Märkte und Werte (stellvertretender Leiter), Marktgestaltung & -verhalten, Verbraucherschutz

Matthias Sutter ist Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern in Bonn und nebenberuflich Professor für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung an den Universitäten Köln und Innsbruck. Darüber hinaus ist er Research Fellow des IZA und des CESifo. Er studierte Volkswirtschaft in Innsbruck und promovierte 1999. Bevor er 2017 die Direktorenstelle am Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern übernahm, war er als Professor in Florenz (EUI), Innsbruck und Köln tätig.

Veröffentlichungen

• Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

  Alan, S., Corekcioglu, G., Kaba, M., Sutter, M. (forthcoming). Female leadership and workplace climate. Management Science.

• ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy: Agenda und ausgewählte Forschungsschwerpunkte

  Bayer, C., Bierbrauer, F., Ockenfels, A. & Sutter, M. (2025). ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy: Agenda und ausgewählte Forschungsschwerpunkte. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2024-0041

• Household Reduction of Gas Consumption in the Energy Crisis is not Explained by Individual Economic Incentives

  Dertwinkel-Kalt, M., Feldhaus, C., Ockenfels, A., & Sutter, M. (2024). Household reduction of gas consumption in the energy crisis is not explained by individual economic incentives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 121(48), e2411740121.

• Complementarities in Behavioral Interventions: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Energy Conservations

  Fang, X., Goette, L., Rockenbach, B., Sutter, M., Tiefenbeck, V., Schoeb, S., Staake, T. (2023). Complementarities in Behavioral Interventions: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Energy Conservations. Journal of Public Economics.

• Cooperation and Norm Enforcement Differ Strongly across Adult Generations

  Praxmarer, M., Rockenbach, B., Sutter, B. (2024). Cooperation and Norm Enforcement Differ Strongly across Adult Generations. European Economic Review.

• Complementarities in Behavioral Interventions: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Resource Conservation

  Fang, X., Goette, L., Rockenback, B., Sutter, M., Tiefenbeck, V., Schoeb, S., & Staake, T. (2023). Complementarities in behavioral interventions: evidence from a field experiment on resource conservation. Journal of Public Economics.

• Improving Children’s Food Choices: Experimental Evidence from the Field

  Charness, G., Cobo-Reyes, R., Eyster, E., Katz, G., Sánchez, Á., & Sutter, M. (2023). Improving children's food choices: Experimental evidence from the field. European Economic Review.

• Monetary and Social Incentives in Multi-Tasking: The Ranking Substitution Effect

  Stefan, M., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Sutter, M., & Walzl, M. (2023). Monetary and social incentives in multi-tasking: The ranking substitution effect. European Economic Review.

• The Politicized Pandemic: Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19

  Grimalda, G., Murtin, F., Pipke, D., Putterman, L., & Sutter, M. (2023). The politicized pandemic: Ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19. European Economic Review.

• Credence Goods Markets, Online Information and Repair Prices: A Natural Field Experiment

  Kerschbamer, R., Neururer, D., & Sutter, M. (2023). Credence goods markets, online information and repair prices: A natural field experiment. Journal of Public Economics.

• The Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights: A Replication and an Extension to Team Decision Making

  Buffat, J., Praxmarer, M., & Sutter, M. (2023). The intrinsic value of decision rights: A replication and an extension to team decision making. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

• Children’s Patience and School-Track Choices several Years later: Linking Experimental and Field Data

  Angerer, S., Bolvashenkova, J., Glätzle-Rützle, D., Lergetporer, P., & Sutter, M. Children’s Patience and School-Track Choices several Years later: Linking Experimental and Field Data. Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming).

• Too Lucky to be True. Fairness Views under the Shadow of Cheating (forthcoming, earlier Discussion Paper version)

  Bortolotti, S., Soraperra, I., Sutter, M., & Zoller, C. Too Lucky to be True. Fairness Views under the Shadow of Cheating. Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming).

• Competitiveness of Entrepreneurs and Salaried Workers

  Balafoutas, L., Batsaikhan, M., & Sutter, M. (2023). Competitiveness of entrepreneurs and salaried workers. Management Science.

• Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention

  Alan, S., Corekcioglu, G., & Sutter, M. (2022). Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention. Quarterly Journal of Economics.

• Grit Increases Strongly in Early Childhood and is Related to Parental Background.

  Sutter, M., Untertrifaller, A., Zoller, C. (2022), Grit Increases Strongly in Early Childhood and is Related to Parental Background. Scientific Reports

• Social Preferences of Young Professionals and the Financial Industry

  Gill, A., Heinz, M., Schumacher, H., Sutter, M., Trustworthiness in the Financial Industry. Management Science (forthcoming).

• Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-scale Experiment in a Developing Country

  Chowdhury, S., Sutter, M., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2022), Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-scale Experiment in a Developing Country. Journal of Political Economy.

• COVID-19 Within Families Amplifies the Prosociality Gap between Adolescents of High and Low Socioeconomic Status

  Terrier, C., Chen, D., & Sutter, M. (2021), COVID-19 within families amplifies the prosociality gap between adolescents of high and low socioeconomic status. PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(46): e2110891118.

• Collective Intertemporal Decisions and Heterogeneity in Groups

  Glätzle-Rützler, D., Lergetporer, P., Sutter, M., Collective intertemporal decisions and heterogeneity in groups. Games and Economic Behavior (forthcoming).

• National Parochialism is Ubiquitous across 42 Nations around the World

  Romano, A., Sutter, M., Liu, J.H. et al. National parochialism is ubiquitous across 42 nations around the world. Nat Commun 12, 4456 (2021).

• On the Value of Second Opinions: A Credence Goods Field Experiment

  Bindra, P. C., Kerschbamer, R., Neururer, D., & Sutter, M. (2021) On the Value of Second Opinions: A Credence Goods Field Experiment. Economics Letters.

• Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children

  Barron, K., Harmgart, H., Huck, S., Schneider, S., & Sutter. M. (2021) Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children. Review of Economics and Statistics.

• Psychological Pressure and the Right to Determine the Moves in Dynamic Tournaments – Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

  Kassis, M., Schmidt, S. L., Schreyer, D., Sutter M. (2021). Psychological Pressure and the Right to Determine the Moves in Dynamic Tournaments – Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment. Games and Economic Behavior, 126, 278-287.

• Children’s Heterogeneity in Cooperation and Parental Background: An Experimental Study

  Sutter, M., & Untertrifaller, A. (2020). Children's heterogeneity in cooperation and parental background: An experimental study. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 171, 286-296.

• Measuring the Indirect Effects of Adverse Employer Behaviour on Worker Productivity: A Field Experiment

  Heinz, M., Jeworrek, S., Mertins, V., Schumacher, H., & Sutter, M. (2020). Measuring the Indirect Effects of Adverse Employer Behavior on Worker Productivity – A Field Experiment. The Economic Journal.

• To Buy or Not to Buy? Price Salience in an Online Shopping Field Experiment

  Dertwinkel-Kalt, M., Köster, M., Sutter, M. (2020). To Buy or Not to Buy? Price Salience in an Online Shopping Field Experiment. European Economic Review.

Discussion Papers

• ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy: Agenda und ausgewählte Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Serving Consumers in an Uncertain World: A Credence Goods Experiment

• Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insurance Coverage in Credence Goods Markets

• Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

• Financial Literacy, Experimental Preference Measures and Field Behavior – A Randomized Educational Intervention

• Homophily and Transmission of Behavioral Traits in Social Networks

• Information Provision over the Phone Saves Lives: An RCT to Contain COVID-19 in Rural Bangladesh at the Pandemic’s Onset

• Reputation vs Selection Effects in Markets with Informational Asymmetries

• The Politicized Pandemic: Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19

• The Roots of Cooperation

• Competitiveness of Entrepreneurs and Salaried Workers

• Parental Paternalism and Patience

• Collective Intertemporal Decisions and Heterogeneity in Groups

• Improving Healthy Eating in Children: Experimental Evidence

• Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insurance Coverage in Credence Goods Markets

• Higher Order Risk Preferences: New Experimental Measures, Determinants and Field Behavior

• Psychological Pressure and the Right to Determine the Moves in Dynamic Tournaments – Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

• Trustworthiness in the Financial Industry

• Financial Literacy, Risk and Time Preferences – Results from a Randomized Educational Intervention

• Reveal it or Conceal it: On the Value of Second Opinions in a Low-Entry-Barriers Credence Goods Market

• Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children

Policy Briefs

• Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

Was ist das Beste an Ihrem Beruf?

Der Luxus, mich mit Fragen beschäftigen zu dürfen, die mich interessieren.

Wenn Sie nicht in die Forschung gegangen wären, welchen Beruf würden Sie heute ausüben?

Für mich war schon seit frühester Jugend klar, dass ich wissenschaftlich arbeiten möchte – auch wenn ich studierter Theologe bin und erst mit 24 das VWL Studium begonnen habe. Ich finde aber verschiedenste Wissenschaftsrichtungen spannend, auch die Mathematik oder die Physik zum Beispiel.

Wer oder was inspiriert Sie?

Das tägliche Leben und zu beobachten, wie sich Menschen verhalten.

Wann mussten Sie das letzte Mal Ihre Meinung ändern?

Ständig, etwa bei der Auswertung empirischer Daten und deren Vergleich mit meinen Erwartungen. Aber genau das sind ja gerade die spannenden Punkte, an denen man noch tiefer graben möchte.

Welchen Rat hätten Sie als Doktorand selbst gerne gehabt?

Den wichtigsten habe ich von meinem Doktorvater bekommen: Machen Sie das, wofür Sie eine Leidenschaft haben, dann arbeiten Sie am besten.