Rene Schwaiger, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer
Scientific Coordinator of Laboratory Operations (EconLab)
Department of Banking and Finance
+43 512 507-73019
rene.schwaiger@uibk.ac.at
o.4.10 (SOWI)
By appointment
Research Visits
October 2026–February 2027
Chulalongkorn Business School (Bangkok), HKUST Business School and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Stanford University and Columbia Business School (New York).
Back in Innsbruck from 1 March 2027.
Research Interests
- Metascience and Crowd Science
- Environmental Economics
- Behavior under Risk
- Preferences
Selected Publications
The Consequences of Narrow Framing for Risk Taking: A Stress Test of Myopic Loss Aversion.
Management Science · 2026, 72(2), 1324–1340 · JIF 2025: 5.7
Schwaiger, R., Strucks, M., Zeisberger, S.
Article
Fifty-five Crowd-Sourced Designs Assessing Carbon Pricing Support.
Nature Human Behaviour · 2026 · JIF 2025: 17.5
Holzknecht, A.*, Schwaiger, R.*, Blanco, E., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., et al.
Accepted for publication. * Shared first authorship.
Manuscript
Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market.
Nature Human Behaviour · 2025, 9, 316–330 · JIF 2025: 17.5
Holzmeister, F., Johannesson, M., Camerer, C. F., …, Schwaiger, R., …, Dreber, A.
Article
The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations.
PNAS · 2026, 123(12), e2504632123 · JIF 2025: 9.5
Malthouse, E., Pilgrim, C., Sgroi, D., …, Schwaiger, R., …, Hills, T.
Article
Nature Experiences and Pro-Environmental Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of Environmental Psychology · 2024, 99, 102383 · JIF 2025: 7.3
Flecke, S. L., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Schwaiger, R.
Article
Mean Markets or Kind Commerce?
Journal of Public Economics · 2022, 209, 104648 · JIF 2025: 3.2
Dufwenberg, M., Johansson-Stenman, O., Kirchler, M., Lindner, F., Schwaiger, R.
Article
Journal Impact Factors: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports 2026, based on 2025 data. Long author lists have been abbreviated.
My complete publication list and CV are available on my personal website.