Experiment Center
Economic experiments – be it in the lab or the field – provide a valuable method to explore the foundations, mechanisms, and implications of economic decision-making in financial contexts and institutions. Researchers at the SAFE Experiment Center use this method to study key questions, for example, in household finance, corporate governance, or financial markets. Experiments help to identify causal relations, measure “behavioral heterogeneity” (e.g., in economic preferences or beliefs), as well as assist policymakers in evaluating the effects of particular interventions and institutions.
The SAFE Experiment Center is a collaboration between the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and the Frankfurt Laboratory for Experimental Economic Research FLEX.
SAFE is pleased to have support the development of the Behavioral Measurement Toolbox (BMT), a standardized research platform that enables researchers to implement incentivized behavioral measurements through controlled decision tasks without requiring programming expertise or dedicated IT infrastructure.
Publications
| Author/s | Title | Area | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bauer, Michael Kosfeld, Ferdinand von Siemens |
Incentives, Self-Selection, and Coordination of Motivated Agents for the Production of Social Goods SAFE Working Paper No. 318 |
Financial Intermediation, Experiment Center | SAFE Working Paper | 2021 |
| Benjamin M. Abdel-Karim, Kevin Bauer, Oliver Hinz, Michael Kosfeld, Nicolas Winfried Pfeuffer |
The Economic Consequences of Algorithmic Discrimination: Theory and Empirical Evidence SAFE Working Paper No. 287 |
Financial Intermediation, Experiment Center | SAFE Working Paper | 2020 |
Research Projects
Household Finance,
Experiment Center
Household Finance,
Experiment Center
Human-AI Collaboration, Human-AI Complementarities, Non-Monetary Incentives to Work, Meta-Learners
Household Finance,
Experiment Center
Current Research Team
In this Section:
