2026 Simon Gächter: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	66	551	496	64	59	130	42477

Simon Gächter 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 Simon Gächter sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 130 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Simon Gächter 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 Simon Gächter sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Economics and Empirical Social Sciences

Overview

Simon Gächter is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and specializes in social sciences with a primary focus on experimental behavioral economics. Their research spans various interconnected fields including sociology and political science, safety research, economics and econometrics, general decision sciences, and social psychology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers covering decision-making processes, cooperation, and social behavior published in a range of academic journals. Notable recent publications are:

Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices (2021), published in Theory and Decision
LIONESS Lab: a free web-based platform for conducting interactive experiments online (2020), published in Journal of the Economic Science Association
Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Contextualised strong reciprocity explains selfless cooperation despite selfish intuitions and weak social heuristics (2021), published in Scientific Reports
Conforming with peers in honesty and cooperation (2022), published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Simon Gächter frequently publishes in several key academic venues, including:

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
SSRN Electronic Journal
Scientific Reports

Their research interests cover important topics that intersect economics, psychology, and social sciences. These topics include:

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Simon Gächter collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors comprising:

Chris Starmer
Fabio Tufano
Malte Baader
Lucas Molleman
Niels J. Van Doesum

Simon Gächter has been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2009 for contributions related to economics and empirical social sciences.

Best Publications

Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter

6228
Citations
Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter

4994
Citations
Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter;Simon Gächter

3875
Citations
Are people conditionally cooperative? Evidence from a public goods experiment

Urs Fischbacher;Simon Gächter;Ernst Fehr

3835
Citations
Strong Reciprocity, Human Cooperation and the Enforcement of Social Norms

Ernst Fehr;Urs Fischbacher;Simon Gächter

1895
Citations
Social Preferences, Beliefs, and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Goods Experiments

Urs Fischbacher;Simon Gächter

1753
Citations
Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device ? Experimental Evidence

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter;Georg Kirchsteiger

1708
Citations
Reciprocity and economics: The economic implications of Homo Reciprocans

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter

855
Citations
When Social Norms Overpower Competition: Gift Exchange in Experimental Labor Markets

Ernst Fehr;Erich Kirchler;Andreas Weichbold;Simon Gächter

681
Citations
Collective action as a social exchange

Simon Gächter;Ernst Fehr

671
Citations
Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices

Simon Gächter;Eric J. Johnson;Andreas Herrmann

627
Citations
Trust, voluntary cooperation, and socio-economic background: Survey and experimental evidence.

Simon Gächter;Benedikt Herrmann;Christian Thöni

623
Citations
Reputation and Reciprocity: Consequences for the Labour Relation

Simon Gächter;Armin Falk

613
Citations
The Framing of Games and the Psychology of Play

Martin Dufwenberg;Martin Dufwenberg;Simon Gächter;Heike Hennig-Schmidt

564
Citations
The effects of (incentivized) belief elicitation in public goods experiments

Simon Gächter;Simon Gächter;Elke Renner

454
Citations
A simple mechanism for the efficient provision of public goods - experimental evidence

Josef Falkinger;Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

434
Citations
Conditional cooperation: Behavioral regularities from the lab and the field and their policy implications

Simon Gächter

429
Citations
Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gachter;Georg Kirchsteiger

421
Citations
Fairness And Retaliation: The Economics Of Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter;Simon Gächter

392
Citations
Are People Conditionally Cooperative? Evidence from a Public Goods Experiment

Urs Fischbacher;Simon Gächter;Simon Gächter;Ernst Fehr

390
Citations
Behavioral Game Theory

Simon Gächter

87
Citations
Reciprocity as a contract enforcement device: experimental evidence

Georg Kirchsteiger;Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Fehr University of Zurich

Urs Fischbacher University of Konstanz

Martin Sefton University of Nottingham

Arno Riedl Maastricht University

Armin Falk University of Bonn

Andreas Herrmann RWTH Aachen University

Chris Starmer University of Nottingham

Jean-Robert Tyran University of Vienna

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Cristina Bicchieri University of Pennsylvania

External Links

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