CRC Rationality & Competition
@rationalitycrc.bsky.social
Collaborative Research Center (CRC TRR 190) funded by the German Research Foundation; our focus is on competitive behavior by individuals and firms in cases where rationality may be limited.
Website: http://rationality-and-competition.de
Website: http://rationality-and-competition.de
How labor market resilience can fall short despite new skill demands: Our analysis shows that robot automation systematically increases training for new skills in service sectors but also speeds up the retirement of manufacturing workers.
Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks
Bertermann, Dauth, Suedekum & Woessmann: "Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks" CRC Discussion Paper No. 551
190researchblog.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How labor market resilience can fall short despite new skill demands: Our analysis shows that robot automation systematically increases training for new skills in service sectors but also speeds up the retirement of manufacturing workers.
How costly data production can thwart price discrimination profits: We show that socially optimal market segmentation forces the seller into "indecisive segments", ensuring zero profit gain and showing that the private incentive to produce information is inefficient.
The Costly Path to Personalized Pricing: Why Private Data Production Is Wasteful
Lefez: "The Production of Information to Price Discriminate" CRC Discussion Paper No. 535
190researchblog.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How costly data production can thwart price discrimination profits: We show that socially optimal market segmentation forces the seller into "indecisive segments", ensuring zero profit gain and showing that the private incentive to produce information is inefficient.
Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026.
📣 Call for Papers
Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026.
🗓 July 6-8, 2026
⏰ Application deadline: 25 January 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail...
@wzb.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #phdconference
Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026.
🗓 July 6-8, 2026
⏰ Application deadline: 25 January 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail...
@wzb.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #phdconference
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026.
How information campaigns can fall short even if they successfully correct beliefs: Our experiments show that correcting consumers' large underestimations of which products cause high emissions does not have an effect on their actual consumption decisions.
Correcting misunderstandings about CO2 emissions doesn’t help to fight climate change
Imai, Pace, Schwardmann & van der Weele "Correcting Consumer Misperceptions About CO2 Emissions" CRC Discussion Paper No. 529
190researchblog.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How information campaigns can fall short even if they successfully correct beliefs: Our experiments show that correcting consumers' large underestimations of which products cause high emissions does not have an effect on their actual consumption decisions.
How can AI overcome the scarcity of employee data that impedes its use in hiring? Our new field experiment shows that adding non-incentivized behavioral measures improves AI's productivity predictions and makes algorithmic hiring more efficient than even human managers.
Improving AI Hiring: Behavioral Measures and Field Validation in Microfinance
Dargnies, Hakimov & Kübler "Behavioral Measures Improve AI Hiring: A Field Experiment" CRC Discussion Paper No. 532
190researchblog.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can AI overcome the scarcity of employee data that impedes its use in hiring? Our new field experiment shows that adding non-incentivized behavioral measures improves AI's productivity predictions and makes algorithmic hiring more efficient than even human managers.
How do elite families maintain their status over multiple generations? Using data from prewar Japan, we show that adoption expands the choice to a broader talent pool, increasing the probability of maintaining elite status in the son’s generation by 27%.
Why do elite families remain at the top generation after generation?
Kumanomido, Takayasu: "Elite Persistence in Family: The Role of Adoption in Prewar Japan" CRC Discussion Paper No. 537
190researchblog.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How do elite families maintain their status over multiple generations? Using data from prewar Japan, we show that adoption expands the choice to a broader talent pool, increasing the probability of maintaining elite status in the son’s generation by 27%.
Does job flexibility foster gender equality? On the contrary. Our new paper reveals that the shift to working from home significantly intensifies gender gaps in both paid hours and care-giving among couples.
Remote Work Solidifies Traditional Roles: New Causal Evidence on Gender Inequality Post-Covid
Alipour: "Does Remote Work Reinforce Gender Gaps in (Un)Paid Labor?" CRC Discussion Paper No. 542
190researchblog.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Does job flexibility foster gender equality? On the contrary. Our new paper reveals that the shift to working from home significantly intensifies gender gaps in both paid hours and care-giving among couples.
Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.
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We have concluded our week of power posting every day with two posts over the weekend-- on a market-design experiment 190researchblog.substack.com/p/beyond-str... and a study on measuring urban quality of life 190researchblog.substack.com/p/why-urban-...
Beyond Strategy-Proofness: How Confidence and Information Fuel Justified Envy
Meisner, Süer, Tolksdorf & Tominaj: "Confidence and Information in Strategy-Proof School Choice" CRC Discussion Paper No. 546
190researchblog.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We have concluded our week of power posting every day with two posts over the weekend-- on a market-design experiment 190researchblog.substack.com/p/beyond-str... and a study on measuring urban quality of life 190researchblog.substack.com/p/why-urban-...
How can traditional models fall short in measuring urban appeal? Our analysis reveals that neglecting mobility frictions causes an underestimation of the urban quality-of-life premium (QoL): increasing a region's population is associated with a significant increase in QoL.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can traditional models fall short in measuring urban appeal? Our analysis reveals that neglecting mobility frictions causes an underestimation of the urban quality-of-life premium (QoL): increasing a region's population is associated with a significant increase in QoL.
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How market design can fall short despite strategy-proofness: Our new experiment shows that underconfidence systematically induces significantly more instability (justified envy) than overconfidence in school choice.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How market design can fall short despite strategy-proofness: Our new experiment shows that underconfidence systematically induces significantly more instability (justified envy) than overconfidence in school choice.
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How can information backfire in fighting hidden actions? Our new theory reveals the mechanism of surplus squeezing: costly perfect verification enables the seller to extract all buyer surplus, collapsing trade, while noisy verification sustains market exchange.
When Too Much Information Kills the Deal: The Surplus Squeezing Effect
Achim & Lefez: "Surplus Squeeze and Informational Hold-Up" CRC Discussion Paper No. 538
190researchblog.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can information backfire in fighting hidden actions? Our new theory reveals the mechanism of surplus squeezing: costly perfect verification enables the seller to extract all buyer surplus, collapsing trade, while noisy verification sustains market exchange.
Pre-registration has become mainstream, yet trade-offs persist: Our new survey finds that researchers assign a credibility premium to significant results from pre-registered tests, but a significant proportion expects a negative impact on research creativity and volume.
Mapping Open Science: New Data on Pre-Registration in Experimental Economics
Imai et al.: "Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental Economics" CRC Discussion Paper No. 530
190researchblog.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pre-registration has become mainstream, yet trade-offs persist: Our new survey finds that researchers assign a credibility premium to significant results from pre-registered tests, but a significant proportion expects a negative impact on research creativity and volume.
Is China a "Paper Tiger" when it comes to scientific quality? Our investigation into citation home bias reveals China exhibits the largest bias globally, demonstrating that its apparent rise in citation rankings is overstated.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is China a "Paper Tiger" when it comes to scientific quality? Our investigation into citation home bias reveals China exhibits the largest bias globally, demonstrating that its apparent rise in citation rankings is overstated.
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How much does out-of-school learning influence foreign-language acquisition? Our new analysis shows that historical national decisions to subtitle imported TV content systematically result in a large positive effect on English-language skills.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How much does out-of-school learning influence foreign-language acquisition? Our new analysis shows that historical national decisions to subtitle imported TV content systematically result in a large positive effect on English-language skills.
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How to incentivise cooperation when monetary incentives are costly or ineffective? Our experiment shows a public recognition award increases employee willingness to help by 21%, leveraging social image towards peers and management-related reputation.
How Public Recognition Drives Cooperation Among Knowledge Workers
Discussion Paper No. 531
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November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How to incentivise cooperation when monetary incentives are costly or ineffective? Our experiment shows a public recognition award increases employee willingness to help by 21%, leveraging social image towards peers and management-related reputation.
We are super excited about the launch of our new research blog! Did you ever complain about an unproductive food coma after lunch? No more! The CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break has your back with gold nuggets of research each Monday. And this week, we will post every day!
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We are super excited about the launch of our new research blog! Did you ever complain about an unproductive food coma after lunch? No more! The CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break has your back with gold nuggets of research each Monday. And this week, we will post every day!
Join LMU Economics as an assistant professor!
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We are hiring assistant professors in Economics (any field)
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social
Target date for applications: November 24!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #EJME
We are hiring assistant professors in Economics (any field)
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social
Target date for applications: November 24!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #EJME
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Join LMU Economics as an assistant professor!
Join the Berlin School of Economics as a PhD student!
📢 Call for Applications: 2026 PhD Program
Opportunities across four different PhD tracks:
🔹 PhD in Economics
🔹 PhD in Accounting
🔹 PhD in Finance
🔹 PhD in Management
❗ Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
More information👇
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-program/...
#phdcallforapplications
Opportunities across four different PhD tracks:
🔹 PhD in Economics
🔹 PhD in Accounting
🔹 PhD in Finance
🔹 PhD in Management
❗ Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
More information👇
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-program/...
#phdcallforapplications
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join the Berlin School of Economics as a PhD student!
Join the Berlin School of Economics as a Research Associate!
📯 Call for Applications: 2026 Research Associates Program - Supporting postdoctoral researchers and junior professors in economics
📝Open Positions @unipotsdam.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
More details👇
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res...
🔺Deadline: November 20, 2025
#researchassociates
📝Open Positions @unipotsdam.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
More details👇
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res...
🔺Deadline: November 20, 2025
#researchassociates
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join the Berlin School of Economics as a Research Associate!
Dear fans of the CRC TRR 190,
Next week, we will launch our research blog CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break! There will be a blog post about our most recent exciting research every day, from Monday to Sunday. Afterwards, we will post every Monday, 1pm CET.
Next week, we will launch our research blog CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break! There will be a blog post about our most recent exciting research every day, from Monday to Sunday. Afterwards, we will post every Monday, 1pm CET.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Dear fans of the CRC TRR 190,
Next week, we will launch our research blog CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break! There will be a blog post about our most recent exciting research every day, from Monday to Sunday. Afterwards, we will post every Monday, 1pm CET.
Next week, we will launch our research blog CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break! There will be a blog post about our most recent exciting research every day, from Monday to Sunday. Afterwards, we will post every Monday, 1pm CET.
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3 days with an amazing line-up of instructors and poster sessions by junior researchers at the end of each day are over!
It's been great hosting 3rd Summer School in International Economics by @jintlecon.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rationalitycrc.bsky.social for supporting this event!
It's been great hosting 3rd Summer School in International Economics by @jintlecon.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rationalitycrc.bsky.social for supporting this event!
July 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
3 days with an amazing line-up of instructors and poster sessions by junior researchers at the end of each day are over!
It's been great hosting 3rd Summer School in International Economics by @jintlecon.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rationalitycrc.bsky.social for supporting this event!
It's been great hosting 3rd Summer School in International Economics by @jintlecon.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rationalitycrc.bsky.social for supporting this event!
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📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):
👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries
Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
A 🧵 1/9
👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries
Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
A 🧵 1/9
June 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):
👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries
Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
A 🧵 1/9
👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries
Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
A 🧵 1/9
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📣 Call for Papers: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized jointly with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich
Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS)
Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt
ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich
Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS)
Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt
ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📣 Call for Papers: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized jointly with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich
Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS)
Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt
ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich
Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS)
Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt
ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
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🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
March 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7