CESifo Research Network Fellow

Axel Ockenfels

Director
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Economic Design & Behavior
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 10, 53113, Bonn, Germany

Affiliated Research Network Area

Behavioral Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Game Theory
  • Experimental Economics
  • Auctions
  • Bounded Rationality
  • Energy Economics
  • Industrial Organisation

Other Activities

Professor of Economics - University of Cologne, Director - Laboratory for Economic Research

CESifo Working Papers

Politicians' Social Welfare Criteria: An Experiment with German Legislators

Sandro Ambuehl, Sebastian Blesse, Philipp Doerrenberg, Christoph Feldhaus, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2023
CESifo Working Paper No. 10329

Projective Paternalism

Sandro Ambuehl, B. Douglas Bernheim, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7762

Who Opts In?

Sandro Ambuehl, Axel Ockenfels, Colin Stewart
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7091

Timing of Kindness - Evidence from a Field Experiment

Axel Ockenfels, Dirk Sliwka, Peter Werner
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4885

Robust Mechanism Design and Social Preferences

Felix Bierbrauer, Axel Ockenfels, Andreas Pollak, Désirée Rückert
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4713

How Social Reputation Networks Interact with Competition in Anonymous Online Trading: An Experimental Study

Gary E. Bolton, Claudia Loebbecke, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2008
CESifo Working Paper No. 2270

Does Laboratory Trading Mirror Behavior in Real World Markets? Fair Bargaining and Competitive Bidding on EBay

Gary E. Bolton, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2008
CESifo Working Paper No. 2241

The Limits of Trust in Economic Transactions - Investigations of Perfect Reputation Systems

Gary E. Bolton, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2008
CESifo Working Paper No. 2216

The Penalty-Duel and Institutional Design: Is there a Neeskens-Effect?

Wolfgang Leininger, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2008
CESifo Working Paper No. 2187

The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust – An Experimental Study

Ben Greiner, Axel Ockenfels, Peter Werner
CESifo, Munich, 2007
CESifo Working Paper No. 2173

Late and Multiple Bidding in Second Price Internet Auctions: Theory and Evidence Concerning Different Rules for Ending an Auction

Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth
CESifo, Munich, 2003
CESifo Working Paper No. 992

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth
CESifo, Munich, 2003
CESifo Working Paper No. 987

Evolutionary Norm Enforcement

Werner Güth, Axel Ockenfels
CESifo, Munich, 2000
CESifo Working Paper No. 331