Dvorak, F., Fischbacher, U. & Schmelz, K. (2024). Strategic Conformity or Anticonformity to Avoid Punishment and Attract Reward, The Economic Journal, ueae085.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae085

Schmelz, K. & Bowles, S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 119(13). March 22, 2022.

Schmelz, K. & Bowles, S. (2021). Overcoming COVID-19 vaccination resistance when alternative policies affect the dynamics of conformism, social norms and crowding-out. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 118(25).

Media coverage (selected):

– ­ARD Tagesschau
– Washington Post „Monkey Cage“
– Bloomberg Opinion
– Newsweek Japan
– Radio France Internationale
– Deutschlandfunk (DLF) „Forschung aktuell“
– The Guardian

Schmelz, K. (2021). Enforcement may crowd out voluntary support for Covid-19 policies, especially where trust in government is weak and in a liberal society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 118(1).

Media coverage (selected):

­­­- DLF „Forschung aktuell“ & „Aus Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften“
– ntv Podcast „Ja. Nein. Vielleicht.“
– F.A.Z. „Wissen – Der Podcast“
– ZDF heute
– ZEIT, Süddeutsche, Tagesschau, DIE WELT (based on dpa article)
– Internazionale
– Times of India

Schmelz, K. & Ziegelmeyer, A. (2020). Reactions to (the absence of) control and workplace arrangements: Experimental evidence from the Internet and the laboratory. Experimental Economics, 23(4), 933–960. (SM)

Rudorf, S., Baumgartner, T., Markett, S., Schmelz, K., Wiest, R., Fischbacher, U., & Knoch, D. (2018). Intrinsic connectivity networks underlying individual differences in control-averse behavior. Human Brain Mapping, 39(12), 4857-4869.

Rudorf, S., Schmelz, K., Baumgartner, T., Wiest, R., Fischbacher, U., & Knoch, D. (2018). Neural mechanisms underlying individual differences in control-averse behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(22), 5196-5208.

Ziegelmeyer, A., Schmelz, K., & Ploner, M. (2012). Hidden costs of control: Four repetitions and an extension. Experimental Economics, 15(2), 323-340.