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March 8, 2023

Proud to not own stocks?

briq researcher Luca Henkel explains how identity shapes financial decisions.

February 16, 2023

Morality and political ideology

Moral universalism helps explain the correlation of policy views across Western countries.

December 7, 2022

Peter Andre receives Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award

briq postdoc honored for research on "Shallow Meritocracy"

November 24, 2022

briq Climate Workshop

Researchers from various disciplines came together in Bonn to discuss behavioral insights on climate issues.

September 1, 2022

What Germans think and do about climate change

August 15, 2022

Ulrike Malmendier joins German Council of Economic Experts

February 25, 2022

Paper by briq researchers wins IRECC Award

Study shows how social norms affect people’s willingness to fight climate change.

December 13, 2021

Botond Kőszegi to join briq research team

Top behavioral economist will move to Bonn next summer.

November 30, 2021

Mentoring can reduce gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations

Social environment plays an important role for girl’s willingness to compete.

November 8, 2021

Suanna Oh receives Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award

briq postdoc honored for her research on caste identity and labor supply.

September 17, 2021

What’s worth knowing in economics?

Global survey shows what economists believe their discipline should concentrate on.

May 11, 2021

Why do some children lie and others don’t?

Mentoring program increases honesty among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

December 15, 2020

Self-image plays an important role for moral behavior

New study by Armin Falk in the Journal of Behavior & Organization

December 11, 2020

briq now certified as a carbon-neutral institute

We have reduced our carbon footprint and acquired climate certificates to offset our remaining greenhouse gas emissions.

November 18, 2020

Associative memory and belief formation

Podcast with Florian Zimmermann

October 1, 2020

briq student fellow portraits: Luca Henkel

Luca Henkel talks about his research on moral preferences and individual decision-making.

June 24, 2020

How to manage the COVID-19 transition effectively

Experts propose "ten considerations" in an article published in Nature Human Behaviour.

May 5, 2020

Peter Andre wins Reinhard Selten Scholarship

briq student fellow receives funding for his project on "Redistributive Behavior When Circumstances Shape Choices."

February 13, 2020

briq student fellow portraits: Felix Chopra

Felix Chopra talks about his research on the role of supply and demand in media markets.

Florian Zimmermann

February 4, 2020

The dynamics of motivated beliefs

Paper by Florian Zimmermann published in the American Economic Review

November 29, 2019

briq student fellow portraits: Klara Röhrl

Klara Röhrl talks about her research on equality of opportunity.

September 4, 2019

How wage expectations differ by gender

Sorting, children, and negotiation styles explain gender inequalities in starting salaries and lifetime pay.

July 31, 2019

2nd briq Summer School in Behavioral Economics

Feedback from the participants

July 19, 2019

Recent awards and grants for briq researchers

CESifo Prize, SOEP Innovation Sample, IGC Grant

June 28, 2019

briq student fellow portraits: Peter Andre

Peter Andre talks about his research on beliefs and perceptions.

June 11, 2019

Michela Carlana on stereotypes and biased behavior

Michela Carlana from the Harvard Kennedy School gave two short lectures at briq.

May 28, 2019

briq Beliefs Workshop

How people’s beliefs influence their behavior and economic decisions

April 26, 2019

briq/IZA Workshop on Behavioral Economics of Education

How behavioral insights can contribute to equality of opportunity

April 22, 2019

briq student fellow portraits: Lasse Stötzer

Lasse Stötzer on how people use stereotypes to justify selfish behavior.

March 28, 2019

Three new Visiting Professors at briq

Flávio Cunha, Paul Heidhues and Ran Spiegler join the briq visiting professor program in 2019.

March 15, 2019

Chris Roth wins dissertation prize and project grant

briq researcher's work is recognized by the University of Oxford and the Thyssen Foundation.

February 15, 2019

briq student fellow portraits: Sven Walter

Sven Walter on finding answers to the fragmentation and polarization of societies.

November 20, 2018

Armin Falk on culture and economic preferences

Armin Falk presented his insights from the Global Preferences Survey at this year's Forum for Economic Dialogue.

October 10, 2018

Paola Giuliano on the origins and persistence of gender roles

Paola Giuliano (UCLA) reviewed work on the origin of differences in gender norms, with particular emphasis on differences in agricultural technologies.

September 26, 2018

Two prize-winning papers by Chris Roth

briq researcher receives EEA Young Economist Award and Reinhard Selten Award

September 4, 2018

Armin Falk receives Felix Büchel Award 2018

At the 13th International SOEP User Conference, Armin Falk was the first experimental economist to receive the Felix Büchel Award.

August 24, 2018

Michal Bauer on nasty behavior in groups

How do individuals and groups differ in their decision-making processes and what are the wider consequences of this group interaction?

July 6, 2018

Alex Imas on the dynamics of decision-making

By better understanding the dynamics of how prior outcomes are mentally grouped with prospects, managers can better structure contracts to align their risk preferences with those of their employees.

May 30, 2018

briq Research Retreat

At a briq Research Retreat on May 29-30, some of the world’s leading behavioral economists came together in Bonn.

April 26, 2018

Patient countries are rich countries

Patience may be the decisive factor why some countries are richer than others.

April 3, 2018

Unfair pay has negative health effects

Study shows that unfair pay not only reduces work morale, but can also affect the health status of the workforce.

March 9, 2018

People become more risk-averse with age

The results of a study published in the Economic Journal suggest that willingness to take risks declines with age, implying that societies may become more risk-averse as their population ages.

February 8, 2018

Many Germans know little about economics

In a representative survey, briq and DIE ZEIT tested the knowledge of the German population about basic economic concepts and facts.

September 28, 2017

Impressions from the briq opening ceremony

During a grand opening ceremony with more than 80 invited guests from science and society, briq was officially introduced to the public on September 27, 2017.

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