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Björn Bartling
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Terminal Degree:2004 Munich Graduate School of Economics; Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält
Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland
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Working papers

  1. Vanessa Valero & Roberto Weber & Björn Bartling & Lan Yao, 2024. "Public Discourse and Socially Responsible Market Behavior ," Post-Print hal-04740097, HAL.
  2. Björn Bartling & Alexander W. Cappelen & Henning Hermes & Marit Skivenes & Bertil Tungodden, 2023. "Free to Fail? Paternalistic Preferences in the United States," CESifo Working Paper Series 10441, CESifo.
  3. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & David Huffman & Nick Netzer, 2021. "The complementarity between trust and contract enforcement," ECON - Working Papers 377, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Oct 2024.
  4. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & David B. Huffmann & Nick Netzer & David B. Huffman, 2021. "The Complementary Nature of Trust and Contract Enforcement," CESifo Working Paper Series 8826, CESifo.
  5. Björn Bartling & Vanessa Valero & Roberto A. Weber & Yao Lan, 2020. "Public Discourse and Socially Responsible Market Behavior," CESifo Working Paper Series 8531, CESifo.
  6. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Yagiz Özdemir, 2020. "Does Market Interaction Erode Moral Values?," CESifo Working Paper Series 8546, CESifo.
  7. Björn Bartling & Alexander W. Cappelen & Mathias Ekström & Erik Ø. Sørensen & Bertil Tungodden, 2018. "Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets," CESifo Working Paper Series 7045, CESifo.
  8. Björn Bartling & Vanessa Valero & Roberto A. Weber, 2018. "Is Social Responsibility a Normal Good?," CESifo Working Paper Series 7263, CESifo.
  9. Björn Bartling & Alexander W. Cappelen & Mathias Ekström & Erik Ø. Sørensen & Bertil Tungodden, 2018. "Fairness in winner-take-all competitions," ECON - Working Papers 287, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Aug 2024.
  10. Björn Bartling & Vanessa Valero & Roberto A. Weber, 2018. "The causal effect of income on market social responsibility," ECON - Working Papers 299, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Aug 2024.
  11. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & David B. Huffman & Nick Netzer, 2018. "The Causal Effect of Trust," CESifo Working Paper Series 7324, CESifo.
  12. Björn Bartling & Yagiz Özdemir, 2017. "The Limits to Moral Erosion in Markets: Social Norms and the Replacement Excuse," CESifo Working Paper Series 6696, CESifo.
  13. Björn Bartling & Tobias Gesche & Nick Netzer, 2016. "Does the absence of human sellers bias bidding behavior in auction experiments?," ECON - Working Papers 225, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
  14. Bartling, Björn & Özdemir, Yagiz, 2016. "Social Norms and the Replacement Logic," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145939, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  15. Björn Bartling & Manuel Grieder & Christian Zehnder, 2015. "Does Competition Justify Inequality?," CESifo Working Paper Series 5651, CESifo.
  16. Björn Bartling & Nick Netzer, 2014. "An Externality-Robust Auction: Theory and Experimental Evidence," CESifo Working Paper Series 4771, CESifo.
  17. Björn Bartling & Urs Fischbacher & Simeon Schudy, 2014. "Pivotality and Responsibility Attribution in Sequential Voting," Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz 2014-01, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz.
  18. Björn Bartling & Florian Engl & Roberto A. Weber, 2014. "Game form misconceptions are not necessary for a willingness-to-pay vs. willingness-to-accept gap," ECON - Working Papers 180, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Apr 2015.
  19. Bjoern Bartling & Leif Brandes & Daniel Schunk, 2014. "Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Professional Soccer," Working Papers 1405, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, revised 17 Apr 2014.
  20. Björn Bartling & Florian Engl & Roberto A. Weber, 2014. "Game Form Misconceptions Do Not Explain the Endowment Effect," CESifo Working Paper Series 5094, CESifo.
  21. Björn Bartling & Manuel Grieder & Christian Zehnder, 2014. "Let the Market Decide: An Experimental Study of Competition and Fairness," CESifo Working Paper Series 4831, CESifo.
  22. Bartling, Björn & Schmidt, Klaus, 2013. "Reference Points, Social Norms, and Fairness in Contract Renegotiations," VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order 79809, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  23. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus Schmidt, 2013. "Use and Abuse of Authority - A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation," CESifo Working Paper Series 4068, CESifo.
  24. Björn Bartling & Florian Engl & Roberto A. Weber, 2013. "Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study," CESifo Working Paper Series 4316, CESifo.
  25. Björn Bartling & Roberto A. Weber, 2013. "Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?," CESifo Working Paper Series 4491, CESifo.
  26. Bartling, Björn & Fehr, Ernst & Schmidt, Klaus M., 2013. "Discretion, productivity, and work satisfaction," Munich Reprints in Economics 20127, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  27. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Holger Herz, 2013. "The Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights," CESifo Working Paper Series 4252, CESifo.
  28. Bartling, Björn & Schmidt, Klaus M., 2012. "Reference Points in Renegotiations: The Role of Contracts and Competition," Discussion Papers in Economics 14192, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  29. Björn Bartling & Leif Brandes & Daniel Schunk, 2012. "Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Experienced Subjects in a Competitive, High-Stakes Environment," CESifo Working Paper Series 3830, CESifo.
  30. Bartling, Björn & Fehr, Ernst & Schmidt, Klaus M., 2012. "Use and Abuse of Authority," Discussion Papers in Economics 14243, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  31. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Daniel Schunk, 2011. "Health Effects on Children's Willingness to Compete," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 381, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  32. Schmidt, Klaus & Fehr, Ernst & Bartling, Björn, 2010. "Screening, Competition, and Job Design: Economic Origins of Good Jobs," CEPR Discussion Papers 7658, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  33. Bartling, Björn & Fehr, Ernst & Fischer, Barbara & Kosse, Fabian & Maréchal, Michel & Pfeiffer, Friedhelm & Schunk, Daniel & Schupp, Jürgen & Spieß, C. Katharina & Wagner, Gert G., 2010. "Determinanten kindlicher Geduld – Ergebnisse einer Experimentalstudie im Haushaltskontext," Munich Reprints in Economics 68624, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  34. Bartling, Björn & Fehr, Ernst & Schmidt, Klaus M., 2010. "Screening, Competition, and Job Design," Discussion Papers in Economics 11312, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  35. Bartling, Björn & Fehr, Ernst & Fischer, Barbara & Kosse, Fabian & Maréchal, Michel André, 2009. "Geduld von Vorschulkindern: Ergebnisse einer Experimentalstudie im Haushaltskontext von Kindern," ZEW Discussion Papers 09-069, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
  36. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Barbara Fischer & Fabian Kosse & Michel Maréchal & Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Daniel Schunk & Jürgen Schupp & C. Katharina Spieß & Gert G. Wagner, 2009. "Zeitpräferenzen von Kindern im Vorschulalter: eine experimentelle Untersuchung im Rahmen des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP)," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 203, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  37. Bj�rn Bartling & Urs Fischbacher, 2008. "Shifting the Blame: On Delegation and Responsibility," TWI Research Paper Series 32, Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut, Universität Konstanz.
  38. Bartling, Björn & Siemens, Ferdinand von, 2007. "Equal Sharing Rules in Partnerships," Discussion Papers in Economics 2027, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  39. Bartling, Björn & Siemens, Ferdinand von, 2006. "The Intensity of Incentives in Firms and Markets: Moral Hazard with Envious Agents," Discussion Papers in Economics 913, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  40. Bartling, Björn, 2004. "The Role of Investment Banks in IPOs and Incentives in Firms: Essays in Financial and Behavioral Economics," Munich Dissertations in Economics 2642, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
  41. Bartling, Bjoern & Andreas Park, 2002. "Aftermarket Short Covering and the Pricing of IPOs," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002 16, Royal Economic Society.

Articles

  1. Björn Bartling & Vanessa Valero & Roberto A. Weber & Lan Yao, 2024. "Public Discourse and Socially Responsible Market Behavior," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 114(10), pages 3041-3074, October.
  2. Bjorn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Yagiz ozdemir, 2023. "Does Market Interaction Erode Moral Values?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(1), pages 226-235, January.
  3. Bartling, Björn & Özdemir, Yagiz, 2023. "The limits to moral erosion in markets: Social norms and the replacement excuse," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 143-160.
  4. Björn Bartling & Vanessa Valero & Roberto Weber, 2019. "On the scope of externalities in experimental markets," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(3), pages 610-624, September.
  5. Bartling, Björn & Grieder, Manuel & Zehnder, Christian, 2017. "Competitive pricing reduces wasteful counterproductive behaviors," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 34-47.
  6. Björn Bartling & Tobias Gesche & Nick Netzer, 2017. "Does the absence of human sellers bias bidding behavior in auction experiments?," Journal of the Economic Science Association, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 3(1), pages 44-61, July.
  7. Bartling, Björn & Netzer, Nick, 2016. "An externality-robust auction: Theory and experimental evidence," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 186-204.
  8. Björn Bartling & Florian Engl & Roberto A. Weber, 2015. "Game form misconceptions are not necessary for a willingness-to-pay vs. willingness-to-accept gap," Journal of the Economic Science Association, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 1(1), pages 72-85, July.
  9. Ian Krajbich & Todd Hare & Björn Bartling & Yosuke Morishima & Ernst Fehr, 2015. "A Common Mechanism Underlying Food Choice and Social Decisions," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(10), pages 1-24, October.
  10. Björn Bartling & Leif Brandes & Daniel Schunk, 2015. "Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Professional Soccer," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 61(11), pages 2646-2661, November.
  11. Ian Krajbich & Björn Bartling & Todd Hare & Ernst Fehr, 2015. "Rethinking fast and slow based on a critique of reaction-time reverse inference," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-9, November.
  12. Bartling, Björn & Fischbacher, Urs & Schudy, Simeon, 2015. "Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 133-139.
  13. Björn Bartling & Roberto A. Weber & Lan Yao, 2015. "Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 130(1), pages 219-266.
  14. Björn Bartling & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2015. "Reference Points, Social Norms, And Fairness In Contract Renegotiations," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 13(1), pages 98-129, February.
  15. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Holger Herz, 2014. "The Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 82, pages 2005-2039, November.
  16. Bartling, Björn & Engl, Florian & Weber, Roberto A., 2014. "Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 512-524.
  17. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2013. "JEEA-FBBVA Lecture 2012: USE AND ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: A BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 11(4), pages 711-742, August.
  18. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2013. "Discretion, Productivity, and Work Satisfaction," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 169(1), pages 4-22, March.
  19. Bartling, Björn, 2012. "Multi-tasking and inequity aversion in the linear–exponential–normal moral hazard model," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(3), pages 523-525.
  20. Björn Bartling & Urs Fischbacher, 2012. "Shifting the Blame: On Delegation and Responsibility," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 79(1), pages 67-87.
  21. Björn Bartling, 2012. "Endogenous Social Comparisons and the Internal Organization of Firms," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33, pages 11-17, January.
  22. Bjorn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2012. "Screening, Competition, and Job Design: Economic Origins of Good Jobs," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(2), pages 834-864, April.
  23. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Daniel Schunk, 2012. "Health effects on children’s willingness to compete," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 15(1), pages 58-70, March.
  24. Bartling, Björn, 2011. "Relative performance or team evaluation? Optimal contracts for other-regarding agents," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 79(3), pages 183-193, August.
  25. Bartling, Björn & von Siemens, Ferdinand A., 2011. "Wage inequality and team production: An experimental analysis," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 1-16, February.
  26. Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Barbara Fische & Fabian Kosse & Michel Maréchal & Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Daniel Schunk & Jürgen Schupp & C. Katharina Spieß & Gert G. Wagner, 2010. "Determinanten kindlicher Geduld – Ergebnisse einer Experimentalstudie im Haushaltskontext," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 130(3), pages 297-323.
  27. Bartling, Björn & von Siemens, Ferdinand A., 2010. "The intensity of incentives in firms and markets: Moral hazard with envious agents," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 598-607, June.
  28. Bartling, Björn & Park, Andreas, 2010. "How Syndicate Short Sales Affect the Informational Efficiency of IPO Prices and Underpricing," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 441-471, April.
  29. Björn Bartling & Ferdinand A. von Siemens, 2010. "Equal Sharing Rules in Partnerships," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 166(2), pages 299-320, June.
  30. Bartling, Björn & Park, Andreas, 2009. "What determines the level of IPO gross spreads? Underwriter profits and the cost of going public," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 81-109, January.
  31. Bjorn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Michel Andre Marechal & Daniel Schunk, 2009. "Egalitarianism and Competitiveness," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 99(2), pages 93-98, May.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 59 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (40) 2008-09-05 2008-10-07 2010-01-30 2012-08-23 2012-11-11 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2013-05-05 2013-07-05 2013-11-29 2013-12-29 2014-02-02 2014-02-02 2014-04-29 2014-08-16 2015-01-09 2016-05-21 2018-05-07 2018-05-14 2018-06-11 2018-06-18 2018-06-18 2018-10-01 2018-11-05 2018-12-03 2018-12-10 2018-12-17 2020-08-31 2020-09-21 2020-10-05 2020-10-12 2021-01-18 2021-02-08 2023-06-19 2023-06-26 2023-06-26 2023-06-26 2023-06-26 2024-11-25. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (28) 2008-09-05 2008-10-07 2010-01-30 2010-02-13 2011-05-30 2012-05-22 2012-07-29 2012-11-11 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2013-05-05 2013-07-05 2014-05-17 2014-08-16 2015-01-09 2018-05-14 2018-06-11 2018-06-18 2018-06-18 2018-11-05 2018-12-10 2020-08-31 2023-06-19 2023-06-26 2023-06-26 2023-06-26. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (17) 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2013-07-05 2017-10-08 2018-05-07 2018-05-14 2018-06-11 2018-06-18 2018-11-05 2018-12-10 2018-12-17 2020-09-21 2020-10-05 2021-01-18 2021-02-08. Author is listed
  4. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (13) 2010-01-23 2010-01-30 2010-02-13 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2014-04-29 2018-11-05 2018-12-10 2018-12-17 2021-01-18 2021-02-08. Author is listed
  5. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (10) 2006-04-22 2006-06-03 2007-09-24 2007-09-30 2008-09-05 2008-10-07 2010-01-23 2010-01-30 2010-02-13 2012-08-23. Author is listed
  6. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (10) 2011-05-30 2011-11-07 2012-07-29 2012-11-11 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2014-05-17 2018-11-05. Author is listed
  7. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (9) 2017-10-08 2017-11-05 2018-11-05 2018-12-10 2018-12-17 2020-08-31 2020-10-12 2021-01-18 2021-02-08. Author is listed
  8. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (7) 2008-09-05 2008-10-07 2012-12-06 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2013-07-05 2014-02-02. Author is listed
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (5) 2010-01-23 2010-01-30 2010-02-13 2012-07-29 2012-11-11. Author is listed
  10. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (4) 2012-05-22 2013-01-26 2013-07-05 2017-11-05
  11. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (3) 2013-11-29 2013-12-29 2014-08-16
  12. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (3) 2010-01-23 2010-01-30 2010-02-13
  13. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (3) 2012-12-22 2013-01-26 2017-11-05
  14. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (3) 2006-06-03 2012-08-23 2021-01-18
  15. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (3) 2011-05-30 2020-09-21 2020-10-05
  16. NEP-GER: German Papers (2) 2009-07-17 2009-12-19
  17. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2011-05-30 2011-11-07
  18. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2012-07-29 2012-11-11
  19. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 2010-02-13 2011-05-30
  20. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2021-01-18 2021-02-08
  21. NEP-NUD: Nudge and Boosting (2) 2023-06-19 2023-06-26
  22. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (2) 2012-05-22 2015-01-09
  23. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2017-11-05
  24. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2023-06-19
  25. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2020-08-31
  26. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (1) 2002-07-08
  27. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2012-07-29
  28. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2012-12-06
  29. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2014-02-02
  30. NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics (1) 2014-05-17

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