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Prof. Dr. Oliver Gürtler Staatswissenschaftliches Seminar
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Resumé
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gürtler studied Economics at the University of Bonn and Mathematics at the University of Hagen. In 2006, he received his doctor's degree from the University of Bonn for the dissertation "Incentives and the Organization of Institutions". In 2009, he became a professor of Economics at the University of Cologne.
Prof. Dr. Gürtler does research in Organizational Economics, Labor Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. His papers have been published in prestigious economics journals such as International Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, and European Economic Review.
Curriculum Vitae (of 12/2024)
Selected Publications
- Do workers benefit from wage transparency rules? Forthcoming in International Economic Review (with Lennart Struth)
- Competition and risk-taking. European Economic Review 160 (2023), 104592 (with Lennart Struth and Max Thon)
- Simple equilibria in general contests. Games and Economic Behavior 134 (2022), pp. 264-280 (with Spencer Bastani and Thomas Giebe)
- Firm Choice and Career Success — Theory and Evidence. European Economic Review 127 (2020), 103470 (with Christian Deutscher, Marc Gürtler and Jed DeVaro)
- Promotion Signaling, Discrimination, and Positive Discrimination Policies. RAND Journal of Economics 50 (2019), pp. 1004-1027 (with Marc Gürtler)
- Advertising and Labor Market Matching: A Tour Through the Times. Journal of Labor Economics 36 (2018), pp. 253-307 (with Jed DeVaro)
- Strategic Shirking: A Theoretical Analysis of Multitasking and Specialization. International Economic Review 57 (2016), pp. 507-532 (with Jed DeVaro)
- The Optimality of Heterogeneous Tournaments. Journal of Labor Economics 33 (2015), pp. 1007-1042 (with Marc Gürtler)
- Sabotage in Contests: A Survey. Public Choice 164 (2015), pp. 135-155 (with Subhasish Modak Chowdhury)
Working Papers
- Overconfidence and gender gaps in career outcomes: Insights from a promotion signaling model (with Spencer Bastani and Thomas Giebe)
- Player strength and effort in contests (with Thomas Giebe)
- Strategic incentives in intermediary markets: Field-experimental evidence (with Max Thon, Matthias Heinz, Kai Schäfer and Dirk Sliwka)