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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jean-Robert Tyran

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Murugesan, A., & Tyran, J-R. (Accepted/In press). Paying "Cash for Votes". In Paying "Cash for Votes" Edward Elgar.

Mechtenberg, L., Perino, G., Treich, N., Tyran, J-R., & Wang, S. (2024). Self-signaling in voting. Journal of Public Economics, 231(105070), [105070]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105070

Markussen, T., & Tyran, J-R. (2023). Is There a Dividend of Democracy? Experimental Evidence from Cooperation Games. CESifo.

Kamei, K., Putterman, L., & Tyran, J-R. (2023). Civic Engagement, the Leverage Effect and the Accountable State. European Economic Review, 156, [104466]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104466

Murugesan, A., & Tyran, J-R. (2023). The Puzzling Practice of Paying “Cash for Votes”. CESifo.

Tyran, J-R. (2023). Social Preference: An Introduction to Behavioural Economics and Experimental Research. Journal of Economic Psychology, 94(102585). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2022.102585

Tyran, J-R. (2022). Das Erreichte nicht aufs Spiel setzen. Der Standard: Forschung.

Tyran, J-R., & Kartal, M. (2022). Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice. American Economic Review, 112(10), 3367-3397. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20201844

Tyran, J-R. (2022). Vorwort. In A. Linsbichler (Ed.), Viel mehr als nur Ökonomie: Köpfe und Ideen der Österreichischen Schule der Nationalökonomie Böhlau Verlag.

Tyran, J-R. (Editorial Journalist). (2021). Experimente für eine bessere Welt. Web publication, die Presse. https://www.diepresse.com/6052542/experimente-fur-eine-bessere-welt

Reindl, I., & Tyran, J-R. (2021). Equal opportunities for all? How income redistribution promotes support for economic inclusion. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190, 390-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.002

Sausgruber, R., Sonntag, A., & Tyran, J-R. (2021). Disincentives from Redistribution: Evidence on a Dividend of Democracy. European Economic Review, 136, [103749]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103749

Hedegaard, M., Kerschbamer, R., Müller, D., & Tyran, J-R. (2021). Distributional preferences explain individual behavior across games and time. Games and Economic Behavior, 128, 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2021.05.003

Mechtenberg, L., Perino, G., Treich, N., Tyran, J-R., & Wang, S. (2021). Self-Signaling in Moral Voting. Discussion papers / Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen No. 21-01 https://www.economics.ku.dk/research/publications/wp/dp-2021/2101.pdf

Andersson, O., Holm, H. J., Tyran, J-R., & Wengstrom, E. (2020). Robust inference in risk elicitation tasks. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 61(3), 195–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09341-6

Tyran, J-R. (Editorial Journalist). (2020). Wie man Frauen auf dem steinigen Weg zur Professur unterstützen kann. Web publication, die Presse. https://www.diepresse.com/5883580/wie-man-frauen-auf-dem-steinigen-weg-zur-professur-unterstutzen-kann

Kartal, M., & Tyran, J-R. (2020). Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice. Discussion papers / Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen No. 20-03 https://www.economics.ku.dk/research/publications/wp/dp-2020/2003.pdf

Andersson, O., Holm, H., Tyran, J-R., & Wengström, E. (2020). Risking Other People's Money: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Incentives and Personality Traits. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 122(2), 648-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12353

Reindl, I., & Tyran, J-R. (2020). Equal Opportunities for All? How Income Redistribution Promotes Support for Economic Inclusion. Discussion papers / Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen Vol. 20-07 https://ideas.repec.org/p/kud/kuiedp/2007.html

Mechtenberg, L., & Tyran, J-R. (2019). Voter Motivation and the Quality of Democratic Choice. Games and Economic Behavior, 116, 241-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2018.12.002

Short Bio of Jean-Robert Tyran

Jean-Robert Tyran is professor of public economics and director of the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics at the University of Vienna.

He has served as vice Dean for research, and as Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics (2014-18). He has been the Vice Rector of Research and International Affairs of the University of Vienna (2018-22).
He has served on various editorial boards (Experimental Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of the Economic Science Association, Journal of Experimental Political Science), and professional Boards (Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, German Economic Association). He is a research fellow at various institutions (CEPR, London; EPRU, U Copenhagen) and has held numerous visiting positions (Harvard Kennedy School, Caltech, London School of Economics, among others). He is also part-time Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen.

Before moving to Vienna in September 2010, he was first associate, then full professor at U Copenhagen since 2004, and at U St. Gallen since 1997. He has earned his PhD in economics at the U of Zurich finishing in 1997.

In his research, Jean-Robert Tyran mainly investigates how institutions like markets and democracy are shaped by bounded rationality and social preferences. A major project funded by the Carlsberg Foundation was to establish an internet-based platform for running large-scale economic experiments (iLEE).

Jean-Robert Tyran has published more than 50 papers in refereed journals, including field journals such as Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and Games and Economic Behavior as well as in general interest journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association and Science.