Daniel Schunk

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management

Professor

Mainz

Germany

University of Zurich - Department of Economics

Permanent Research Fellow

Bluemlisalpstr. 10

Zurich, 8006

Switzerland

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

How Do Incentives Affect Creativity?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4049
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jan 2013
Katharina Eckartz, Oliver Kirchkamp and Daniel Schunk
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - Economics Department and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 775 (67,631)
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creativity, incentives, real effort task, experimental economics

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Limiting Auditor Liability? - Experimental Evidence on Risk and Ambiguity Attitudes under Real Losses

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2009
Christopher Koch and Daniel Schunk
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 643 (85,965)
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risk aversion, ambiguity aversion, experimental economics, auditor liability

Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Professional Soccer

Forthcoming in: Management Science
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2014
Björn Bartling, Leif Brandes and Daniel Schunk
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Lucerne and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 361 (170,463)
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reference points, expectations, experience, high stakes, competition

Expectations as Reference Points: Field Evidence from Experienced Subjects in a Competitive, High-Stakes Environment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3830
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Jun 2012
Björn Bartling, Leif Brandes and Daniel Schunk
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Lucerne and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
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reference points, expectations, experience, high stakes, competition

What is an Adequate Standard of Living during Retirement?

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2008-82
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
Johannes Binswanger and Daniel Schunk
University of St. Gallen and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 277 (226,394)
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Life cycle preferences, pension reform, replacement rates, retirement saving

What is an Adequate Standard of Living during Retirement?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2893
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jan 2010
Johannes Binswanger and Daniel Schunk
University of St. Gallen and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
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life cycle preferences, pension reform, replacement rates, retirement saving, cross-country survey studies

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Citation 25

Temptation and Commitment in the Laboratory

Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich Working Paper No. 488
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 May 2010
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and Monash University
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Self-control, willpower, temptation, commitment, laboratory experiment

Temptation and Commitment in the Laboratory

Games and Economic Behavior, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2017
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and Monash University
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self-control, willpower, temptation, commitment, laboratory experiment

How Do Judgmental Overconfidence and Overoptimism Shape Innovative Activity?

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 83, 2014
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2014
Holger Herz, Daniel Schunk and Christian Zehnder
University of Fribourg - Department of Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and University of Lausanne
Downloads 241 (260,681)
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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Overconfidence, Experiment

How Do Judgmental Overconfidence and Overoptimism Shape Innovative Activity?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4084
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Holger Herz, Daniel Schunk and Christian Zehnder
University of Fribourg - Department of Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and University of Lausanne
Downloads 75 (662,026)
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innovation, entrepreneurship, overconfidence, experiment

The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3646
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Martin Salm and Daniel Schunk
Tilburg University and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 192 (324,043)
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health inequality, human capital formation, childhood health, intergenerational mobility

The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data

MEA Discussion Paper No. 164-08
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Aug 2009
Martin Salm and Daniel Schunk
Tilburg University and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 104 (538,694)
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health inequality, human capital formation, childhood health, intergenerational mobility

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Don't Raise the Retirement Age! An Experiment on Opposition to Pension Reforms and East-West Differences in Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2752
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Aug 2009
European Central Bank (ECB), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Downloads 279 (226,302)
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retirement, health, work ability, survey experiment, public opinion poll, PAYG pension system, East Germany

The Many Faces of Human Sociality: Uncovering the Distribution and Stability of Social Preferences

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5744
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 12 Mar 2016
Adrian Bruhin, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 165 (371,636)
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social preferences, heterogeneity, stability, finite mixture models

The Many Faces of Human Sociality: Uncovering the Distribution and Stability of Social Preferences

CESifo Working Paper No. 7240
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
Adrian Bruhin, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 53 (791,078)
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social preferences, heterogeneity, stability, finite mixture models

The Many Faces of Human Sociality: Uncovering the Distribution and Stability of Social Preferences

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11815
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Adrian Bruhin, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 38 (911,496)

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stability, heterogeneity, social preferences, finite mixture models

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Do Children Cooperate Conditionally? Adapting the Strategy Method for First-Graders

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Feb 2018
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Faculty of Law and Economics, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, ifo Institute Munich, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
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Conditional Cooperation, Strategy Method, Public Goods Game, Revealed Preferences, Measurement, Children, Ingroup Bias, Group Identity

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Distinguishing Trust from Risk: An Anatomy of the Investment Game

University of Zurich Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 450
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Oct 2009
Daniel Houser, Daniel Schunk and Joachim K. Winter
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Downloads 164 (373,949)
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Disrupting the Prefrontal Cortex Diminishes the Human Ability to Build a Good Reputation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 106(49), pp. 20895-20899, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Aug 2012
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
Downloads 119 (483,856)

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Trust Game, Reputation Concerns

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Limiting Liability? – Risk and Ambiguity Attitudes Under Real Losses

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 65, January 2013, pp. 54-75
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Christopher Koch and Daniel Schunk
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 116 (493,131)
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Ambiguity, Auditor Liability, Experimental Economics, Limited Liability, Risk Aversion

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Self-Regulation Training, Labor Market Reintegration of Unemployed Individuals, and Locus of Control - Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6246
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Jan 2017
University of Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, ifo Institute Munich, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
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active labor market policy, natural field experiment, Germany, labor market reintegration, unemployment, reemployment, self-regulation, locus of control, non-cognitive skills

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Downloads 108 (519,809)
Citation 5

Health Effects on Children’s Willingness to Compete

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 May 2011 Last Revised: 27 May 2011
Björn Bartling, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 67 (703,776)

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willingness to compete, non-cognitive skills, human capital, health, household survey studies

Health Effects on Children’s Willingness to Compete

SOEPpaper No. 381
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2011
Björn Bartling, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 41 (884,511)
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willingness to compete, non-cognitive skills, human capital, health, household survey studies

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Don’t Raise the Retirement Age! An Experiment on Opposition to Pension Reforms and East-West Differences in Germany

MEA Discussion Paper No. 188-2009
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
European Central Bank (ECB), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Downloads 88 (595,106)
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retirement, health, work ability, survey experiment, public opinion poll, PAYG pension system, East Germany

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Participation Costs for Responders Can Reduce Rejection Rates in Ultimatum Bargaining

University of Zurich Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 398
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Dec 2008
University of Rostock - Department of Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and University of Cologne
Downloads 72 (666,223)

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Cognitive dissonance, participation costs, sunk costs, ultimatum

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Health Effects on Children's Willingness to Compete

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5740
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 May 2011
Björn Bartling, Ernst Fehr and Daniel Schunk
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management
Downloads 53 (773,981)

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willingness to compete, non-cognitive skills, human capital, health, household survey studies

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The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13338
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, ifo Institute Munich, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 41 (862,292)

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noncognitive skills, academic outcomes, working memory, field experiment, cognitive skills, education

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The Savings Behaviour of German Households: First Experiences with State Promoted Private Pensions

MEA Discussion Paper. No. 136-07
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Gutenberg School of Economics and Management

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