Research Group 5 Behavioral Economics and East Asia

Outline

This research group explores individual and group behavior during innovation processes in organizations and markets. Group members tackle different research questions using the tools of experimental economics, applied game theory and econometrics. In their work the group harnesses the outstanding facilities and opportunities provided by the IN-EAST Institute of East Asian Studies and the Essen Laboratory for Experimental Economics (elfe) in order to conduct high-level research in the area of behavioral economics. An important aim of the group is to further establish experimental economics in regional studies and to show how experimental economics can contribute to the latest research questions in this field