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Christoph VanbergAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Heidelberg Department of Economics Bergheimer Str. 58 D-69115 Heidelberg Germany Tel: +49 6221 54 2947 Email:  Office Hours: Monday, 11.00 - 12.00 Office: 01.008 |
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education |
| Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University, 2005 |
| M.A. in Economics, Cornell University, 2004 |
| Zwischenprüfung in Political Science, University of Freiburg, 1999 |
| Vordiplom in Economics, University of Freiburg, 1998 |
Academic Positions |
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| 2008 - | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg |
| 2005
- 2008 |
Research Associate, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group |
| 2002 - 2004 | Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Cornell University |
| 2001 - 2002 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Cornell University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioral Economics, Political Economics, Experimental Methods
Publications
- Why do people keep their promises? An experimental test of two explanations, Econometrica 76 (2008), 1467-1480. (pdf)
- “One Man, One Dollar?” Campaign
contribution limits, equal influence, and political communication,
Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) 514-531. (pdf) - Voting on a sharing norm in a dictator game (accepted, Journal of Economic Psychology) (pdf)
Under review
- A short note on the rationality of the false consensus effect
SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS
- Deliberative and non-deliberative processes in human behavior
- Funding asymmetries in a model of electoral competition with informative advertising
Refereeing
American Economic Review; Games and Economic Behavior; Economic Journal; International Game Theory Review; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Politics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Theoretical Politics; Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics; Public Choice; Review of Economic Studies; Quarterly Journal of Political Science