Prof. Georg Weizsäcker Ph.D.
Foto: Sebastian Wells/OSTKREUZ
Research Interests
Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, Financial Decision Making, Game Theory, Decision TheoryJunior Career Programs in Berlin
Book
- Georg Weizsäcker (2023): Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication,
Working Papers
- Peter Haan, Lea Heursen, Jule Specht, Bruno Veltri, Georg Weizsäcker (2025): Public Appeals and Collective Crisis Mitigation
- Felix Bönisch, Tobias König, Sebastian Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Georg Weizsäcker (2025): Beliefs as a Means of Self-Control? Evidence from a Dynamic Student Survey Beliefs as a Means of Self-Control? Evidence from a Dynamic Student Survey
- Maximilian Blesch, Philipp Eisenhauer, Peter Haan, Boryana Ilieva, Annekatrin Schrenker, Georg Weizsäcker (2025): Biased Wage Expectations and Female Labor Supply
- Emanuel Vespa, Georg Weizsäcker (2023): Do we talk too much?
Online Appendix - Erik Eyster, Matthew Rabin, Georg Weizsäcker (2018): An Experiment on Social Mislearning An Experiment on Social Mislearning
Online Appendix - Georg Weizsäcker, Christian Zankiewicz (2017): Measuring applicant quality to detect discrimination in peer-to-peer lending Measuring applicant quality to detect discrimination in peer-to-peer lending
Online Appendix - Erik Eyster, Georg Weizsäcker (2016): Correlation neglect in portfolio choice: lab evidence Correlation neglect in portfolio choice: lab evidence
Online Appendix - Steffen Huck, Georg Weizsäcker (2016): Markets for leaked information Markets for leaked information
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Publications
- Peter Haan, Chen Sun, Uwe Sunde, Georg Weizsäcker (2025): Non-Additivity of Subjective Expectations over Different Time Intervals Non-Additivity of Subjective Expectations over Different Time Intervals, Forthcoming at Management Science
- Iuliia Grabova, Hedda Nielsen, Georg Weizsäcker (2025): Attempting to detect a lie: Do we think it through?, International Journal of Game Theory, 54(19)
Online AppendixInternational Journal of Game Theory 54 (19)International Journal of Game Theory 54 (19) - Peter Haan, Andreas Peichl, Annekatrin Schrenker, Georg Weizsäcker, Joachim Winter (2022): Expectation Management of Policy Leaders: Evidence from COVID-19Expectation Management of Policy Leaders: Evidence from COVID-19, Journal of Public Economics, 209, 104659
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104659
Online Appendix - Kathleen Ngangoué, Georg Weizsäcker (2021): Learning from unrealized versus realized pricesLearning from unrealized versus realized prices, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 13, 2, 174-201
DOI: 10.1257/mic.20180268
Online Appendix - Christoph Breunig, Steffen Huck, Tobias Schmidt, Georg Weizsäcker (2021): The standard portfolio choice problem in GermanyThe standard portfolio choice problem in Germany, Economic Journal, 131, 2413-2446
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Online Appendix - Christoph Breunig, Iuliia Grabova, Peter Haan, Felix Weinhardt, Georg Weizsäcker (2021): Long-run Expectations of HouseholdsLong-run Expectations of Households, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, September 2021, 100535
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Online Appendix - Nadja Dwenger, Dorothea Kübler, Georg Weizsäcker (2018): Flipping a coin: Evidence from university applicationsFlipping a coin: Evidence from university applications, Journal of Public Economics, 167, 240-250
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Online Appendix - Ludwig Ensthaler, Olga Nottmeyer, Christian Zankiewicz, Georg Weizsäcker (2018): Hidden skewness: On the difficulty of multiplicative compounding under random shocksHidden skewness: On the difficulty of multiplicative compounding under random shocks, Management Science, 64, 4, 1693-1706
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Online Appendix - Miguel Costa-Gomes, Steffen Huck, Georg Weizsäcker (2014): Beliefs and actions in the trust game: Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effectBeliefs and actions in the trust game: Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect, Games and Economic Behavior, 88, 298-309
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Online Appendix - Georg Weizsäcker (2010): Do we follow others when we should? A simple test of rational expectationsDo we follow others when we should? A simple test of rational expectations, American Economic Review, 100, 2340-2360
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Online Appendix - Matthew Rabin, Georg Weizsäcker (2009): Narrow bracketing and dominated choicesNarrow bracketing and dominated choices, American Economic Review, 99, 1508-1543
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Online Appendix - Miguel Costa-Gomes, Georg Weizsäcker (2008): Stated beliefs and play in normal form gamesStated beliefs and play in normal form games, Review of Economic Studies, 75, 729-762
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Online Appendix - Ernst Berndt, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, Heidi Williams, Georg Weizsäcker (2007): Advanced market commitments for vaccines against neglected diseases: Estimating costs and effectivenessAdvanced market commitments for vaccines against neglected diseases: Estimating costs and effectiveness, Health Economics, 16, 491-511
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Online Appendix - Dorothea Kübler, Georg Weizsäcker (2005): Are longer cascades more stable?Are longer cascades more stable?, Journal of the European Economic Association (Papers and Proceedings), 3, 330-339
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Online Appendix - John Asker, Brit Grosskopf, Nick McKinney, Muriel Niederle, Alvin Roth, Georg Weizsäcker (2004): Teaching auction strategy using experiments administered via the InternetTeaching auction strategy using experiments administered via the Internet, Journal of Economic Education, 35, 330-342
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Online Appendix - Dorothea Kübler, Georg Weizsäcker (2004): Limited depth of reasoning and failure of cascade formation in the laboratoryLimited depth of reasoning and failure of cascade formation in the laboratory, Review of Economic Studies, 71, 425-441
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Online Appendix - Dorothea Kübler, Georg Weizsäcker (2003): Information cascades in the labor marketInformation cascades in the labor market, Journal of Economics, 80, 211-229
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Online Appendix - Georg Weizsäcker (2003): Ignoring the rationality of others: Evidence from experimental normal-form gamesIgnoring the rationality of others: Evidence from experimental normal-form games, Games and Economic Behavior, 44, 145-171
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Online Appendix - Steffen Huck, Georg Weizsäcker (2002): Do players correctly estimate what others do? Evidence of conservatism in beliefsDo players correctly estimate what others do? Evidence of conservatism in beliefs, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 47, 71-85
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Online Appendix - Steffen Huck, Georg Weizsäcker (1999): Risk, complexity, and deviations from expected value maximizationRisk, complexity, and deviations from expected value maximization, Journal of Economic Psychology, 20, 699-715
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