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Ernst Fehr

631

Works

103,703

Citations

128

h-index

353

i10-index

Research Topics

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Affiliations

Goethe University Frankfurt2020–2020

California Institute of Technology2006–2013

University of Copenhagen2005–2024

Center for Economic and Policy Research2004–2010

Google (United States)2009–2009

Top Works

A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation

Ernst Fehr,Klaus M. Schmidt

199911,021 citations

Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Economic theories and models

Altruistic punishment in humans

Ernst Fehr,Simon Gächter

20025,580 citations

Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments

Ernst Fehr,Simon Gächter

20004,312 citations

Oxytocin increases trust in humans

Michael Kosfeld,Markus Heinrichs,et al.

20053,654 citations

Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr,Simon Gächter

20003,176 citations

Are people conditionally cooperative? Evidence from a public goods experiment

Urs Fischbacher,Simon Gächter,et al.

20012,787 citations

Redefine statistical significance

Daniel J. Benjamin,James O. Berger,et al.

20172,746 citations

In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies

Joseph Henrich,Robert Boyd,et al.

20012,593 citations

Third-party punishment and social norms

Ernst Fehr,Urs Fischbacher

20042,288 citations