Elke Renner

Contact

• workRoom B43 Sir Clive Granger Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15399
• fax0115 95 14159
• elke.renner@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Elke joined the School in December 2003 after graduating from Bonn (Dipl.-Volkswirt) and working as a Research Associate at the University of Erfurt where she also completed her Ph.D. Her research interests lie in the area of behavioural and experimental economics, game theory and organization theory. Her work on the design of efficient economic organisations has focused on microfinance institutions and corruption behaviour. Current projects include cooperation problems and leadership. She has published in journals including Science, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

Elke's complete CV can be downloaded here in pdf format.

Recent Publications

• GACHTER, SIMON and RENNER, ELKE, 2018. Leaders as role models and 'belief managers' in social dilemmas JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION. 154, 321-334
• RALPH-C. BAYER, ELKE RENNER and RUPERT SAUSGRUBER, 2013. Confusion and Learning in the Voluntary Contributions Game Experimental Economics. 16(4), 478-496
• FALLUCCHI, F., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2013. Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games European Economic Review. 64(November), 223-240
• GÄCHTER, S., NOSENZO, D., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2012. Who makes a good leader?: cooperativeness, optimism and leading-by-example Economic Inquiry. 50(4), 953-967

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• GACHTER, SIMON and RENNER, ELKE, 2018. Leaders as role models and 'belief managers' in social dilemmas JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION. 154, 321-334
• RALPH-C. BAYER, ELKE RENNER and RUPERT SAUSGRUBER, 2013. Confusion and Learning in the Voluntary Contributions Game Experimental Economics. 16(4), 478-496
• FALLUCCHI, F., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2013. Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games European Economic Review. 64(November), 223-240
• GÄCHTER, S., NOSENZO, D., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2012. Who makes a good leader?: cooperativeness, optimism and leading-by-example Economic Inquiry. 50(4), 953-967
• STEVEN J. HUMPHREY AND ELKE RENNER, 2011. The social costs of responsibility CeDEx discussion paper 2011-02.
• GÄCHTER, S. and RENNER, E., 2010. The effects of (incentivized) belief elicitation in public goods experiments Experimental Economics. 13(3), 364-377
• GÄCHTER, S., NOSENZO, D., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2010. Sequential vs. simultaneous contributions to public goods: experimental evidence Journal of Public Economics. 94(7-8), 515-522
• GÄCHTER, S., ORZEN, H., RENNER, E. and STARMER, C., 2009. Are experimental economists prone to framing effects?: a natural field experiment Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 70(3), 443-446
• GÄCHTER, S., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2008. The long-run benefits of punishment Science. 322(5907), 1510
• ABBINK, K., IRLENBUSCH, B. and RENNER, E., 2006. Group size and social ties in microfinance institutions Economic Inquiry. 44(4), 614-628
• ABBINK, K., IRLENBUSCH, B. and RENNER, E., 2006. Interest rates in group lending: a behavioural investigation Pacific Economic Review. 11(2), 185-199
• RENNER, E. and TYRAN, J.R., 2004. Price rigidity in customer markets Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 55(4), 575-593
• RENNER, ELKE, 2004. Wie lässt sich Korruption wirksam bekämpfen? Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung. 73, 292-300
• ABBINK, K., IRLENBUSCH, B. and RENNER, E., 2002. An experimental bribery game Journal of Law, Economics & Organization. 18(2), 428-454
• ABBINK, K. and IRLENBUSCH B. AND RENNER E., 2000. The moonlighting game Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. VOL 42(NUMBER 2), 265-277
• JOST, PETER-J. AND ELKE RENNER, 2000. Experimentelle Didaktik in wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Studiengängen Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft: Ergänzungsheft 3/2000. 179-189 (In Press.)