Behavioral Economics
Behavioral economics has a strong representation at the Tinbergen Institute, incorporating insights from psychology into economic theory. Experimental methods in the laboratory and in the field are used to better understand individual behavior and decision making. The focus is on studying what the bounds of rationality are and when well-informed decision making fails. The research comprises a variety of topics, such as decisions under risk and uncertainty, strategic interactions, social identity, neuroeconomics, behavioral ethics and gender differences.
Behavioral Economics
Behavioral economics has a strong representation at the Tinbergen Institute, incorporating insights from psychology into economic theory. Experimental methods in the laboratory and in the field are used to better understand individual behavior and decision making. The focus is on studying what the bounds of rationality are and when well-informed decision making fails. The research comprises a variety of topics, such as decisions under risk and uncertainty, strategic interactions, social identity, neuroeconomics, behavioral ethics and gender differences.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Li, C. and Wakker, P. (2024). A Simple and General Axiomatization of Average Utility Maximization for Infinite Streams Journal of Economic Theory, 216:1--10.
Engelmann, J., Lebreton, M., Salem-Garcia, N., Schwardmann, P. and \van der Weele\, J.J. (2024). Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking American Economic Review, 114(4):926--960.
Bauer, M., Cahlikova, J., \Celik Katreniak\, D., Chytilova, J., Cingl, L. and Zelinsky, T. (2024). Nastiness in Groups Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(5):2075--2107.
Amasino, D., Pace, D. and \van der Weele\, J.J. (2024). Fair Shares and Selective Attention American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(4):259–290.
Ziegler, \.G.B., Romagnoli, G. and Offerman, T. (2024). Morals in Multi-Unit Markets Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(5):2225--2260.
Discussion Papers
25-068/I - Far from free: How social proximity affects paternalism
Date: December 05, 2025
25-049/I - How teams overcome free-riding in strategic experimentation
Date: August 29, 2025
25-035/I - Economic preferences, personality, and voting
Date: May 16, 2025
25-023/I - Giving as a self-control problem
Date: March 28, 2025
25-013/I - The Role of Opinion Polls in Coordination Amongst Protest Voters: An Experimental Study
Date: February 28, 2025
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation
Bertil Tungodden (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
- Research on Monday
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:15
Gender Representation and Gender Beliefs in Advertising
Clément Bellet
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Symbolic Policies Cause Economic Harm: Cognitive and Behavioural...
Amma Panin (UCLouvain, Belgium)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Interacting Mental Models
Valeria Burdea (Ludwig Maximillian University Munich, Germany)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:15
Title to be announced
Andrea Pogliano
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Kai Barron (Berlin School of Economics, Germany)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:15
Ambiguous Forever? Preferences for Ex-ante and Ex-post Probability...
Emmanuel Kemel (HEC Paris, France)
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars
Academic Distinctions
December 11, 2025
Chen Li has been awarded an NWO Open Competition SSH XS grant...
Chen Li
December 11, 2025
Julia Rose has been awarded an NWO Open Competition SSH XS grant
Julia Rose
July 04, 2025
NWO Open Competition SSH M Grant
Theo Offerman,Andreas G. B. Ziegler