Origin, malleability and consequences of risk, time and social preferences (A01)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 326731373

We examine the determinants and consequences of economic beliefs and preferences through a mix of experimental studies, surveys, and high-frequency panel data. We focus on how moral views—particularly along the universalism-particularism spectrum—influence climate policy attitudes, explore how attention to key societal issues affects policy preferences, study how individuals form, and use mental models in economic decision-making, and investigate the origins of discriminatory behavior.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 224: Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges: Equality of Opportunity, Market Regulation, and Financial Stability
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Thomas Dohmen, until 12/2021; Professor Dr. Armin Falk, until 12/2025; Professor Dr. Wladislaw Mill, since 1/2026; Professor Dr. Florian Zimmermann, since 1/2022