Hannes Rau

Dr. Hannes Rau

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • Social Preferences
  • Applied Game Theory
  • Fairness and Inequality

Publications

Work in Progress

  • Transformation of 2x2 games and Nash equilibrium play
  • Experimental test of the theorem of Bulow & Klemperer 1996
  • Nash equilibrium play in preference games (Working Paper)
  • Gender differences in bargaining - Experimental evidence (Working Paper)
  • Does an unfair process of income determination lead to more antisocial behavior? Experimental evidence (Working Paper)
  • Information aversion in moral consumption decisions

Teaching

  • Lectures:
    • Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung SS2026
    • Economics and Behavior WS 21/22, WS 22/23, WS 23/24, WS 24/25
  • Exercises:
    • Einführung in die Spieltheorie SS 2022 & SS 2024
  • Seminars:
    • Lying and Cheating in Economic Decision Situations WS 23/24, SS 2025, SS 2026
    • Game Theory & Behavioral Economics WS 24/25, WS 25/26
    • Bounded Rationality SS 2022, SS 2023
    • Moral Wiggle Room and Information Avoidance WS 21/22, WS 22/23
    • Social Preferences in Behavioral Economics SS 2021

 

Curriculum Vitae

2026: Temporary professorship at the Chair of Political Economy, KIT 

2021-2025: Postdoctoral researcher, KIT, Chair of Political Economy

2019-2021: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Heidelberg

2019: PhD in Economics, University of Heidelberg: “Essays on Social Preferences in Experimental Economics”