Björn Bartling
Current Positions
| since 2016 | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Zurich |
| since 2014 | Visiting Professor, Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality (FAIR) - The Choice Lab, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen |
Previous Positions and Education
| 2011-2016 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Zurich |
| 2007-2011 | Oberassistent, Department of Economics, University of Zurich |
| 2005-2007 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Department of Economics, University of Munich |
| 2004/05 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University |
| 2000/01 | Visiting Ph.D. student, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge |
| 1998-2004 | Ph.D. in Economics, University of Munich |
| 1997/98 | M.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics |
| 1994-1997 | Baccalaureat in Economics, University of Munich |
Working Papers
| "The Causal Effect of Income Growth on Market Social Responsibility," September 2022, with Vanessa Valero and Roberto Weber |
| "Public Discourse and Socially Responsible Market Behavior," July 2022, with Vanessa Valero, Roberto Weber and Yan Lao, revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review |
| "The Limits to Moral Erosion in Markets: Social Norms and the Replacement Excuse," June 2022, with Yagiz Özdemir, revise and resubmit at Games and Economic Behavior |
| "The Complementarity Between Trust and Contract Enforcement," April 2022, with Ernst Fehr, David Huffman and Nick Netzer |
| "Does Market Interaction Erode Moral Values?" January 2021, with Ernst Fehr and Yagiz Özdemir, forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics |
| "Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets," Mai 2018, with Alexander Cappelen, Mathias Ekström, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden |
Work in progress
| "Free to Fail? Paternalistic Preferences in the United States," with Alexander Cappelen, Henning Hermes, Marit Skivenes and Bertil Tungodden |
| "Paternalistic Preferences Accross the World," with Alexander Cappelen, Henning Hermes, Marit Skivenes and Bertil Tungodden |
| "Paternalism: Determinants of Demand and Supply," with Krishna Srinivasan |
| "Paternalistic Interventions by Certified Financial Planners," with Sandro Ambühl, Gonzalo Arrieta, Doug Bernheim and Dave Yeske |
| "The Talent Paradox: Why is it fair to reward talent but not luck?," with Alexander Cappelen, Ingvild Skarpeid, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden |
Selected Publications
| "Competitive Pricing Reduces Wasteful Counterproductive Behaviors," Journal of Public Economics, 2017, Vol. 156: 34-47, with Manuel Grieder and Christian Zehnder |
| "An Externality Robust Auction: Theory and Experimental Evidence," Games and Economic Behavior, 2016, Vol. 97: 186-204, with Nick Netzer |
| "Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, Vol. 130(1): 219-66, with Roberto Weber and Lan Yao |
| "Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Professional Soccer," Management Science, 2015, Vol. 61(11): 246-61, with Leif Brandes and Daniel Schunk |
| "Reference Points, Social Norms, and Fairness in Contract Renegotiations," Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, Vol. 13(1): 98-129, with Klaus Schmidt |
| "Pivotality and Responsibility Attribution in Sequential Voting," Journal of Public Economics, 2015, Vol. 128: 133-39, with Urs Fischbacher and Simeon Schudy |
| "The Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights," Econometrica, 2014, Vol. 82(6): 2005-39, with Ernst Fehr and Holger Herz |
| "Use and Abuse of Authority: A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation," Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, Vol. 11(4): 711-742, with Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt |
| "Screening, Competition, and Job Design: Economic Origins of Good Jobs," American Economic Review, 2012, Vol. 102(2): 834-864, with Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt |
| "Shifting the Blame: On Delegation and Responsibility," Review of Economic Studies, 2012, Vol. 79(1): 67-87, with Urs Fischbacher |