Vincent Meisner
@vincentmeisner.bsky.social
Economic theorist and bsky late adopter.
Berlin School of Economics
Mechanism Design, Market Design
https://sites.google.com/site/vincentmeisner/
Berlin School of Economics
Mechanism Design, Market Design
https://sites.google.com/site/vincentmeisner/
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How does competitive pressure fail to protect buyers in information markets? Our new model of "portfolio competition" shows that when signals are complements, sellers leverage the buyer's desire for the joint portfolio to extract the full social surplus.
Portfolio Competition: Why Conventional Antitrust Fails in Oligopolistic Information Markets
Achim & Strausz: "Oligopolistic Information Markets" CRC Discussion Paper No. 554
190researchblog.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
How does competitive pressure fail to protect buyers in information markets? Our new model of "portfolio competition" shows that when signals are complements, sellers leverage the buyer's desire for the joint portfolio to extract the full social surplus.
Reposted by Vincent Meisner
Why can boosting product quality actually reduce a manufacturer's profits? Our findings show that when retailers control pricing, increasing demand strengthens the retailer's power, compelling manufacturers to give up more profit and optimally limit product quality.
When Better Products Hurt Profits: The Hidden Costs of Quality in Retail
Shin & Strausz: "Demand-Investment in Distribution Channels" CRC Discussion Paper No. 553
190researchblog.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Why can boosting product quality actually reduce a manufacturer's profits? Our findings show that when retailers control pricing, increasing demand strengthens the retailer's power, compelling manufacturers to give up more profit and optimally limit product quality.
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 12:57 PM
Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026!
EWMES in Nicosia 🇨🇾
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
EWMES in Nicosia 🇨🇾
I am visiting Cyprus for EWMES and it's raining with a storm coming up. I feel cheated. Nobody has it as hard as me.
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I am visiting Cyprus for EWMES and it's raining with a storm coming up. I feel cheated. Nobody has it as hard as me.
Reposted by Vincent Meisner
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
paulgp.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Very interesting study with a dataset constructed from news articles!
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 12:55 PM
Very interesting study with a dataset constructed from news articles!
Have a look at our paper on centralized school-choice mechanisms!
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 1:42 PM
Have a look at our paper on centralized school-choice mechanisms!
Today, the blog posts about my office mate Willy's research! Tomorrow, it's about my research! Stay tuned!
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 12:27 PM
Today, the blog posts about my office mate Willy's research! Tomorrow, it's about my research! Stay tuned!
Reposted by Vincent Meisner
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.
Reposted by Vincent Meisner
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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190researchblog.subs...
I will present at the ES Winter Meeting, and I couldn't search and find my name on the program. I was about to message the organizers. The reason I didn't find me is that I went through all theory sessions, but in fact I am presenting in "Experimental Economics II." Still getting used to this...
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I will present at the ES Winter Meeting, and I couldn't search and find my name on the program. I was about to message the organizers. The reason I didn't find me is that I went through all theory sessions, but in fact I am presenting in "Experimental Economics II." Still getting used to this...
Reposted by Vincent Meisner
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.
open.substack.com/pu...
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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.
open.substack.com/pu...
open.substack.com/pu...
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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
190researchblog.substack.com
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.
Apologies in advance, I will share every single one of these posts next week! One of them will also be about my research!
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 3:14 PM
Apologies in advance, I will share every single one of these posts next week! One of them will also be about my research!
The song is inspired by a woman the singer met in London in the 80s, and the funniest rumor is that this woman later married the Greek economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. It's probably not true, but he fueled the rumor himself 🙃
thought the song "common people" by pulp was called normal people and was by blur...
a man in a suit and tie is smiling while standing in front of a striped curtain .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling while standing in front of a striped curtain .
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The song is inspired by a woman the singer met in London in the 80s, and the funniest rumor is that this woman later married the Greek economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. It's probably not true, but he fueled the rumor himself 🙃
"The proof is omitted"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“How is this economics?”
“How is this economics?”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"The proof is omitted"
Recycling my prediction.
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Recycling my prediction.
Power move 😲
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
🧵 1/7
🧵 1/7
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Power move 😲
The semester is about to start and today I was asked if I am a freshman. That's a clear sign that I don't work enough.
October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The semester is about to start and today I was asked if I am a freshman. That's a clear sign that I don't work enough.
I feel like I have missed out on promoting our most recent school-choice experiment here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I feel like I have missed out on promoting our most recent school-choice experiment here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I am happy to say that now, 3 days after the conference and 3 days before I fly back, my body has adjusted to the Korean time zone.
August 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I am happy to say that now, 3 days after the conference and 3 days before I fly back, my body has adjusted to the Korean time zone.
Economists can be a tough crowd... I won't have that problem because I am in the very last session of the conference and everyone will already be out being a tourist.
August 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Economists can be a tough crowd... I won't have that problem because I am in the very last session of the conference and everyone will already be out being a tourist.
Me and my fellow 1700 were cut out because of the y axis.
August 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Me and my fellow 1700 were cut out because of the y axis.
We're moving up! It's the KING of wands now 💫🪄🌟💫
August 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We're moving up! It's the KING of wands now 💫🪄🌟💫