Tobias König
Associate professor, head of department
Department of Economics and Statistics
School of Business and Economics
I study how departures from neoclassical assumptions—such as social preferences and behavioral biases, including misperceptions and biased preferences—shape economic decision-making and inform policy design. My work combines theoretical and empirical approaches, including experimental methods.
Research Interests
Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics
Further Affiliations and Memberships
- Research Fellow Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
- CESifo Research Network Fellow
- Member of the Copenhagen Behavioural Economics Network
- Linnaeus University Centre for Equality of Opportunity and Big Data Policy Analysis
- Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Water
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2020 Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics, LNU
- 2025: Associate Professor for Economics, LNU
- 2019 Senior Lecturer, LNU
- 2013-2019 Post-Doc HU Berlin, WZB Berlin
- 2012 Post-Doc, LUH Hannover
- 2007 - 2011 Scientific assistant, LUH Hannover
Teaching
- MA level: Behavioral Economics for Economic Policy and Decision Making, Advanced Mathematical Economics, Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Public Economics
- BA level: Public Economics and the Welfare State, Microeconomics, Macroecronomics
- Phd level: Economics of Equality of Oportunity
Research
Working Papers
- with S. Schweighofer-Kodritsch and G. Weizsäcker, part of CRC TRR 190 (2018): Beliefs as a Means of Self-Control? Evidence from a Dynamic Student Survey, Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper No 123, Status: Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
- with Renke Schmacker (2023). Preferences regarding behavioral policy: Attitudes towards sugary beverage taxes in the US. Reject & Revise.
- with Dorothea Kübler, Lydia Mechtenberg and Renke Schmacker (2023): Fairness in Matching Markets: Experimental Evidence.
- with Tobias Lausen (2018): Status Effects, In-kind Transfers, and Taxes
We are accredited
The School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB. Only 6 percent of the world’s leading business schools achieve this accreditation, making us one of a few schools that are trailblasers in teaching, research, and societal impact.
My ongoing research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Goerg, S.J., Himmler, O., König, T. (2024). Norm violations and behavioral spillovers : Evidence from the lab and the field. European Economic Review. 166.
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Friedrichsen, J., König, T., Lausen, T. (2021). Social status concerns and the political economy of publicly provided private goods. Economic Journal. 131 (633). 220-246.
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Friedrichsen, J., König, T., Schmacker, R. (2018). Social image concerns and welfare take-up. Journal of Public Economics. 168 (December). 174-192.
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Cornelissen, T., Himmler, O., König, T. (2013). Fairness spillovers : the case of taxation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 90 (June). 164-180.
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König, T., Wagener, A. (2013). Tax structure and government expenditures with tax equity concerns. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 90 (June). 137-153.
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Cornelissen, T., Himmler, O., König, T. (2011). Perceived unfairness in CEO compensation and work morale. Economics Letters. 110 (1). 45-48.
Status: Published