Jag studerar hur sociala preferenser och beteendemässiga bias, inklusive feluppfattningar och snedvridna preferenser, påverkar ekonomiskt beteende och ekonomisk politik. Min forskning kombinerar teoretiska och empiriska angreppssätt, inklusive experimentella metoder.
Forskningsintressen
Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics
Affilieringar och medlemskap
- 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
Undervisning
- 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
Forskning
Working Papers
- with S. Schweighofer-Kodritsch and G. Weizsäcker (2024), CESifo Working Paper No. 10984, 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
Vi är kvalitetscertifierade
Ekonomihögskolan och Linnéuniversitetet är ackrediterade av The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB. Endast 6 procent av världens främsta ekonomihögskolor uppnår denna ackreditering, vilket gör oss till en av få skolor som är banbrytande inom utbildning, forskning och samhällsnytta.
Mina pågående forskningsprojekt
Publikationer
Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
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Bönisch, F., König, T., Schweighofer-Kodritsch, S., Weizsäcker, G. (2026). Beliefs as a means of self-control? Evidence from a dynamic student survey. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 184.
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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: Publicerad