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 Research

Research Interests

• Cognitive Biases
• Economic Inequality
• Environmental Economics
  
• Preferences
  

Publications

• Schwaiger, R., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Kleinlercher, D., Weitzel, U. (2022): Unequal Opportunities, Social Groups, and Redistribution. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, forthcoming.
  
  
• Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Schwaiger, R. (2022): Nudging Debtors to Pay Their Debt: Two Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 198, pp. 535-551. [Link]
  
  
• Hueber, L., Schwaiger, R. (2021): Debiasing Through Experience Sampling: The Case of Myopic Loss Aversion.
  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 198, pp. 87-138. [Link]
  
  
• Dufwenberg, M., Johansson-Stenman, O., Kirchler, M., Lindner, F., Schwaiger, R. (2022): Mean Markets or Kind Commerce?
  Journal of Public Economics, 209 (104648). [Link]
  
  
• Schwaiger, R., Hueber, L. (2021): Do MTurkers Exhibit Myopic Loss Aversion?
  Economics Letters, 209 (110137). [Link]
  
  
• Schwaiger, R., Kirchler, M., Lindner, F., Weitzel, U. (2020): Determinants of investor expectations and
  satisfaction. A study with financial professionals.
  Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 110 (103675). [Link]
  

Selected Working Papers & Work In Progress

• Bachler, S., Flecke, S. L., Schwaiger, R.: Carbon Pricing in a CRSD Context - Experimental Evidence from the U.S. 
  
  
• Flecke, S. L., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Schwaiger, R.: Nature Experiences, Pro-Environmental Behavior, and the Role of Attention Restoration.
  

 Awards, Grants and Research Funding

• Research Grant (Förderungsstipendium) for experimental research, University of Innsbruck, July 2020.
• Research Grant, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), University of Innsbruck, July 2020.
• LFUI Best Student Paper Award 2019, University of Innsbruck, September 2019.
  

  Teaching and other Activities

• PS Financial Management, 2018 – 2022.
• Co-supervision of bachelor theses, 2018 – 2021.
• Bachelor's Seminar, summer term 2021.
• Core Module Corporate Finance, MBA, Danube University Krems, 2021.
• Corporate Decision-Making and Societal Responsibility,  summer term 2022.
  
  
• Co-Organisation NOeG Annual Meeting, 2021.
  
• Participation in the Festival of Science, 2019.
  

  Selected Talks

• 02/2022 ▪ 2022 ESA Special Meeting Buenos Aires  ▪ Online
• 06/2021 ▪ Experimental Finance Conference 2021 ▪ Online
• 03/2021 ▪ 96th Annual WEAI Conference 2021 ▪ Online
• 09/2019 ▪ PhD Seminar, Johannes-Kepler-University Linz ▪ Linz, Austria
  

  Education

• 2017 – 2021 ▪ PhD in Economics, joint program of the universities of Innsbruck & Linz.
• 2015 – 2017 ▪ MSc in Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck.
• 2012 – 2015 ▪ BSc in Management and Economics, University of Innsbruck.