), 574 - 597.
Carlos Alós-Ferrer and Nick Netzer (2010), “The Logit-Response Dynamics”, Games and Economic Behavior 68(2), 413 - 427.

Dennis Gärtner and Daniel Halbheer (2009), “Are There Waves in Merger Activity After All?”, International Journal of Industrial Organization 27(6), 708 - 718.
Nick Netzer and Florian Scheuer (2009), “Competitive Screening in Insurance Markets with Endogenous Wealth Heterogeneity”, Economic Theory 44(2), 187 - 211.
Daniel Halbheer, Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Götte, and Armin Schmutzler (2009), “Self-Reinforcing Market Dominance”, Games and Economic Behavior 67(2), 481 - 502. Abstract and Link to full text
Dennis Gärtner and Armin Schmutzler (2009), “Merger Negotiations and Ex-Post Regret”, Journal of Economic Theory 144(4), 1636 - 1664. Abstract and Download
Nick Netzer (2009), “Evolution of Time Preferences and Attitudes Toward Risk”, American Economic Review 99(3), 937 - 955.

Rafael Lalive and Armin Schmutzler (2008), “Exploring the Effects of Competition for Railway Markets”, International Journal of Industrial Organisation 26(2), 443 - 458. Abstract and Download
Rafael Lalive and Armin Schmutzler (2008), “How to Induce Entry in Railway Markets: The German Experience”; SOI working paper no. 0609, Review of Network Economics 7(1), 37 - 52. Abstract and Download
Stefan Bühler and Armin Schmutzler (2008), “Intimidating Competitors – Endogenous Vertical Integration and Downstream Investment in Successive Oligopolies”, International Journal of Industrial Organisation 26(1), 247 – 265.
Zava Aydemir and Armin Schmutzler (2008), “Small Scale Entry vs. Acquisitions of Small Firms: Is Concentration Self-Reinforcing?”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 65(1), 133 - 146.

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