Wer ist am MELESSA-Programm beteiligt?

Die Verknüpfung verschiedener Fachgebiete fördert den fakultätsübergreifenden Austausch der Wissenschaftler und ermöglicht innovative Forschung auf hohem Niveau.

MELESSA wurde im Rahmen der Exzellenzinitiative von 19 Professor:innen aus fünf verschiedenen Fakultäten der LMU München unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Schmidt (VWL) gegründet. Das Labor wurde im Januar 2008 in Betrieb genommen.

Durch die Verknüpfung der unterschiedlichen Fachgebiete werden der fakultätsübergreifende Austausch der Wissenschaftler und die innovative Forschung gezielt gefördert. Eine solch starke Beteiligung unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen an einem Labor bietet beste Voraussetzungen für vielseitige Forschung auf hohem Niveau.

Das Labor besteht aus mehreren Laborräumen. Im klimatisierten großen Laborraum befindet sich ein fest installiertes Netzwerk von 25 Rechnern. Zwei weitere Räume dienen zur Durchführung von Audio-, Video- und Gruppenexperimenten. Zusätzlich gibt es 25 Tablets, die auch für mobile Experimente außerhalb des Labors genutzt werden können. Mit dieser Ausstattung gehört MELESSA zu den modernsten Experimentallaboren Deutschlands.

Beteiligte Lehrstühle und Einrichtungen

Durch das Forschungslabor ermöglichte Publikationen

  • Kapetaniou, G. E., Vural, G., & Soutschek, A. (2025). Frontoparietal theta stimulation causally links working memory with impulsive decision making. Cortex, 185, 240–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2025.02.012
  • Mengel, F., Grimm, V., & Zhou, X. (2025). The impact of social identity for social learning and the dynamics of opinions. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=5280340
  • Englmaier, F., Grimm, S., Grothe, D., Schindler, D., & Schudy, S. (2024). The effect of incentives in non-routine analytical team tasks. Journal of Political Economy, 132(8), 2695–2747. https://doi.org/10.1086/729443
  • Reichel, F. J. (2024). Communication and social norms: Experimental evidence on beliefs and behavior (Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). LMU München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät. https://doi.org/10.5282/edoc.XXXX
  • Reichel, F. (2024). What’s in a name? The breadth of moral labels. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4830673
  • Soutschek, A., & Wittekind, C. E. (2024). Lower motivation for rewarded mental effort in tobacco dependence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(5), 615–623. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000726

  • Balbaa, M., & Worch, M. (2023). Sustainability, prices and emotions (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4563467). SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4563467
  • Kapetaniou, G. E., Deroy, O. & Soutschek, A. (2023). Social metacognition drives willingness to commit. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-67483-001.html
  • Ziegler, A. (2023). Persuading an audience: Testing information design in the laboratory (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2023-048/I). Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282861
  • Back, C., Morana, S., & Spann, M. (2021). Do robo-advisors make us better investors? Working Paper.
  • https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/233499/1/1755397119.pdf
  • Berndt, M., Schmidt, F. M., Sailer, M., & Fischer, F. (2021). Investigating statistical literacy and scientific reasoning & argumentation in medical-, social sciences-, and economics students. Learning and Individual Differences, 90, 102038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2021.102038
  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Fischer, J. A., Heinze, J., & Fischer, D. (2021). Group-level integrative complexity: Enhancing differentiation and integration in group decision-making. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(1), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219892698
  • Furtner, N. C., Kocher, M., Martinsson, P., Matzat, D., & Wollbrant, C. (2021). Gender and cooperative preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 181, 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.11.030
  • Grosch, M. (2021). Metabolic brain connectivity after acute unilateral vestibulopathy: Longitudinal analysis and single subject classification in the rat [Doctoral dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]. LMU Munich Institutional Repository. https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28874/7/Grosch_Maximilian.pdf
  • Grimm, S., Kocher, M. G., Krawczyk, M., & Le Lec, F. (2021). Sharing or gambling? On risk attitudes in social contexts. Experimental Economics, 24(4), 1253–1279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09690-8
  • Guber, R., Kocher, M. G., & Winter, J. (2021). Does having insurance change individuals' self-confidence? Journal of Risk and Insurance, 88(2), 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.1231
  • Kapetaniou, G., Reinhard, M. A., Christian, P., Jobst, A., Tobler, P. N., Padberg, F., & Soutschek, A. (2021). The role of oxytocin in delay of gratification and flexibility in non-social decision making. eLife, 10, e61844. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61844
  • Karmeliuk, M. (2021). Team behavior in auctions, reciprocity on markets, and gender bias in student evaluations of teachers [Doctoral dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]. LMU Munich Institutional Repository. https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27453/1/Karmeliuk_Maria.pdf
  • Knoller, C., Neuß, S., & Peter, R. (2021). How social preferences provide effort incentives in situations of financial support. PLOS ONE, 16(1), 183–205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244972
  • Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2021). Gender differences in face-to-face deceptive behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 187, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.03.026
  • Reinhard, M. A., Kapetaniou, G. E., Christian, P., Jobst, A., & Derntl, B. (2021). The role of oxytocin in delay of gratification and flexibility in non-social decision making. eLife, 10, e61844. https://elifesciences.org/articles/61844
  • Schmidt, K. M., & Ockenfels, A. (2021). Focusing climate negotiations on a uniform common commitment can promote cooperation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013070118
  • Schindler, D., & Westcott, M. (2021). Shocking racial attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe. The Review of Economic Studies, 88(1), 489–520. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa039

  • Kugler, K. G., & Coleman, P. T. (2020). Get Complicated: The Effects of Complexity on Conversations over Potentially Intractable Moral Conflicts. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 13(3), 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12192
  • Litterscheidt, R., & Streich, D. (2020). Financial education and digital asset management: What's in the black box?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 87, 101573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101573
  • Batrancea, L. et al. (2019). Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 74, 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102191
  • Cagala, T., Glogowsky, U., Grimm, V., Rincke, J., & Tuset-Cueva, A. (2019). Rent extraction and prosocial behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 166, 709-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.08.008
  • Doyle, L., & Schindler, D. (2019). μCap: connecting FaceReaderTM to z-Tree. Journal of the Economic Science Association 5(1), 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-019-00065-1
  • Grimm, S. (2019). Effects of choice observability on risk taking: The role of norms. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 80, 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.03.003
  • Grimm, S., & Klimm, F. (2019). Blaming the refugees? Experimental evidence on responsibility attribution. Journal of Economic Psychology, 72, 156-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.03.004
  • Klimm, F. (2019). Suspicious success - Cheating, inequality acceptance, and political preferences. European Economic Review, 117, 36-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.04.008
  • Klimm, F., & Loipersberger, F. (2019). Choice as justification for dishonesty. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 81, 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.06.006
  • Kocher, M, Lucks, K.E., & Schindler, D. (2019). Unleashing Animal Spirits: Self-Control and Overpricing in Experimental Asset Markets. The Review of Financial Studies, 32(6), 2149–2178. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhy109
  • Martinsson, P., Persson, E. (2019). Physician behavior and conditional altruism: the effects of payment system and uncertain health benefit. Theory Decis 87, 365–387 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-019-09714-7
  • Schwardmann P., & van der Weele J. (2019). Deception and self-deception. Nature Human Behaviour, 3, 1055–1061. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0666-7
  • Dwenger, N., & Lohse, T. (2018). Do individuals successfully cover up their lies? Evidence from a compliance experiment. Journal of Economic Psychology, 71, 74-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.08.007
  • Fiederling, K., Schiller, J., & von Bieberstein, F. (2018). Can we Trust Consumers' Survey Answers when Dealing with Insurance Fraud? Schmalenbach Business Review, 70(2), 111-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41464-017-0041-z
  • Hartmann, F. G. H., & Schreck, P. (2018). Rankings, Performance, and Sabotage: The Moderating Effects of Target Setting. European Accounting Review, 27(2), 363-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2016.1244015
  • Kocher, M. G., Lahno, A. M., & Trautmann, S. T. (2018). Ambiguity aversion is not universal. European Economic Review, 101, 268-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.016
  • Kocher, M. G., Schudy, S., & Spantig, L. (2018). I lie? We lie! Why? Experimental evidence on a dishonesty shift in groups. Management Science, 64(9): 3971-4470. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2800
  • Kocher, M. G., Tan, F., & Yu, J. (2018). Providing global public goods: Electoral delegation and cooperation. Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 381-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12482
  • Kocher, M., Schindler, D., S. Trautmann T., & Xu, Y. (2018). Risk, Time Pressure, and Selection Effects. Experimental Economics, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-018-9576-1
  • Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A., Kaschner, T., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2018). Gender differences in the initiation of negotiations: A meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 144(2), 198. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000135
  • Kuhn, T., Solaz, H., & van Elsas, E. J. (2018). Practising what you preach: how cosmopolitanism promotes willingness to redistribute across the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(12), 1759-1778. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1370005
  • Kurz, V., Orland, A., & Posadzy, K. (2018). Fairness versus efficiency: how procedural fairness concerns affect coordination. Experimental economics, 21(3), 601-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9540-5
  • Maier, M. A., Dechamps, M. C., & Pflitsch, M. (2018). Intentional observer effects on quantum randomness: a Bayesian analysis reveals evidence against micro-psychokinesis. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 379. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00379
  • Pachler, D., Kuonath, A. , Specht, J., Kennecke, S., Agthe, M., & Frey, D. (2018). Workflow Interruptions and Employee Work Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Polychronicity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(3), 417-427. http://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000094
  • Bieberstein, F., & Schiller, J. (2018). Contract design and insurance fraud: an experimental investigation. Review of Managerial Science, 12(3), 711-736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-017-0228-1
  • Aydogan, G., Jobst, A., D'Ardenne, K., Müller, N., & Kocher, M. G. (2017). The Detrimental Effects of Oxytocin-Induced Conformity on Dishonesty in Competition. Psychological Science, 28(6), 751-759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617695100
  • Autumn, L., Konrad, K. A., & Morath, F. (2017). Balance of power and the propensity of conflict. Games and Economic Behavior, 103, 168-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013
  • Herbst, L., Morath, F., & Konrad, K.A. (2017). Balance of power and the propensity of conflict. Games and Economic Behavior, 103, 168-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2015.12.013
  • Jaspersen, J., & Aseervatham, V. (2017). The Influence of Affect on Heuristic Thinking in Insurance Demand. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 84(1), 239-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12088
  • Kocher, M. G., Martinsson, P., Myrseth, K. O. R., & Wollbrant, C. E. (2017). Strong, bold, and kind: Self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas. Experimental Economics, 20(1), 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-015-9475-7
  • Kocher, M. G., Poulsen, O., & Zizzo, D. J. (2017). Social preferences, accountability, and wage bargaining. Social Choice and Welfare, 48(3), 659-678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-017-1028-x
  • Konrad, K. A., Lohse, T., & Qari, S. (2017). Compliance with endogenous audit probabilities. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 821-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12182
  • Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Buyer and seller data from pay what you want and name your own price laboratory markets. Data in brief, 12, 513-517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.04.049
  • Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Delegating pricing power to customers: Pay what you want or name your own price?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 136, 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019
  • Krämer, F., Schmidt, K. M., Spann, M., & Stich, L. (2017). Delegating pricing power to customers: Pay what you want or name your own price?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 136, 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.019
  • Lindner, F., & Rose, J. (2017). No need for more time: Intertemporal allocation decisions under time pressure. Journal of Economic Psychology, 60, 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2016.12.004
  • Ludwig, S., Fellner-Röhling, G., & Thoma, C. (2017). Do Women Have More Shame than Men? An Experiment on Self-Assessment and the Shame of Overestimating Oneself. European Economic Review, 92, 31-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.11.007
  • Malmendier, U., & Schmidt, K. M. (2017). You owe me. American Economic Review, 107(2), 493-526. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140890
  • Schmidt, K. M., Fey, L., & Thoma, C. (2017). Competition and incentives. European Economic Review, 98, 111-125. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.06.012
  • Schumacher, H., Kesternich, I., Kosfeld, M., & Winter, J. (2017). One, two, many—Insensitivity to group size in games with concentrated benefits and dispersed costs. The Review of Economic Studies, 84(3), 1346-1377.https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdw043

  • Aydin, N., Krueger, J., Fischer, J., Hahn, D., Frey, D., Kastenmüller, A., & Fischer, P. (2012). A man`s best friend: How the presence of a dog decreases mental distress after social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 446-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.011
  • Bartling, B., Fehr, E., & Schmidt, K. M. (2012). Screening, competition, and job design: Economic origins of good jobs. American Economic Review, 102(2), 834-64 http://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.2.834
  • Houser, D., Vetter, S., & Winter, J. (2012). Fairness and cheating. European Economic Review, 56(8), 1645-1655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.08.001
  • Pahlke, J., Strasser, S. & Vieider, F. M. (2012). Risk-taking for others under accountability. Economics Letters, 114(1), 102-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.037
  • Vieider, F. M. (2012). Moderate stake variations for risk and uncertainty, gains and losses: methodological implications for comparative studies. Economics Letters, 117(3), 718-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.028
  • Fiedler, M., Haruvy, E., & Li, S. X. (2011). Social distance in a virtual world experiment. Games and Economic Behavior, 72(2), 400-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2010.09.004
  • Faulmüller, N., Kerschreiter, R., Mojzisch, A., & Schulz-Hardt, S. (2010). Beyond group-level explanations for the failure of groups to solve hidden profiles: The individual preference effect revisited. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13, 653-671. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430210369143
  • Lammers, F., & Schiller J. (2010). Influencing factors for fraudulent behavior of policyholders: first experimental findings. Journal for the entire insurance industry, 99, 649-663. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12297-010-0097-z
  • Fiedler, M., & Haruvy E. (2009). The lab versus the virtual lab and virtual field - An experimental investigation of trust games with communication. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 72(2) , 716-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.07.013

Vorstandssprecher

Klaus Schmidt
Klaus Schmidt

Professor

Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Contract Theory, Industrial Organisation, Mechanism Design

Stellvertretender Vorstandssprecher

Joachim Winter
Joachim Winter

Professor

Health Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Econometrics

Vorstandsmitglieder anderer Fakultäten

Fakultät für Psychologie und Pädagogik
Prof. Dr. Felix C. Brodbeck
+49 89 2180-5201
brodbeck@psy.lmu.de
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Ophelia Deroy
ophelia.deroy@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Prof. Dr. Martin Spann
+49 89 2180-72051
spann@lmu.de

Laborleitung

Dominik Grothe
Dr. Dominik Grothe

Verwaltungsteam

Leitung Forschungsverwaltung & Experimentallabor MELESSA

Organizational, Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Als Hiwi im MELESSA-Team

Als Hiwi bei MELESSA hat man die Chance sich aktiv an wissenschaftlicher Forschung zu beteiligen und von der Erfahrung von Experimentatoren aus verschiedenen Fachbereichen zu lernen. Zu den zentralen Aufgaben gehört die Rekrutierung und Verwaltung von Teilnehmern, sowie ein reibungsloser Ablauf der Experimente. Dabei wird man stets von der Leitung des Labors und erfahrenen Hiwis vorbereitet und unterstützt. Bei den regelmäßigen „Hiwi-Treffen“ kann man Probleme und neue Ideen zur Verbesserung ansprechen und als Team das Labor weiterentwickeln. Der freundliche Lehrstuhl von MELESSA und die vielfältige Arbeit schaffen eine professionelle und positive Atmosphäre, die persönliche und berufliche Weiterentwicklung zulässt und wertvolle Einblicke in die Wissenschaft für Studierende ermöglicht.

Unsere studentische Hilfskräfte
Azizullah, Sultan
Baier, Julian
Berthold, Eva
Böck, Jonas
Ye, Gelan
Kontakt
Telefon: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 9729
E-Mail: hiwis.melessa@econ.lmu.de
Besucheradresse:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
MELESSA - Munich Experimental Laboratory for Economic and Social Sciences
Giselastr. 10 (1. Stock)
80802 München Raum: 110