Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Judgment & Decision Making
- Methods: Causal Inference, Natural & Field Experiments, Experimental Economics, Reproducibility & Replication
Education
- Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Ulm University (08/2023 – Present)
Advisor: Georg Gebhardt - Laurea Magistrale (M.Sc. equiv.) in Economics and Finance, University of Pavia (Double Degree) (09/2022 – 07/2023)
- M.Sc. in European Economics, University of Tübingen (10/2021 – 07/2023)
- B.Sc. in Psychology, Ulm University (10/2017 – 05/2022)
- B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics, Ulm University (10/2017 – 09/2021)
Grants & Research Funding
- Global Teaching Labs Grant (€20,000), Ulm University | ULMA Economic Olympiad (2026)
With S. Maier & C. Kiesl - Global Teaching Labs Grant (€19,250), Ulm University | ULMA Economic Workshops (2026)
With S. Maier, A. Rieber, P. Klotz & D. Steinle - Quality Assurance (QSM) Funds (~€4,500), WiMa Foundation \& Ulm University | ULMA Economic Olympiad (2024 – 2025)
With S. Maier - Conference & Mobility Grants (Total ~€2,300), Ulm University (2024 – 2025)
Honors & Scholarships
- Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award ($4,000), Society for Experimental Finance (2025)
For the research proposal “De-Biasing Debt Aversion” - Teaching Bonus Economics (€2,000), Ulm University (2025)
With S. Maier for outstanding teaching (ULMA) - I.S.E.O. Summer School Partial Scholarship (~€1,600), I.S.E.O. Institute (2024)
- e-fellows.net Scholarship, e-fellows.net (2017 – Present)
- Erasmus+ Mobility and Santander Scholarship (€500), Erasmus+ Mobility (2023)
Research
Job Market Paper
- “The Negative Productivity of Strategic Flexibility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Football”
Single Authored.
Working Paper available on SSRN
Abstract: This paper exploits an exogenous rule change in professional football to isolate the causal effect of strategic flexibility on team performance. Using an instrumental variable approach, I show that increased choice in loss frames actually reduces productivity, highlighting a novel behavioral friction in high-stakes environments.
Working Papers
- “Resilient Workers, Biased Evaluators: Disentangling Performance From Assessment”
With A. Rieber \& D. Steinle
Working Paper available. - “Doing Less, Trying Harder: Task Scarcity and Organizational Intensification”
With A. Rieber \& D. Steinle
Working Paper available. - “A Comment on ‘The Opportunity Cost of Debt Aversion’”
With S. Maier, S. Rittinger \& D. Steinle | I4R Discussion Paper.
Selected Work in Progress
- “De-Biasing Debt Aversion: The Role of Choice Architecture in Financial Decisions”
With S. Maier, A. Rieber, S. Rittinger \& D. Steinle
Awarded the Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award 2025. - “Debt Aversion in the Mortgage Market: Evidence from Administrative Bank Data”
With S. Maier, A. Rieber, S. Rittinger, S. Schelling \& D. Steinle
In collaboration with a major German regional bank. - “Drive Any Car You Want, As Long As It’s White: Car Color and Accidents in Turkmenistan”
With S. Maier - “The Price of Trust: Isolating Demand Shocks Following the 737 MAX Crashes”
Single Authored.
Conferences, Workshops & Summer Schools
- 2026: Forum Young Researchers (Mainz, invited by Daniel Schunk); Young Economist Meeting (Brno)
- 2025: Chicago School in Experimental Economics (Chicago, virtual); ESA European Meeting (Brno); SABE Conference (Trento); Behavioral Workshop (Ulm); Bavarian Micro Day (Bamberg, Regensburg); Online LLM Workshop (UEA)
- 2024: Replication Games (Munich); ETH Zurich Text-as-Data Workshop; FEBT Summer School (Split); I.S.E.O. Summer School (Iseo, Nobel Laureate Lectures); Bavarian Micro Day (Fürth)
- 2023: Bavarian Micro Day (Ingolstadt)
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant: Sports Economics (Seminar), Ulm University (Summer 2025, 2026)
Bachelor and Master level - Teaching Assistant: Applied Microeconomics (Seminar), Ulm University (Each Semester 2023 – 2026)
Bachelor and Master level - Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Economics, Ulm University (Winter 2023 – 2026)
Bachelor level - Teaching Assistant: Economic Policy, Ulm University (Summer 2023, 2025, 2026)
Bachelor level - Lecturer: Introductory Math, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Ravensburg (Winter 2023/24)
Bachelor level
Skills, Engagement & Memberships
- Languages: German (Native), English (Fluent/C1), Italian (Basic)
- Software: R (Advanced), MATLAB (Good), Stata, Python
- Engagement: Organizer of ULMA Economic Olympiad \& ULMA Economic Workshops; Executive Chairman, Börsenforum Ulm e.V. (Student Finance Association)
- Memberships: European Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Society for Experimental Finance, Economic Science Association, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics