Dr. Christian König gen. Kersting
Research Associate (PostDoc)
SOWI o.4.14
by appointment
Research
Research Interests
- Experimental and Behavioral Finance
- Decision Making for Others
- Risk and Uncertainty
Publications
Publications in Refereed Journals
- Kling, L., König-Kersting, C., and Trautmann S.T. (2022). Investment Preferences and Risk Perception: Financial Agents versus Clients. Journal of Banking & Finance, number: 106489.
- Heinicke, F., König-Kersting, C., and Schmidt, R. (2022). Injunctive vs. Descriptive Social Norms and Reference Group Dependence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 195, 199-218.
- König-Kersting, C., Trautmann, S. T., and Vlahu, R. (2022). Bank instability: Interbank linkages and the role of disclosure. Journal of Banking & Finance, 134, number: 106353.
- Trautmann, S.T., Xu, Y., König-Kersting, C., Patenaude, B. N., Harling, G., Sié, A., and Bärnighausen, T. (2021). Value of Statistical Life Year in extreme poverty: A randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso. Population Health Metrics, 19, number: 45.
- König-Kersting, C., Pollmann, M., Potters, J., and Trautmann, S.T. (2021). Good decision vs. good results: Outcome bias in the evaluation of financial agents. Theory and Decision, 90, 31-61.
- Özgümüs, A., Rau, H. A., Trautmann, S. T., and König-Kersting, C. (2020). Gender bias in the evaluation of teaching materials. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1074.
- König-Kersting, C. (2019). oTree Manager: Multi-user oTree installations made easy. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 22, 177-182.
- König-Kersting, C. and S. T. Trautmann (2018). Countercyclical Risk Aversion: Beyond Financial Professionals. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 18, 94-101.
- König-Kersting, C. and S. T. Trautmann (2016). Ambiguity Attitudes in Decisions for Others. Economics Letters, 146, 126-129.
Supplementary Analysis: König-Kersting, C. and S. T. Trautmann (2016). Test of Order Effects in Ambiguity Attitude Measurement.
Management Science, PLOS ONE, Experimental Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
Appointments and Education
Education
2014 - 2019
Doctoral Studies (Dr. rer. pol. / PhD), Heidelberg University, Germany
2012 - 2014
M.Sc. in Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany
2008 - 2012
B.Sc. in international Business Administration, Frankfurt School of Finance an Management, Germany