Main research topics
Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Microeconomic Theory
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Luca Henkel was a doctoral student in Economics at the BGSE at the University of Bonn. Furthermore, he was a fellow and research assistant at the Institute on Behaviour and Inequality (briq) and a fellow of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio (CRC TR 244). In the academic year 2016/2017, he was a visiting PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the BGSE, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Bonn.
Publications
Published papers
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Historical Narratives about the COVID-19 Pandemic are Motivationally Biased
Sprengholz, P., Henkel, L., Böhm, R., & Betsch, C. (2023). Historical Narratives about the COVID-19 Pandemic are Motivationally Biased. Nature. -
The Association between Vaccination Status Identification and Societal Polarization
Henkel, L., Sprengholz, P., Korn, L. et al. (2022). The association between vaccination status identification and societal polarization. Nature Human Behavior.
Discussion papers
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Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions
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Historical Narratives about the COVID-19 Pandemic are Motivationally Biased
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Proud to Not Own Stocks: How Identity Shapes Financial Decisions
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The Association Between Vaccination Status Identification and Societal Polarization
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Experimental Evidence on the Relationship between Perceived Ambiguity and Likelihood Insensitivity