Prof. Dr. Johannes Rincke

Chair of Economic Policy

Curriculum vitae

Johannes Rincke studied economics and Eastern European studies at Freie Universität Berlin. After graduating in 2001, he worked as a research associate at the Research Department ‘Company Taxation and Public Finance’ at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim until 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he was also a research associate at the University of Mannheim. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Göttingen in 2006.
He then worked as a research associate at the Seminar for Economic Policy at LMU Munich until 2010. In 2008 and 2009, he held positions as a visiting research fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Both visits were funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2010, he obtained his habilitation from LMU Munich. Prof. Dr. Johannes Rincke has been Chair of Economic Policy at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) since September 2010.

His research connects topics in the fields of public finance and behavioral economics. He is particularly interested in the design and execution of field experiments on individual compliance decisions (contributions to public goods, tax compliance, corruption, etc.).

Recent publications

2024

Cagala T., Glogowsky U., Rincke J., Schudy S.:
Commitment requests do not affect truth-telling in laboratory and online experiments
In: Games and Economic Behavior 143 (2024), p. 179-190
ISSN: 0899-8256
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2023.11.014

2023

Cagala T., Rincke J., Tuset Cueva A.:
What drives overhead aversion in charity? Evidence from field-experimental variation in fundraising costs
In: Oxford Economic Papers 75 (2023), p. 993-1011
ISSN: 0030-7653
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpad021
Hardt D., Nagler M., Rincke J.:
Tutoring in (online) higher education: Experimental evidence
In: Economics of Education Review 92 (2023), Article No.: 102350
ISSN: 0272-7757
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102350
Huber C., Dreber A., Huber J., Johannesson M., Kirchler M., Weitzel U., Abellán M., Adayeva X., Ay FC., Barron K., Berry Z., Bönte W., Brütt K., Bulutay M., Campos-Mercade P., Cardella E., Claassen MA., Cornelissen G., Dawson IG., Delnoij J., Demiral EE., Dimant E., Doerflinger JT., Dold M., Emery C., Fiala L., Fiedler S., Freddi E., Fries T., Gasiorowska A., Glogowsky U., M Gorny P., Gretton JD., Grohmann A., Hafenbrädl S., Handgraaf M., Hanoch Y., Hart E., Hennig M., Hudja S., Hütter M., Hyndman K., Ioannidis K., Isler O., Jeworrek S., Jolles D., Juanchich M., Kc RP., Khadjavi M., Kugler T., Li S., Lucas B., Mak V., Mechtel M., Merkle C., Meyers EA., Mollerstrom J., Nesterov A., Neyse L., Nieken P., Nussberger AM., Palumbo H., Peters K., Pirrone A., Qin X., Rahal RM., Rau HA., Rincke J., Ronzani P., Roth Y., Saral AS., Schmitz J., Schneider F., Schram A., Schudy S., Schweitzer ME., Schwieren C., Scopelliti I., Sirota M., Sonnemans J., Soraperra I., Spantig L., Steimanis I., Steinmetz J., Suetens S., Theodoropoulou A., Urbig D., Vorlaufer T., Waibel J., Woods D., Yakobi O., Yilmaz O., Zaleskiewicz T., Zeisberger S., Holzmeister F.:
Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of forty-five crowd-sourced experimental designs
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (2023), p. e2215572120
ISSN: 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215572120
Nagler M., Rincke J., Winkler E.:
High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
In: Review of Economics and Statistics (2023), p. 1-45
ISSN: 0034-6535
DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01362

2022

Hardt D., Nagler M., Rincke J.:
Can peer mentoring improve online teaching effectiveness? An RCT during the COVID-19 pandemic
In: Labour Economics 78 (2022), Article No.: 102220
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102220
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537122001075?via=ihub
(Working Paper)
Rincke J., Glogowsky U., Cagala T.:
Detecting and Preventing Cheating in Exams: Evidence from a Field Experiment
In: Journal of Human Resources (2022)
ISSN: 0022-166X
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10947r1

2021

Bittschi B., Dwenger N., Rincke J.:
Water the flowers you want to grow? Evidence on private recognition and donor loyalty
In: European Economic Review 131 (2021), Article No.: 103624
ISSN: 0014-2921
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103624

2019

Cagala T., Glogowsky U., Grimm V., Rincke J., Tuset Cueva A.:
Rent Extraction and Prosocial Behavior
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2019), p. 709-723
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.08.008
Cagala T., Glogowsky U., Rincke J.:
Content Matters: The Effects of Commitment Requests on Truth-Telling
(2019)
DOI: 10.1257/rct.6700-1.0
(Working Paper)
Cagala T., Rincke J., Tuset Cueva A.:
Does Reciprocity Shape Tax Morale? Evidence from Field-Experimental Variation in Tax Collection Costs
(2019)
(Working Paper)
Rincke J., Cagala T., Glogowsky U.:
Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating?
(2019)
DOI: 10.1257/rct.4612
(Working Paper)

2018

Cagala T., Glogowsky U., Grimm V., Rincke J.:
Public Goods Provision with Rent-Extracting Administrators
In: Economic Journal (2018)
ISSN: 0013-0133
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12614

2016

Boyer P., Dwenger N., Rincke J.:
Do Norms on Contribution Behavior Affect Intrinsic Motivation? Field-Experimental Evidence from Germany
In: Journal of Public Economics 144 (2016), p. 140-153
ISSN: 0047-2727
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.10.003
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272716301499
Dwenger N., Kleven H., Rasul I., Rincke J.:
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations for Tax Compliance: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany
In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 8 (2016), p. 203-232
ISSN: 1945-7731
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150083