What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Microeconomics
His primary areas of investigation include Public good, Social psychology, Microeconomics, Punishment and Incentive.
His Public good research focuses on Public goods game in particular.
His work deals with themes such as Helpfulness and Third-party punishment, which intersect with Public goods game.
His work in the fields of Social psychology, such as Reciprocity, overlaps with other areas such as Cooperative behavior.
His Microeconomics research incorporates elements of Mechanism and Involuntary unemployment.
His Incentive study combines topics in areas such as Belief elicitation, Public sector, Behavioral economics and Simple.
His most cited work include:
- Altruistic punishment in humans. (3640 citations)
- Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments (2827 citations)
- Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity (2294 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Simon Gächter spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Microeconomics, Public good, Incentive and Free riding.
His Social psychology study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Public goods game.
His Microeconomics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Reciprocity and Simple.
His Reciprocity research focuses on subjects like Strong reciprocity, which are linked to Reciprocal altruism.
His work on Free rider problem is typically connected to Test and Turnover as part of general Public good study, connecting several disciplines of science.
His Free riding study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Preference.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (50.54%)
- Microeconomics (36.56%)
- Public good (29.57%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Social psychology (50.54%)
- Norm (6.99%)
- Public good (29.57%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Social psychology, Norm, Public good, Punishment and Public goods game.
His Social dilemma, Peer effects and Compliance study in the realm of Social psychology interacts with subjects such as Corruption.
His Public good study incorporates themes from Endowment, Interdependence, Public economics and Demographic economics.
His studies link Free riding with Punishment.
The various areas that Simon Gächter examines in his Free riding study include Anger and Empirical research.
Simon Gächter combines subjects such as Strong reciprocity, Categorization, Betrayal, Dropout and Data science with his study of Public goods game.
Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Intrinsic honesty and the prevalence of rule violations across societies (159 citations)
- Conducting interactive experiments online (79 citations)
- Conducting interactive experiments online (79 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Microeconomics
Simon Gächter mainly investigates Social psychology, Public good, Punishment, Public goods game and Social preferences.
The Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Game theory and Status quo.
His research integrates issues of Endowment, Interdependence and Public economics in his study of Public good.
His research in Punishment intersects with topics in Free riding and Demographic economics.
His Public goods game research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Dropout and Data science.
His Social preferences study incorporates themes from Social influence, Strong reciprocity, Norm and Prosocial behavior.
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