Research Interests

• Health Economics
• Behavioral and Experimental Economics
• Incentives
• Physician Behavior

Selected Publications

• The Effects of Introducing Mixed Payment Systems for Physicians, with Brosig-Koch, J., Hennig-Schmidt, H., and Kairies-Schwarz, N., forthcoming, Experimental Evidence. Health Econ., doi: 10.1002/hec.3292.
• Using artefactual field and lab experiments to investigate how fee-for-service and capitation affect medical service provision, with Jeannette Brosig-Koch, Heike Hennig-Schmidt, and Kairies-Schwarz, forthcoming, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
• Joint Measurement of Risk Aversion, Prudence, and Temperance, with Sebastian Ebert, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 48, 231-252, 2014.
• Other-regarding Behavior and Motivation in Health Care Provision: An Experiment with Medical and Non-medical Students, with Heike Hennig-Schmidt, Social Science & Medicine, 108, 156-165, 2014.
• Profit or Patients' Health Benefit? Exploring the Heterogeneity in Physician Altruism, with Geir Godager, Journal of Health Economics, 32, 1105-1116, 2013.
• Testing for Prudence and Skewness Seeking, with Sebastian Ebert, Management Science, 57, 1334-1349, 2011.
• How Payment Systems Affect Physicians' Provision Behavior: An Experimental Investigation, with Heike Hennig-Schmidt and Reinhard Selten, Journal of Health Economics, 30, 637-646, 2011.