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D-Index
47
Citations
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1545
National Ranking
48

Axel Ockenfels publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Ockenfels sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 226 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Axel Ockenfels D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Ockenfels sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Economics and Empirical Social Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Axel Ockenfels is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on economics and econometrics, safety research, management science and operations research, sociology and political science, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Economic and Social Issues
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Among Axel Ockenfels' recent papers are the following:

  • "What Motivates Paternalism? An Experimental Study," 2021, American Economic Review
  • "Market Design, Human Behavior, and Management," 2020, Management Science
  • "Focusing climate negotiations on a uniform common commitment can promote cooperation," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Pricing externalities and moral behaviour," 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • "Borrow crisis tactics to get COVID-19 supplies to where they are needed," 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Axel Ockenfels include:

  • Peter Cramton
  • Sandro Ambuehl
  • Christoph Feldhaus
  • Simon Brandkamp
  • David Malec

Their work has been published most frequently in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wirtschaftsdienst
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Management Science
  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Axel Ockenfels has received notable recognitions, including membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2021, with a citation for Economics and Empirical Social Sciences. Additionally, they became a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition

    Gary E. Bolton;Axel Ockenfels

  • Last-Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Evidence from eBay and Amazon Auctions on the Internet

    Alvin E. Roth;Axel Ockenfels

  • How Effective Are Electronic Reputation Mechanisms? An Experimental Investigation

    Gary E. Bolton;Elena Katok;Axel Ockenfels

  • Late and multiple bidding in second price Internet auctions: Theory and evidence concerning different rules for ending an auction ✩

    Axel Ockenfels;Alvin E. Roth

  • Fair Procedures: Evidence from Games Involving Lotteries*

    Gary E Bolton;Jordi Brandts;Axel Ockenfels

  • Engineering Trust: Reciprocity in the Production of Reputation Information

    Gary Bolton;Ben Greiner;Axel Ockenfels

  • AN EXPERIMENTAL SOLIDARITY GAME

    Reinhard Selten;Axel Ockenfels

  • Types and patterns: an experimental East-West-German comparison of cooperation and solidarity

    Axel Ockenfels;Joachim Weimann

  • Capacity Market Fundamentals

    Peter Cramton;Axel Ockenfels;Steven Stoft

  • Cooperation among strangers with limited information about reputation

    Gary E. Bolton;Elena Katok;Axel Ockenfels

  • An experimental analysis of ending rules in Internet auctions

    Dan Ariely;Axel Ockenfels;Alvin E. Roth

  • Economics and Design of Capacity Markets for the Power Sector

    Peter Cramton;Axel Ockenfels

  • Economics and Design of Capacity Markets for the Power Sector

    Peter Cramton;Axel Ockenfels

  • Social, Economic, and Ethical Concepts and Methods

    C. Kolstad;K. Urama;J. Broome;A. Bruvoll

  • Still different after all these years: Solidarity behavior in East and West Germany

    Jeannette Brosig-Koch;Christoph Helbach;Axel Ockenfels;Joachim Weimann

  • The timing of bids in internet auctions market design, bidder behavior, and artificial agents

    Axel Ockenfels;Alvin E. Roth

  • Bonus Payments and Reference Point Violations

    Axel Ockenfels;Dirk Sliwka;Peter Werner

  • Impulse balance equilibrium and feedback in first price auctions

    Axel Ockenfels;Reinhard Selten

  • Measuring Motivations for the Reciprocal Responses Observed in a Simple Dilemma Game

    Gary E. Bolton;Jordi Brandts;Axel Ockenfels

  • Betrayal Aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States: Comment

    Gary E. Bolton;Axel Ockenfels

  • Last Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Internet

    Alvin Roth;Axel Ockenfels

  • Economics and design of balancing power markets in Germany

    Felix Müsgens;Axel Ockenfels;Markus Peek

  • Last Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Internet

    Alvin E Roth;Axel Ockenfels;Axel Ockenfels

  • Strategy and equity: an ERC-analysis of the Gu¨th-van Damme game

    Gary E. Bolton;Axel Ockenfels

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary E. Bolton
Gary E. Bolton The University of Texas at Dallas
Alvin E. Roth
Alvin E. Roth Stanford University
Werner Güth
Werner Güth Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Peter Cramton
Peter Cramton University of Maryland, College Park
Elena Katok
Elena Katok The University of Texas at Dallas
Gregory E. Kersten
Gregory E. Kersten Concordia University
Christof Weinhardt
Christof Weinhardt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten University of Bonn
Jordi Brandts
Jordi Brandts Instituto de Análisis Económico
Nicholas R. Jennings
Nicholas R. Jennings Loughborough University

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