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Dr Sven Fischer
Lecturer in Economics

Summary

I am a Behavioral and Experimental Economist whose research spans multiple domains including bargaining behavior, social preferences, cooperation, conflict resolution, biases in the perception of random processes, evolutionary game theory, auction behavior, and financial contagion. My dissertation, supervised by renowned economist Prof. Dr. Werner Güth, earned the prestigious Heinz Sauermann Prize for Experimental Economics from the Gesellschaft für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, one of the field's oldest and most respected societies.
Prior to joining Brunel, I held positions at the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena, Germany), University College London, and Newcastle University. I've also been a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin) and Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Beer-Sheva, Israel).

I am passionate about the need for economics as a field to consider the true nature of the human condition in everything it does. Humans have evolved into a species that is very different from the perfectly rational, selfish, and sophisticated decision maker assumed in traditional economic theory and concepts. Humans do care about others, and they can cooperate beyond their own social group - but equally, they are capable of spite, vengefulness and wanton destruction.

Responsibility

Director of Teaching and Learning at the Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting (since Sep. 2024)

Newest selected publications

Fischer, S., Güth, W., Kaplan, TR. and Zultan, R. (2021) 'Auction with leaks about early bids: Analysis and experimental behavior'. Economic Inquiry, 59 (2). pp. 722 - 739. ISSN: 0095-2583

Journal article | Open Access Link

Cipriani, M., Guarino, A., Guazzarotti, G., Tagliati, F. and Fischer, S. (2018) 'Informational Contagion in the Laboratory'. Review of Finance, 22 (3). pp. 877 - 904. ISSN: 1572-3097

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Alberti, F., Fischer, S., Güth, W. and Tsutsui, K. (2017) 'Concession Bargaining: An Experimental Comparison of Protocols and Time Horizons'. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62 (9). pp. 2017 - 2039. ISSN: 0022-0027

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Dekel, S., Fischer, S. and Zultan, R. (2017) 'Potential Pareto Public Goods'. Journal of Public Economics, 146. pp. 87 - 96. ISSN: 0047-2727

Journal article | Open Access Link

Fischer, S., Grechenig, K. and Meier, N. (2016) 'Monopolizing sanctioning power under noise eliminates perverse punishment but does not increase cooperation'. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10 (SEP). pp. 180. ISSN: 1662-5153

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More publications(21)

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