Research

Relational Contracts with Private Information on the Future Value of the Relationship: The Upside of Implicit Downsizing Costs (with N. Klein), accepted, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Size Matters – “Over”investments in a Relational Contracting Model (with F. Englmaier), accepted, Economic Journal
Teamwork as a Self-Disciplining Device (with H. Hakenes), accepted, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
The Commitment Role of Equity Financing (with V. Merlo, G. Wamser), forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association.
Minimum Wages and Relational Contracts, 2017, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 33 (2), 301-331.
Relational Contracts for Household Formation, Fertility Choice and Separation (with R. Rees, A. Wuppermann), 2016, Journal of Population Economics, 29(2), 421-455.
Optimal Contracting with Private Military and Security Companies (with T. Hadjer), 2015, European Journal of Political Economy, 37, 220-240.
On the Genesis of Multinational Foreign Affiliate Networks (with P. Egger, G. Wamser, V. Merlo), 2014, European Economic Review, 65(1), 136‐163.

The Effects of Information Sharing on Moral Hazard in Credit Markets – Theory and Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in the Philippines (with K. Czura, L. Spantig)
Inconsistent Time Preferences and On-the-job Search (with R. Seibel)
Informal Incentives and Product Market Competition – How Digitalization Affects Production Efficiency, Firm Size, and Consumer Welfare (with T. Murooka)
Reciprocity in Dynamic Employment Relationships
Relational Tax Evasion (with M. Troya Martinez)
What Drives Reciprocal Behavior? The Optimal Provision of Incentives Over the Course of Careers (with A. Schade, K. Schüssler)