Simon Gächter

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
E-mail: simon.gaechter@unisg.ch
Homepage: http://www.few.unisg.ch/

Curriculum vitae

• Since 2000 Professor of Economics, Chair of Applied Microeconomics, University of St. Gallen.

• 1999 Habilitation in Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

• 1994-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

• 1994 PhD in Economics, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Linz, Austria.

• 1992-1994 Lecturer, Economics, University of Vienna.

• 1990-1992 Postgraduate education at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Vienna.

• 1987-1990 Study of Economics and Philosophy at the University of Vienna.

• 1984-1987 Study of Economics at the University of Economics, Vienna, Austria. Study of Philosophy at the University of Vienna.

Selected Publications

• “Reputation and Reciprocity: Consequences for the Labour Relation”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 104(1), 2002, pp. 1-27 (with Armin Falk).

• “Altruistic punishment in humans”, Nature 415, 10 January 2002, pp. 137-140 (with Ernst Fehr).

• “Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity”, Journal of Economic Perspectives 14(3), Summer 2000, pp. 159-181 (with Ernst Fehr).

• “Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments”, American Economic Review 90(4), September 2000, pp. 980-994 (with Ernst Fehr).

• “Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device – Experimental Evidence”, Econometrica 64(4), July 1997, pp. 833-860 (with Ernst Fehr and Georg Kirchsteiger).

Research interests

Behavioral and experimental economics; Labour markets; Unemployment; Organizational economics; Social norms and economic behaviour; Provision of public goods; Game theory.