Universität Erfurt

Lehrstuhl für Mikroökonomie

Irenaeus Wolff

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Assistant

DFG-Projektmitarbeiter

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Diplom (German equivalent to a Master) in Economics (avge:1.3), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 2007

Master of International Relations (GPA:3.85), Macquarie University Sydney, 2006

Baccalaureus Oeconomicus (avge: 1.5), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 2004

Studies abroad at St.Petersburg State University, at the faculties of applied mathematics and economics, 2003-04

Zivildienst (Alternative national service), Evangelische Akademie Nordelbien (Bad Segeberg), 2001

High School, A-levels: Friedrich-Engels-Gymnasium (avge: 1.4), Berlin 2000

Previous Positions

Student research assistant at the Chair of e-Business, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2004 - 2006)

Tutor for decision theory (summer03), microeconomics (summer04), and macroeconomics (winter05/06)

Conferences and invited talks

German Society of Experimental Economics, (GfEW), (June 2006, Magdeburg), presentation on 'Observability in a dynamic common-pool resource problem'

Economic Science Association (ESA) World Meeting, (June/July 2007, Rome), presentation on 'Increasing strategic uncertainty in a two-period Stackelberg-type game'

4th International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Economics (IMEBE 2008), (March 2008, Alicante), presentation on 'Non-monotonic Repayment Contracts are Superior: an Experimental Approach'

Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE 2008), (April 2008, Lille), presentation on 'Non-monotonic Repayment Contracts are Superior: an Experimental Approach'

Stockholm School of Economics, (May 2008), presentation on 'Increasing strategic uncertainty in a two-period Stackelberg-type game'

German Society of Experimental Economics, (GfEW), (Oct/Nov 2008, Mannheim), presentation on 'Why people may not punish defectors - does punishment still stabilise cooperation when counterpunishment is an option?'

University of Bonn, (January 2009), presentation on 'Endogenous institution design in social dilemmas'

Association for Public Economic Theory, PET 2009 Workshop on "Public Economics: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches", presentation on 'Counterpunishment revisited: an evolutionary approach'

Economic Science Association (ESA) European Meeting, (September 2009, Innsbruck), presentation on 'Endogenous institution formation in social dilemmas'

Thurgauer Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitut, (November 2009), presentation on 'The effects of punishment in a dynamic public-good dilemma'

Grants and Scholarships

Scholarship of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for my studies at St Petersburg State University

Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation), following the nomination by Prof. Dr. M. Raith

Studies-abroad scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) for the Master programme at Macquarie University

Research Interests

Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Models of bounded rationality, Evolution of institutions and cooperation, evolutionary biology

Current Working Papers

The cooperation norms in multiple-stage punishment, Andreas Nicklisch and Irenaeus Wolff (2009)

Institution design in social dilemmas: How to design if you must?, Bettina Rockenbach and Irenaeus Wolff (2009), University of Erfurt

Punishers under fire: Retaliation and the evolution of cooparation, Irenaeus Wolff (2009), University of Erfurt

"Non-monotonic Contracts are Superior: the First Experiment", J.Philipp Reiss and Irenaeus Wolff (2007), METEOR Research Memorandum 07053, Maastricht University

Work in progress

The effects of punishment in a dynamic public-good dilemma, with Özgür Gürerk and Bettina Rockenbach

A second chance is wasted time (among other resources), with Mareike Hoffmann and Abdolkarim Sadrieh

Increasing strategic uncertainty in a two-period Stackelberg-type game, with Abdolkarim Sadrieh

Teaching

Summer 2007 - Strategy Seminar "social dilemma" (with B. Rockenbach)

Winter 2007/08 - Introduction to microeconomics (tutorial)

Summer 2008 - Seminar on Behavioral Public Choice (M.A. programme, with B. Rockenbach)

Winter 2008/09 - Game Theory (tutorial, M.A. programme)

Summer 2009 - Seminar on Behavioral Public Choice (M.A. programme)

Winter 2009/10 - Game Theory (tutorial, M.A. programme)

Irenaeus Wolff, letzte Änderung: 2.02.2010

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