Louis Strang

Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Corporate Development and Business Ethics and the Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB) at the University of Cologne. I am also an Associated Member of the EconTribute: Markets & Public Policy Research Cluster of the Universities of Bonn and Cologne. My research covers the area of behavioral and experimental economics, especially intertemporal decision making, social preferences & fairness perceptions, and moral behavior.

You can download my CV here.

Contact Information

Seminar of Corporate Development and Business Ethics
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne
Germany

Email: strang[at]wiso.uni-koeln.de

Research

Publications

Concentration Bias in Intertemporal Choice

with Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt, Holger Gerhardt, Gerhard Riener, and Frederik Schwerter

The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, Vol. 89(3): 1314–1334

[abstract] [pdf] [WP Version]

Image concerns and the dynamics of prosocial behavior

with Jana Hofmeier

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, 2023, Vol. 2

[abstract] [pdf]

(Not) Everyone Can Be a Winner – The Role of Payoff Interdependence for Redistribution

with Sebastian Schaube

Journal of Public Economics, 2025, Vol. 243

[abstract] [pdf]

Current Research

The Effect of Task (Mis)Matching and Self-Selection on Intrinsic Motivation and Performance

with Timo Freyer, Jonas Radbruch, and Sebastian Schaube (draft available upon request)

Revision requested at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

[abstract]

Delegation and Skill Signaling in Financial Investment

with Fabian Hoffmann (draft available soon)

Upholding a Good Image: Selective Country Comparisons in the Media

with Gönül Doğan and Lara Berger (work in progress)

Do News Shape Authoritarian Preferences?

with Gönül Doğan (work in progress)