Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels
Cluster position Principal Investigator
Cluster member since 2019
Research Areas
Main research topics
Market design, behavioral economics
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Axel Ockenfels is a Professor of Economics and Speaker of the Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior at the University of Cologne. He combines tools from game theory and behavioral research to design markets and competitive strategies. This approach has many useful applications, and it has benefitted from collaborations with governments, market platforms, and companies. Axel serves on the Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, as an editor of Management Science, and is a member of several academies of science. He studied Economics at the University of Bonn and received his PhD at the University of Magdeburg in 1998.
Publications
Published papers
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Large but Diminishing Effects of Climate Action Nudges under Rising Costs
Berger, S., Kilchenmann, A., Lenz, O., Ockenfels, A., Schlöder, F., & Wyss, A. M. (2022). Large but diminishing effects of climate action nudges under rising costs. Nature human behaviour. -
Games as Frames
Ockenfels, A., & Schier, U. K. (2020). Games as frames. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. -
Pandemiebereitschaft, internationale Kooperation und Marktdesign
Ockenfels, A. Pandemiebereitschaft, internationale Kooperation und Marktdesign. Wirtschaftsdienst (2021). -
Do People Intervene to Make Others Behave Prosocially?
Ackfeld, V. & Ockenfels, A. (2021). Do People Intervene to Make Others Behave Prosocially? Games and Economic Behavior. -
Focusing Climate Negotiations on a Uniform Common Commitment Can Promote Cooperation
Schmidt, K. M., & Ockenfels, A. (2021). Focusing climate negotiations on a uniform common commitment can promote cooperation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). -
What Motivates Paternalism? An Experimental Study
Ambuehl, S., Bernheim, B. D., & Ockenfels, A. (2021). What Motivates Paternalism? An Experimental Study. American Economic Review, 111(3), 787-830. -
Payment in Challenge Studies from an Economics Perspective
Ambuehl, S., Ockenfels, A., & Roth, A. E. (2020). Payment in challenge studies from an economics perspective. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(12), 831-832. -
Maverick: Experimentally Testing a Conjecture of the Antitrust Authorities
Engel, C., & Ockenfels, A. (2020). Maverick: Experimentally Testing a Conjecture of the Antitrust Authorities. Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation: Theory, Experiments, and Field Studies, 357. -
Trust in Everyday Life
Weiss, A., Michels, C., Burgmer, P., Mussweiler, T., Ockenfels, A., & Hofmann, W. (2020). Trust in everyday life. Journal of personality and social psychology. -
Pricing Externalities and Moral Behaviour
Ockenfels, A., Werner, P., & Edenhofer, O. (2020). Pricing externalities and moral behaviour. Nature Sustainability, 1-6. -
Überkreuznierenspenden in Deutschland?
Kübler, D., & Ockenfels, A. (2020). Überkreuznierenspenden in Deutschland?. Medizinrecht, 38(2), 89-94. -
Das Klimaschutzprogramm der Bundesregierung: Eine Wende der deutschen Klimapolitik?
Edenhofer, O., Kalkuhl, M., & Ockenfels, A. (2020). Das Klimaschutzprogramm der Bundesregierung: Eine Wende der deutschen Klimapolitik?. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 21(1), 4-18. -
Market Design, Human Behavior and Management
Chen, Y., Cramton, P., List, J. A., & Ockenfels, A. (2020). Market Design, Human Behavior, and Management (No. w26873). National Bureau of Economic Research.