Academic Background:

• 05/2008 - 06/2011: Research Associate and Ph.D.-Student, Center for Interdisciplinary Economics / Institute for Organisational Economics, Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Münster
• 10/2003 - 03/2008: Studies of Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn; Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (Master of Science-Equivalent)
• 10/2002 - 09/2003: Studies of Business Administration, University Siegen

Publications:

• “Overconfidence Can Improve an Agent's Relative and Absolute Performance in Contests,” with Sandra Ludwig and Philipp Wichardt, Economics Letters, 2011, 110, 193-196
• “Dynamic Reciprocity in Teams,” with Richard Fairchild, University of Bath, 2011.
• “On the Positive Effects of Overconfident Self-Perception in Teams,” with Sandra Ludwig and Philipp Wichardt, Munich Discussion Paper No. 2011-11, 2011
• “Overconfidence and Team-Performance: An Analysis of NBA-Players’ Self-Perception,” with Hannah Geyer, Discussion Paper of the Center for Interdisciplinary Economics 4/2011, University of Münster, 2011
• “Reciprocity in Teams,” with Richard Fairchild, GEABA Discussion Paper No. 10-43, 2011
• “On Overconfidence in Teams,” Discussion Paper of the Institute for Organisational Economics 3/2010, University of Münster