Dr. Hannes Rau
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Office Hours: by appointment via email
- Room: Geb. 01.85, R 103.2
- hannes rau ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Research Interests
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Social Preferences
- Applied Game Theory
- Fairness and Inequality
Publications
- 2025: Fairness properties of compensation schemes
(joint with C. Becker, D. Fehr, S. T. Trautmann, Y. Xu, The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2025) - 2021: Does mutual knowledge of preferences lead to more Nash equilibrium play? Experimental evidence
(joint with C. Brunner and F. Kauffeldt, European Economic Review, 135, 103735.) - 2020: Inequality, fairness and social capital
(joint with D. Fehr, S. Trautmann and Y. Xu, European Economic Review, 129, 103566.) - 2019: Hedging, ambiguity, and the reversal of order axiom
(joint with J. Oechssler and A. Roomets, Games and Economic Behavior, 117, 380-387.)
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”
