Author

Michael J. Kurschilgen

Observed names: Kurschilgen, Michael, Michael Kurschilgen, Michael rer. pol. Kurschilgen

Observed institutions: Max Planck Society, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, UniDistance Suisse, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, Technical University of Munich, Stanford University

ORCID: 0000-0001-6109-4969

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-6109-4969

OpenAlex ID: A5068212175

First impressions are more important than early intervention: Qualifying broken windows theory in the lab

2013 · Christoph Engel, Martin Beckenkamp, et al. · International Review of Law and Economics · 31

Echo chambers and opinion dynamics explain the occurrence of vaccination hesitancy

2022 · Johannes Müller, Aurélien Tellier, et al. · Royal Society Open Science · 29

Managing expectations: How selective information affects cooperation and punishment in social dilemma games

2021 · Christoph Engel, Sebastian Kube, et al. · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 24

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The Fragility of a Nudge: the power of self-set norms to contain a social dilemma

2020 · Christoph Engel, Michael Kurschilgen · Journal of Economic Psychology · 18

Can We Manage First Impressions in Cooperation Problems? An Experimental Study on 'Broken (and Fixed) Windows'

2011 · Christoph Engel, Sebastian Kube, et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 16

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Communication is more than information sharing: The role of status-relevant knowledge

2018 · Michael Kurschilgen, Isabel Marcin · Games and Economic Behavior · 15

The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations: An Experiment

2013 · Christoph Engel, Michael Kurschilgen · American Law and Economics Review · 11

Fairness Ex Ante and Ex Post: Experimentally Testing Ex Post Judicial Intervention into Blockbuster Deals

2011 · Christoph Engel, Michael Kurschilgen · Journal of Empirical Legal Studies · 9

Moral awareness polarizes people’s fairness judgments

2023 · Michael Kurschilgen · Social Choice and Welfare · 8

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The Jurisdiction of the Man within Introspection, Identity, and Cooperation in a Public Good Experiment

2015 · Christoph Engel, Michael J. Kurschilgen · SSRN Electronic Journal · 7

Norms as obligations

2024 · Leonard Hoeft, Michael Kurschilgen, et al. · International Review of Law and Economics · 4

The Price of Identity: Overoptimism and Congruence Concerns

2023 · Kwabena Donkor, Lorenz Goette, et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 4

Internal conflict, market uniformity, and transparency in price competition between teams

2017 · Michael Kurschilgen, Alexander Morell, et al. · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 4

Property, Redistribution, and the Status Quo: A Laboratory Study

2020 · Konstantin Chatziathanasiou, Svenja Hippel, et al. · Experimental Economics · 3

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Do Rights to Resistance Discipline the Elites? An Experiment on the Threat of Overthrow

2020 · Konstantin Chatziathanasiou, Svenja Hippel, et al. · The Journal of Legal Studies · 2

Can we manage first impressions in cooperation problems? An experiment

2014 · Christoph Engel, Sebastian Kube, et al. · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2

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The 'Jurisdiction of the Man Within': Intrinsic Norms in a Public Goods Experiment

2012 · Christoph Engel, Michael J. Kurschilgen · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2

Disclosure, Agents, and Consumer Protection

2011 · Michael Kurschilgen · Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE · 2

Discretion, Productivity, and Work Satisfaction

2013 · Michael Kurschilgen · Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE · 1

The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations: Customary Law in the Lab

2012 · Christoph Engel, Michael J. Kurschilgen · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1

The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations. Customary Law in the Lab

2011 · Christoph Engel, Michael Kurschilgen · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1

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Fairness Ex Ante & Ex Post - An Experimental Test of the German 'Bestseller Paragraph'

2010 · Christoph Engel, Michael J. Kurschilgen · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1

Rotating Leadership and Coalitional Stability

2026 · Ola Andersson, Carlos Kurschilgen, et al. · CESifo

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Raising carbon footprint awareness can reduce climate-friendly behavior

2026 · Christoph Drobner, Sebastian Goerg, et al. · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)

Insights from the SwissRN Computational Reproducibility Hackathon 2025

2026 · Tom Willems, Tobias Kühlwein, et al. · F1000Research

Works count: 59

Citation count: 196

H-index: 8

I10-index: 7