Prof. Dr. Armin Falk

Biography

1998 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zürich, Switzerland 1999 PhD in Economics (summa cum laude), University of Zürich, Switzerland 2003 Habilitation, University of Zürich, Venia legendi in Economics, Switzerland 2003 - 2005 Lecturer, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 2003 - 2007 Research Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn 2013 Visiting Faculty, fall term 2013, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Since 1999 Research Fellow, Labour Economics Programme, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, England, UK Since 2000 Fellow, Institute for Economic Research (CESifo), Munich Since 2003 Professor of Economics, University of Bonn Since 2004 Director, Bonn Laboratory for Experimental Economic, Bonn Since 2006 Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin Since 2007 Fellow and Program Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn Since 2009 External Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn Since 2009 Director, Center for Economics and Neuroscience (CENs), Bonn Since 2016 Director, Behavior and Inequality Research Institute (briq), Bonn Falk works on understanding, determinants, and consequences of economic preferences such as time, risk, and social preferences. He uses globally representative data from 76 countries and compassing about 80,000 observations. His research documents cultural and historical roots of preferences and also shows how preferences affect economic and social outcomes worldwide. In related research, Falk studies the developmental pattern of human personality and preferences at the individual level. Here, he uses data from the “Bonn Intervention Panel”. This panel includes observations from children starting at age 8 and their families and combines detailed household information with a randomly assigned mentoring program. Finally, Falk continues his work on understanding malleability of moral behavior, including determinants such as self-image, status differences, personality, and institutions. Research Area I: ‘Mechanism design and game theory’

Research Interest

Research Area I: ‘Mechanism design and game theory’