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Publications
Title	Authors	Journal
A Little Good is Good Enough: Ethical Consumption, Cheap Excuses, and Moral Self-Licensing	Jannis Engel and Nora Szech	PLoS ONE, 2020, Vol. 15 No. 1, e0227036; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227036
Becoming a Bad Doctor	Nora Szech	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, Vol. 80, 244-257. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2011.03.010
Designing contests between heterogeneous contestants: An experimental study of tie-breaks and bid-caps in all-pay auctions	Aniol Llorente-Saguer, Roman M. Sheremeta, Nora Szech	European Economic Review, vol. 154; 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104327
Diffusion of Being Pivotal and Immoral Outcomes	Armin Falk, Thomas Neuber and Nora Szech	The Review of Economic Studies (featured paper), 2020, vol. 87, 2205-2229; DOI:10.1093/restud/rdz064
Externalities in Recruiting	Matthias Kräkel, Nora Szech and Frauke von Bieberstein	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, Vol. 107, 123-135 DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2014.08.008
Guilt in Voting and Public Good Games	Dominik Rothenhäusler, Nikolaus Schweizer and Nora Szech	European Economic Review, 2018, Vol. 101, 664-681, DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.08.001
Incentives and Defaults Can Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions and Test Demand	Marta Serra Garcia and Nora Szech	Management Science, online in Articles in Advance, 2022; DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2022.4405
Information Nudges and Self Control	Thomas Mariotti, Nikolaus Schweizer, Nora Szech and Jonas von Wangenheim	Management Science, online in Articles in Advance, 2022; DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2022.4428
Institutions and Morals: A Reply	Armin Falk and Nora Szech	European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, Vol. 40, 391-394; DOI:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2015.07.003
Morals and Markets	Armin Falk and Nora Szech	Science, Research Article, 2013, Vol. 340, No. 6133, 707-711, DOI: 10.1126/science.1231566
Optimal Advertising of Auctions	Nora Szech	Journal of Economic Theory, 2011, Vol. 146, Issue 6, 2596-2607 DOI:10.1016/j.jet.2011.10.010
Optimal Disclosure of Costly Information Packages in Auctions	Nora Szech	Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2011, Vol. 47, Issues 4-5, 462-469 DOI:10.1016/j.jmateco.2011.06.004
Optimal Revelation of Life-Changing Information	Nikolaus Schweizer and Nora Szech	Management Science, 2018, Vol. 64, No. 11, 4967-5460, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2017.2913
Performance Bounds for Optimal Sales Mechanisms Beyond the Monotone Hazard Rate Condition	Nikolaus Schweizer and Nora Szech	Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2019, Vol. 82, 202-213; DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2019.02.007
Rebates in a Bertrand Game	Nora Szech and Philipp Weinschenk	Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2013, Vol. 49, Issue 2, 124-133 DOI:10.1016/j.jmateco.2012.12.004
Revenues and Welfare in Auctions with Information Release	Nikolaus Schweizer and Nora Szech	Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, Vol. 170, 86-111; DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2017.04.005
Setting Adequate Wages for Workers: Managers' work experience, incentive scheme and gender matter	David Huber, Leonie Kühl and Nora Szech	PLoS ONE 17(8): e0271762 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271762
The (In)Elasticity of Moral Ignorance	Marta Serra-Garcia and Nora Szech	Management Science (featured paper), Vol .68, No 7; DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2021.4153
The Feedback Effect in Two-Sided Markets with Bilateral Investments	Deniz Dizdar, Benny Moldovanu and Nora Szech	Journal of Economic Theory, 2019, Vol 182, 106-142; DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2019.04.002
The Systematic Place of Morals in Markets - Response	Armin Falk and Nora Szech	Science, Letter, 2013, Vol. 341, No. 6147, 714, DOI: 10.1126/science.341.6147.714-b
Tie-Breaks and Bid-Caps in All-Pay Auctions	Nora Szech	Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, Vol. 92, 138-149; DOI:10.1016/j.geb.2015.05.008
Updating, Self-Confidence, and Discrimination	Konstanze Albrecht, Juliane Parys, Nora Szech and Emma von Essen	European Economic Review, 2013, Vol. 60, 144-169 DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.02.002

Books and Book Chapters
Title	Authors
The Zoo of Models of Deliberate Ignorance	P. Trimmer, R. McElreath, S. Auster, G. Brown, J. Dana, G. Gigerenzer, R. Golman, C. Hilbe, A. Kandler, Y. Kareev, L. Schooler, N. Szech
Normative Implications of Deliberate Ignorance	J. Krueger, U. Hahn, D. Ellerbrock, S. Gächter, R. Hertwig, L. Kornhauser, C. Leuker, N. Szech, M. Waldmann
Meat and Color (Fleisch und Farbe)	Anna Becker, Steffen Huck, Julia Schubert and Nora Szech

Working Papers
Title	Authors
Social Messages, Costs of Sending, Resending and Norm Expectations: How Moral Nudges Drive Snow-ball effects of Pro-Social Health Behavior	David Ehrlich and Nora Szech
Moral Nudging During the Covid Pandemic	David Ehrlich and Nora Szech
How to Start a Grassroots Movement	David Ehrlich and Nora Szech
Information Asymmetry and Private Values in Second Price Auctions	David Huber
Understanding Demand for COVID-19 Antibody Testing	Marta Serra Garcia and Nora Szech
Competing Image Concerns: Pleasures of Skill and Moral Values	Armin Falk and Nora Szech
Physical Distance and Cooperativeness Towards Strangers	Leonie Kühl and Nora Szech
Animal Welfare and Human Ethics: A Personality Study	Konstanze Albrecht, Florentin Krämer and Nora Szech
Homo Moralis: Personal Characteristics, Institutions, and Moral Decision-Making	Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse and Nora Szech
More Effort with Less Pay: On Information Avoidance, Optimistic Beliefs, and Performance	Steffen Huck, Nora Szech and Lukas Wenner
Deterministic Beliefs and Delay of Gratification	Konstanze Albrecht and Nora Szech
Opening Career Systems: The Case of Simultaneous Vacancies	Matthias Kräkel, Nora Szech and Frauke von Bieberstein
Asymmetric All-Pay Auctions with Two Types	Nora Szech
Beliefs and Performance in a Mental Rotation Task	Konstanze Albrecht, Nora Szech and Emma von Essen
Welfare in Markets where Consumers Rely on Word of Mouth	Nora Szech