Democracy
Publication
Paying Cash for Votes
Anand Murugesan, Jean-Robert Tyran
Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, forthcoming
Publication
Is There a Dividend of Democracy? Experimental Evidence from Cooperation Games
Thomas Markussen, Jean-Robert Tyran
Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, forthcoming
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Microtargeting, Voters’ Unawareness, and Democracy
Freek van Gils, Wieland Müller, Jens Prüfer
Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, forthcoming
Externally Funded Project
Emotional politics of democracies
PIs: Jörg Matthes, Jean-Robert Tyran
Period: June 2024 - May 2027
This project is an initiative under Horizon Europe which seeks to explore emotional dimensions in European democratic politics.
Working Paper
Civic Engagement as a Constraint on Corruption
Kenju Kamei, Louis Putterman, Katy Tabero and Jean-Robert Tyran, 2024
Blog
Seriöse Konzepte vor der Wahl
Martin Koch, 2024
Natürlich ist diese Einschätzung nicht ganz neutral. Aber wie man in einem Land, welches eine der höchsten Steuerquoten der Welt aufweist, noch mehr und höhere Steuern fordern und damit ein Schlaraffenland versprechen kann, ist mir unverständlich...
Publication
Self-Signaling in Voting
Lydia Mechtenberg, Grischa Perino, Nicolas Treich, Jean-Robert Tyran, Stephanie W. Wang
Journal of Public Economics, 2024
Publication
Civic Engagement, the Leverage Effect and the Accountable State
Kenju Kamei, Louis Putterman, Jean-Robert Tyran
European Economic Review, 2023
Working Paper
Social media and democracy: Experimental results
Freek van Gils, Wieland Müller, Jens Prufer, 2023
Publication
Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice
Melis Kartal, Jean-Robert Tyran
American Economic Review, 2022
Interview
Tracking.Tracing.Tagging. Big data and who benefits from it.
Jean-Robert Tyran, David D. Lassen
Vienna Behavioral Economics Network, organized by the VCEE, 2020
Externally Funded Project
An economic model of fake news
Team: Melis Kartal (PI), Edoardo Cefala, Sylvia Kritzinger, Jean-Robert Tyran
Period: 2021-2024
Talk
Civic Engagement, Democratic Choice and the Accountable State
Keynote Lecture by Jean-Robert Tyran
The 2020 ESA Global Online Around-the-Clock Meetings
Publication
The dark side of the vote: Biased voters, social information, and information aggregation through majority voting
Rebecca B. Morton, Marco Piovesan, Jean-Robert Tyran
Games and Economic Behavior, 2019
Publication
Voter motivation and the quality of democratic choice
Lydia Mechtenberg, Jean-Robert Tyran
Games and Economic Behavior, 2019
Publication
Choosing a public-spirited leader: An experimental investigation of political selection
Thomas Markussen, Jean-Robert Tyran
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017