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A big thank you as well to @amandayagan.bsky.social and @annabindler.bsky.social for contributing to the sessions on the academic job market — your insights and advice were invaluable for early-career researchers navigating this important stage. (3/3)

Many thanks to our keynote speaker, @amandayagan.bsky.social , for delivering an inspiring keynote that set the tone for the event. (2/3)

A picture of the audience in the PhD workshop.

Here are some impressions from the 9th PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics taking place at the University of Potsdam. The event brings together young researchers to present and discuss their work, fostering exchanges and new perspectives. (1/3)

Main finding: Equity crowdfunding is not closing the regional funding gap — it thrives where venture capital already flows. (2/2)

New CEPA Discussion Paper: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...
Torben Klarl, Alexander S. Kritikos, and Knarik Poghosyan study where equity crowdfunding campaigns happen in Germany and how their locations relate to those of traditional investors like banks and venture capitalists. (1/2)

These findings underline the importance of nuanced antitrust policy approaches. Explore the detailed coordination mechanisms of partial cartels in our study.

- Ringleader policies can backfire via a leading-by-example effect where information about ringleader activities motivates other firms to participate in the cartel which increases prices compared to settings without such policies.

Key Insights:
- The possibility to form partial cartels creates opposing effects: the individual willingness to communicate decreases due to free-riding incentives, but overall, communication becomes more frequent because a coalition of firms willing to communicate cannot be blocked by one outsider.

Partial Cartels and Ringleaders: An Experimental Study This paper investigates partial cartels, which laboratory studies have neglected despite their empirical prevalence. We conduct two laboratory experiments to understand how they function compared to a

New Research Paper by Lisa Bruttel, Holger Rau & @vasilisawerner.bsky.social: "Partial Cartels and Ringleaders: An Experimental Study": ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

The 3rd Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems took place in Potsdam last week, organized by CEPA members @katrinhuber.bsky.social, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, and @emarkowsky.bsky.social.

Great benefits including flexible hours, home office options, and 30 vacation days! 6/6

Position details:

30 hours/week (75%)
TV-L 13 remuneration group
University of Potsdam, Germany
Application deadline: August 15, 2025
Contact: lisa.bruttel@uni-potsdam.de 5/n

Looking for candidates with:

Master's in economics, computer science, psychology, or related field
Strong interest in behavioral economics

and ideally with:
Programming skills (Python/R preferred)
ML & text mining experience
Very good English & German (B2/C1) 4/n

Your responsibilities:

Own research as part of a doctorate in behavioral economics
Collaboration in research projects of the chair
Teaching in microeconomics and behavioral economics (German & English) 3/n

The position offers:

Fully equipped experimental economics lab
Online experiment facilities
Generous research funding
Friendly, cooperative team atmosphere
Opportunity for doctorate in behavioral economics 2/n

📢 Uni Potsdam's Chair of Markets, Competition and Institutions invites applications for Academic Staff Member position to be filled asap (limited to 3 years).
Your future team works in behavioral & experimental economics with a focus on communication and cooperation. 1/n
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When Managers Choose: Gender Disparities in Employer Trainin We examine how gender shapes managers’ decisions regarding on-the-job training using a discrete choice experiment embedded in a representative survey of German firms. While previous research on traini

The study highlights how managerial discretion shapes early career opportunities and reinforces gender gaps in training access. 3/3

🔗 Read the full paper: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...
#GenderDifferences #ManagerDecisions #HumanCapitalInvestment #OnTheJobTraining #CEPA

Using a discrete choice experiment with German firms, they find that while women are slightly more likely to receive training overall, young women are less often selected-especially by female managers. Male managers, on the other hand, favor male employees when training is fully employer-funded. 2/3

In a new CEPA Discussion Paper, Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, @katrinhuber.bsky.social, Harald Pfeifer, @arneuhlendorff.bsky.social, and Sophie Wagner examine how gender shapes managers’ decisions regarding on-the-job training, offering new insights into the supply side of training. 1/3

Results show that only mutual agreements are decisive for the strong positive effect of communication on collusion, while the effect of other communication topics – including unilateral promises – is negligible.

Communication and collusion in oligopoly experiments: A meta While an influential body of economic literature shows that allowing for communication between firms increases collusion in oligopolies, so far we have only anecdotal evidence on the precise communica

How communication fosters collusion

A novel meta-study by Max Andres (@hatrecht.bsky.social) and Lisa Bruttel utilizes seeded LDA to analyze communication and decision data from oligopoly experiments. ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

Allocation Workshop 2025

Call for Papers: Workshop “Allocation & Distribution”
Nov 14–15, 2025, Hamburg. Theoretical, empirical, and experimental contributions on health economics (inequality, incentives, risk, and more). Submit by August 31:
www.hche.uni-hamburg.de/en/veranstal...
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Still accepting applications for the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics! Great opportunity for PhD researchers to present their work and get feedback. Deadline approaching - don't miss out: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester:
Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!).
Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".

Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester:
Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!).
Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".

Still time to apply to our 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, incl. a lecture series by Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) + keynote lecture by Amanda Agan (Cornell )!

We look forward to applications from PhD students & recent postdocs.

📅 Sep 24-25.
⏳ Deadline: June 30.

Further details 👇

Upcoming PRSE presentation!

Tuesday (May 27) at 2.15 pm, we welcome Steffen Künn (from @umsbe.bsky.social). He will present on "Indoor environment, student satisfaction, and performance: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in university classrooms". Join us in room 2.31, Haus 1!

Please submit your CV and a paper (or an extended abstract) by June 30, 2025 to
workshop-empwifo@uni-potsdam.de. There will be no workshop fees.

The workshop will be accompanied by a lecture series on
Practical Guidance for Survey and Field Experiments held by Jens Hainmüller. @amandayagan.bsky.social will give a keynote lecture on Labour Markets and Crime.

We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...