Georg Kirchsteiger is a Professor of Microeconomics at the ECARES, SBS-EM, ULB. He received his PhD from the University of Vienna in 1993. Before he moved to Brussels, he worked at the universities of Vienna, Tilburg, and Maastricht. His research interests are in the fields of behavioral economics, experimental economics, game theory, and industrial economics. He published in leading journals in economics like Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Review of Economic Studies. In 2000, he received the Hicks-Tinbergen Medal of the European Economic Association (with Ernst Fehr and Arno Riedl). He teaches graduate microeconomics, behavioral economics, and game theory.
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- Director of ECARES, Université libre de Bruxelles (since 2021)
- Member of the Bureau of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Université libre de Bruxelles (2011-2017, again since 2020)
- Member of the Research Committee of SBS-EM, Université libre de Bruxelles (since 2020)
- Member of the Coordination Pedagogique of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Université libre de Bruxelles (2015-2018)
- Vice-dean of Research of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Université libre de Bruxelles (2011-2017)
- Chair of the Research Committee of SBS-EM, Université libre de Bruxelles (2011-2017)
- Member of Scientific Council of CentER Tilburg (2019-2022)
- Regional consultant (2008-2013) and Chairperson (2009-2013) of the European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society
- Member of the European Standing Committee of the Econometric Society (2009-2013)
- Member of the Program Committee of the European Meeting of the Econometric Society (2012)
- Member of the Program Committee of the Meeting of the European Economic Association (2003, 2005, 2019)
- ECON-S519 Graduate Microeconomics III
- ECON-S513 Behavioral Economics
- ECON-S510 Graduate Microeconomics I
- ECON-S412 Game Theory with Applications to Economics
- Alós-Ferrer C., Kirchsteiger, G., & Buckenmaier, J. (2021). Do Traders Learn to Select Efficient Market Institutions? Experimental Economics. doi.org/10.1007/s10683-021-09710-1
- Dufwenberg, M., Heidhues, P., Kirchsteiger, G., Riedel, F., & Sobel, J. (2011). Other-regarding preferences in general equilibrium. Review of Economic Studies, 78(2), 613-639. doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdq026
- Dufwenberg, M., & Kirchsteiger, G. (2004). A theory of sequential reciprocity. Games and Economic Behavior, 47(6), 268-298. doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2003.06.003
- Fehr, E., Gächter, S., & Kirchsteiger, G. (1997). Reciprocity as a contract enforcement device: Experimental evidence. Econometrica, 65(4), 833-860. doi.org/10.2307/2171941
- Fehr, E., Kirchsteiger, G., & Riedl, A. (1993). Does fairness prevent market clearing? An experimental investigation. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108(2), 437-459. doi.org/10.2307/2118338
- Hicks-Tinbergen Medal 2000 (with Ernst Fehr and Arno Riedl), awarded by the European Economic Association
- Member of the SH5 Panel (Economics and Law) of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS (2016-2018)
- Member of the SH1 Panel (Markets, individuals, and institutions) for the Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (2012/13, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2018/19)