By Professor Andreas Ortmann

Journal articles

Meardon SJ; Ortmann A, 1996, 'Self-command in Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments: A game-theoretic reinterpretation', Rationality and Society, 8, pp. 57 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104346396008001003

Meardon SJ; Ortmann A, 1996, 'Yes, Adam Smith was an Economist (A Very Modern One Indeed): Reply to Brown', Rationality and Society, 8, pp. 348 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104346396008003007

Van Huyck J; Battalio R; Mathur S; Van Huyck P; Ortmann A, 1995, 'On the origin of convention: Evidence from symmetric bargaining games', International Journal of Game Theory, 24, pp. 187 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01240042

Conference Papers

Krajcova J; Ortmann A, 2017, 'EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON POORLY DESIGNED MODERATE LENIENCY PROGRAMS', in Bolcha P (ed.), ANTICORRUPTION & FRAUD: DETECTION & MEASUREMENT, ANGLO-AMER UNIV, CZECH REPUBLIC, Anglo American Univ, Prague, pp. 6 - 39, presented at International Conference on Anticorruption and Fraud - Detection and Measurement, CZECH REPUBLIC, Anglo American Univ, Prague, 07 April 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000588194600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Keller E; Botha W; Ortmann A; Jorm LR; Chambers GM, 2020, 'PIH2 Does Fertility Treatment Provide Good VALUE for Money? a Cost-Benefit Analysis', in Value in Health Regional Issues, Elsevier BV, Vol. 22, pp. S44 - S44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2020.07.229

Working Papers

Bateman H; Dobrescu I; Newell B; Ortmann A; Thorp S, 2016, Flicking the Switch: How Prescribed Disclosures Drive Retirement Plan Choice, http://dx.doi.org, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2783113

Ortmann A, 2010, ‘The Way in Which an Experiment Is Conducted Is Unbelievably Important’: On the Experimentation Practices of Economists and Psychologists, Pabst Verlag, Lengerich, CESifo working paper No. 2887, http://dx.doi.orghttp://ssrn.com/abstract=1532680

Ortmann A; Prokosheva A; Rydval O; Hertwig R, 2007, Valuing A Risky Prospect Less Than Its Worst Outcome: Uncertainty Effect or Task Ambiguity?, http://dx.doi.orghttp://home.cerge-ei.cz/ortmann/TrentoCourse/Wp334_AOSPORRH_Uncertainty_reexamination.pdf

Preprints

Fidanoski F; Dixir V; Ortmann A, 2023, Can a single model account for both risky choices and inter-temporal choices? Testing the assumptions underlying models of risky-intertemporal choice: A conceptual replication, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9a5h3

Ortmann A, 'It Could, and Maybe Should, Have Been Our Finest Hour. It Hasn’t Been That.' On the Economics of Pandemics, (Some) Economists Losing Their Trade-Off Marbles, and the Dire Consequences, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3908838

Ortmann A; Slobodyan S, (The Evolution of) Post-Secondary Education: A Computational Model and Experiments, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1488828

Spiliopoulos L; Ortmann A; Zhang L, A Process Analysis of Heuristic Use in Games Under Time Constraints, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2620163

Zhang L; Ortmann A, A Reproduction and Replication of Engel's Meta-Study of Dictator Game Experiments, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2171064

Ortmann A; Walraevens B, Adam Smith's Reasoning Routines and The Deep Structure of His Oeuvre, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3992914

Ortmann A; Walraevens B, Adam Smith’s Rhetorical Strategy in The Wealth of Nations against the Commercial System of Great Britain, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3300236

Ryvkin D; Krajc M; Ortmann A, Are the Unskilled Doomed to Remain Unaware? [The Extended Version], , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1578474

Krajc M; Ortmann A, Are the Unskilled Really that Unaware? An Alternative Explanation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1114332

Bateman H; Dobrescu LI; Newell B; Ortmann A; Thorp S, As Easy as Pie: How Retirement Savers Use Prescribed Investment Disclosures, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2227801

Ortmann A, Bertrand Price Undercutting: A Brief Classroom Demonstration, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1499870

Ortmann A, Bertrand Price Undercutting: A Brief Classroom Demonstration, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.317865

Fidanoski F; Dixit V; Ortmann A, Can a Single Model Account for Both Risky Choices and Inter-Temporal Choices? Testing the Assumptions Underlying Models of Risky-Intertemporal Choice: A Conceptual Replication, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4393036

Svitkova K; Ortmann A, Certification as a Viable Quality Assurance Mechanism: Theory and Suggestive Evidence, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1147716

Devetag GM; Ortmann A, Classic Coordination Failures Revisited: The Effects of Deviation Costs and Loss Avoidance, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.964156

Ortmann A; Ryvkin D; Wilkening TS; Zhang J, Defaults with Misaligned Incentives: The Role of Cognitive Effort, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3992194

Wong J; Ortmann A, Do Donors Care about the Price of Giving? A Review of the Evidence, with some Theory to Organize It, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2323059

Ortmann A; Spiliopoulos L, Ecological Rationality and Economics: Where the Twain Shall Meet, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4317498

Ortmann A, Episodes from the Early History of Experimentation in Economics, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2368596

Bortolotti S; Devetag GM; Ortmann A, Exploring the Effects of Real Effort in a Weak-Link Experiment, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1355444

Zhang L; Ortmann A, Exploring the Meaning of Significance in Experimental Economics, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2356018

Babicky V; Ortmann A; Van Koten S, Fairness in Risky Environments: Theory and Evidence, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1692333

Bateman H; Newell B; Thorp S, Flicking the Switch: How Fee and Return Disclosures Drive Retirement Plan Choice, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2783113

Rydval O; Ortmann A; Prokosheva S; Hertwig R, How Certain is the Uncertainty Effect?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1447365

Blavatskyy P; Ortmann A; Panchenko V, How Common Is the Common-Ratio Effect?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3641566

Shen P; Ortmann A; Betz R, How Rewards Enhance Truthful Reporting: An Experimental Analysis, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3159737

Shen P; Betz R; Ortmann A; Gong R, Improving Truthful Reporting of Polluting Firms by Rotating Inspectors: Experimental Evidence from a Bribery Game, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3492819

Bateman H; Deetlefs J; Dobrescu L; Newell B; Ortmann A; Thorp S, Just Interested or Getting Involved? An Analysis of Superannuation Attitudes and Actions, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2340824

Rydval O; Ortmann A, Loss Avoidance as Selection Principle: Evidence from Simple Stag-Hunt Games, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.849168

Spiliopoulos L; Ortmann A, Model Comparisons Using Prediction Tournaments: Likes and 'Dislikes', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2103712

Ortmann A; Hertwig R, Monetary Incentives: Usually Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1129845

Deetlefs J; Chylinski M; Ortmann A, MTurk Unscrubbedd: Exploring the Good, the Superr, and the Unreliable on Amazon's Mechanical Turk, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2654056

Blavatskyy PR; Ortmann A; Panchenko V, Now You See It, Now You Donnt: How to Make the Allais Paradox Appear, Disappear, or Reverse, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2621917

Ortmann A, On the foundations of behavioural and experimental economics, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3752470

Zhang L; Ortmann A, On the Interpretation of Giving, Taking, and Destruction in Dictator Games and Joy-of-Destruction Games, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2190240

Wong J; Ortmann A, On Uneven Expected Earnings in the Lab, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2398725

Ortmann A; Ryvkin D; Wilkening TS; Zhang J, Preventing Search with Wicked Defaults, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4287694

Ortmann A; Walraevens B, Reading Smith Through the Conceptual Lenses of Game Theory a Reconstruction of Smith’s Way of Thinking, Inspired by His Lectures on Rhetoric and Languages, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4481446

Dobrescu L; Fan X; Bateman H; Newell B; Ortmann A; Thorp S, Retirement Savings: A Tale of Decisions and Defaults, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2485189

Ortmann A; Baranowski D; Walraevens B, Schumpeter's Assessment of Adam Smith and 'The Wealth of Nations': Why He Got It Wrong, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2714146

Van Koten S; Ortmann A, Self-Regulating Organizations Under the Shadow of Governmental Oversight: An Experimental Investigation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2270426

Koten SV; Ortmann A, Self-Regulatory Organizations Under the Shadow of Governmental Oversight: An Experimental Investigation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2533040

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