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Wie stellen sich junge Menschen die Zukunft Europas vor? Wie soll die EU im Jahr 2030 aussehen? Diesen Fragen widmen sich junge Studierende und Auszubildende bei der Denkfabrik Europa 2030 und entwickeln mit der Unterstützung von Europaexpertinnen und -experten ihre Vision von Europa 2030. Was hinter den Visionen der jungen Menschen steckt, kann beim Denkfabrik-Pitch erlebt werden. Fünf Gruppen treten mit ihrer Vision Europa 2030 gegeneinander an und geben alles, das Publikum wie auch die prominente Jury, unter anderem mit…

Program: Frontiers in Macrofinance and Financial History - Bonn This workshop is jointly funded by the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy EXC 2126 and INET (Institute for New Economic Thinking). Organizer: Moritz Schularick. For more information please contact Elin Al Zaim: elin.zaim@uni-bonn.de

Petra Nieken: „Motivation and incentives in an online labor market“ (joint work with Sebastian Fest, Ola Kvaloy, and Anja Schöttner) Abstract: In this paper, we present results from a large scale real effort experiment in an online labor market investigating the effect of performance pay and two common leadership techniques: Positive expectations and specific goals. We find that positive expectations have a significant negative effect on quantity – and no effect on quality – irrespective of how the workers are…

Anja Schöttner: „Non-Competitive Wage-Setting as a Cause of Unfriendly and Inefficient Leadership“ (joint work with Robert Dur and Ola Kvaloy) Abstract: This paper develops a simple economic model to examine how leadership styles in organizations depend on the prevailing wage-setting conditions for workers. In particular, we examine a leader who can – in addition to the use of monetary incentives – motivate a worker by adopting leadership styles that differ in their non-monetary consequences for the worker's well-being. Some leadership…

ECONtribute PhD Mini Course: Social Economics and Social Economic Networks 09:00-10:15 & 10:45-12:00  Lectures open for all PhD students and postdocs (Venue: Fakultätszimmer Juridicum) 12:00  Lunch (by invitation) 14:00-17:00  Student presentations by advanced PhD students (Venue: Institute for Microeconomics, Juridicum, 3rd floor, room 3.010) In order to apply for one of the slots for student presentations, please send an e-mail until September 25 to Sabine Burch: burch@uni-bonn.de Professor Jackson is a renowned expert in the field of social and economic…