Research Interest


  • Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • (Behavioral) Decision Making
  • Neuroeconomics


    • Talks


      • ESA2016 - 2016 North-American ESA Conference, 10.-12.11.2016, Tucson/Arizona, Elaine Horstmann: "Effects of group identity on public goods provision in a competitive setting".
      • 16th International Conference of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS), 6th – 8th July 2016, Montreal, Canada, Elaine Horstmann: „Influence of Group Identity on ‘Public Goods Provision’ in a Competitive Setting“.
      • 14th NCBEE, 26.-28.09.2019, IfW Kiel, Germany, Elaine Horstmann: “Managing innovations: using performance and learning goals to foster innovations”.
      • ESA2019 – 2019 European ESA Conference, 04.-07.09.2019, Burgundy School of Business Dijon, France, Elaine Horstmann: “Managing innovations: using performance and learning goals to foster innovations”.


        • Topics for Degree Theses
          Behavioral Economics (existing experimental data)


          • Human-Computer Interaction: Ultimatum Bargaining and Belief Elicitation in the context of algorithmic decision making systems.
          • Risk-Behavior under Incomplete Information from Descriptions
          • Risk-Behavior under Incomplete Information from Experience