Personnel economics, organization economics, theory of the firm

Matthias Kräkel is a Professor for Business Administration at the University of Bonn. He studied Economics at the University of Hannover and received his PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 1992. Among other positions, he is a Research Fellow at IZA and a member of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the European Economic Association, and the American Economic Association.

Published papers

• Team Diversity and Incentives

  Imhof, L. & Kräkel, M., Team Diversity and Incentives. Management Science (forthcoming).

• Empowerment, Task Commitment, and Performance Pay

  Beckmann, M., & Kräkel, M. (2022) Empowerment, Task Commitment, and Performance Pay. Journal of Labor Economics.

• Information Manipulation and Competition

  Grunewald, A., & Kräkel, M. (2022) Information Manipulation and Competition. Games and Economic Behavior.

• On the Delegation of Authority

  Kräkel, M. (2021). On the Delegation of Authority. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

• The Impact of Haggling Costs on the Optimal Organizational Design for Sales Forces

  Kräkel, M., & Schöttner, A. (2021). The Impact of Haggling Costs on the Optimal Organizational Design for Sales Forces. Management Accounting Research.

• Worker Visibility and Firms’ Retention Policies

  Dato, S., Grunewald, A., & Kräkel, M. (2019). Worker visibility and firms' retention policies. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

• Correlation Neglect, Incentives, and Welfare

  Klümper, A., & Kräkel, M. (2020). Correlation neglect, incentives, and welfare. Economics Letters, 109171.

Discussion papers

• Information and Communication Technology, Hierarchy, and Job Design