Research Topics

• Subjective Well-Being Research
• Behavioral Economics
• Normative Economics/Welfare Economics/Business Ethics
• Economic Methodology

Work in Progress

• “Entrepreneurial Worries: Self-Employment and Loss of Well-Being“, Working Paper, 2017
• “Enhancing Democracy: Can Civic Engagement Foster Political Participation?“, Working Paper, 2016
• “Sustainability and Subjective Well-Being”, Working Paper, 2016
• “Soft paternalism and Subjective Well-Being: How Happiness Research Could Help the Paternalist Improve Individuals’ Well-Being”, Working Paper, 2015
• “Smile or die: Can subjective well-being increase survival in the face of substantive illness conditions?“, Working Paper, 2015 (with Bünstorf, G.)