Prof. Dr. Marcus Giamattei

Email: marcus.giamattei@uni-passau.de or m.giamattei@berlin.bard.edu
Professor for Macroeconomics
Bard College Berlin - A Liberal Arts University
External Fellow
University of Passau
Center for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx) and Centre for Research in the Behavioural Sciences (CRIBS), University of Nottingham, UK
Research interests
Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Experimental Macroeconomics, Economis of Corruption and Experimental Ethics, Online, Classroom and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments.
Publications
- Giamattei, M., Yahosseini, K. S., Gächter, S. and Molleman, L. (2020): LIONESS Lab - a Free Web-Based Platform for Conducting Interactive Experiments Online. Journal of the Economic ScienceAssociation 6, 95-111. DOI 10.1007/s40881-020-00087-0.
- Dorner, V., Giamattei, M. and Greiff, M. (2020):The Market for Reviews: Strategic Behavior of Online Product Reviewers with Monetary Incentives.Schmalenbach Business Review. doi.org/10.1007/s41464-020-00094-y.
- Giamattei, M., Huber, J., Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Nicklisch, A., Palan, S. (2020): Who inflates the bubble? Forecasters and traders in experimental asset markets. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 110, 103718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2019.07.004
- Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M. (2020): Macroeconomics - Lectures in Economics. 1st English edition. Course book for macroeconomics in the bachelor program.
- Grundmann, S., Giamattei, M., Lambsdorff, J. Graf (2019): Intentions rather than Money Illusion – Why Nominal Changes Induce Real Effects. European Economic Review 119, 166-178.
- Giamattei, M., Lamsbdorff J. Graf (2019): classEx - an Online Tool for Lab-in-the-Field Experiments with Smartphones. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 29: 223-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbef.2019.04.008
- Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M. (2019): Makroökonomik - Vorlesung in Volkswirtschaftslehre. 6. Auflage. Course book for macroeconomics in the bachelor program.
- Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M., Werner, K., Schubert, M. (2018): Team reasoning—Experimental evidence on cooperation from centipede games. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206666.
- Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M., Werner, K. (2017): How Fragile Is Conditional Cooperation? A Field Experiment with Smartphones during the 2014 Soccer World Cup. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 30(2): 492-501. DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1968
- Giamattei, M., Lambsdorff, J. Graf (2015): Balancing the Current Account Experimental Evidence on Underconsumption. Experimental Economics 18(4): 679-696. DOI: 10.1007/s10683-014-9422-z.
- Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Schubert, M., Giamattei, M. (2013): On the Role of Heuristics - Experimental Evidence on Inflation Dynamics. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 37(6): 12131229.
- Giamattei, M., Scholz, M. (2010): Exploiting Correspondence Analysis to Visualize Product Spaces. Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS, 2010, Naples, Italy.
Links to working paper
- Cold Turkey vs. Gradualism - Evidence on Disinflation Strategies from a Laboratory Experiment, Working Paper.
- Teaching Microeconomic Principles with Smartphones - Lessons from Classroom Experiments with classEx , Barcelona GSE Working Paper Series 996, with Humberto Llavador.
- To Bribe or Not To Bribe. . . An Extension to Lambsdorff & Frank (2007) Corruption Game. Seminar Paper (2009).
For a full list of working paper and work in progress see the CV.
Teaching Award of the University of Passau (Preis für gute Lehre, 11/2017)
Dissertaion Award of the University of Passau (11/2016).
Dissertation Award "Helmut-Schmalen-Preis" , University of Passau (12/2015).
Dissertation Award "Heinz-Sauermann-Preis" , German Society for
Experimental Economics (GfeW, 09/2015).
Award "Heinz-Sauermann-Förderpreis" , German Society for
Experimental Economics (GfeW, 10/2013).
Press coverage in English.
The blog GSE Focus of the Graduate School in Economics in Barcelona discusses "Teaching microeconomic principles with smartphones" by the use of classEx.
Press coverage in Spanish:
The Spanish blog nadaesgratis discusses the use of classEx for teaching.
The Blog Ekonomiaren Plaza dicusses the use of classEx for teaching,.
Press coverage is in German.
On the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2017
Bayerischer Rundfunk: Rolle der Banken vor der Krise nicht beachtet (25.08.2017).
Bayerischer Rundfunk: Lindau im Zeichen der Wirtschaftspolitik (23.08.2017).
On using experiments for school education:
WAZ:Forscher testen Wirtschaftsunterricht für Oberstufenschüler (11.07.2017)
Interview on the role of the gold standard and gold reserves
Mittelbayerische Zeitung: Goldstandard und Goldreserven (14.08.2015).
- Experimental Ethics (master seminar, 2015-2016)
- Teaching with Classroom Experiments (Ph.D. workshop, 2015-2017)
- Behavioral Game Theory (master seminar, 2012-2015)
- Advanced Macroeconomics (master tutorial, 2012-2019)
- Macroeconomics (bachelor tutorial, 2011-2019)
- Experimental Economics (master seminar, 2012-2013)
- Business Process Managment (bachelor lecture, 2009-2011)
- Information Systems (bachelor tutorial, 2006-2011)
Senator, Senat, University of Passau. Elected Representative for all Scientific Staff (Research Assistants and Ph.D. Candidates), October 2015 - August 2019
Speaker, Staff Assembly, University of Passau. Assembly of All Elected Representatives of the Scientific Staff, October 2013 - September 2017
Elected Representative , Faculty Board, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Passau, October 2013 - August 2019
Appointed Representative , Board of the Graduate Center, University of Passau, April 2012 - March 2015