Christian Zehnder
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Professeur ordinaire
Département de comportement organisationnel Contact Christian.Zehnder@unil.ch Internef, bureau 612 Tél 021.692.36.81 Adresse postale Université de Lausanne Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne Bâtiment Internef 1015 Lausanne |
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Enseignements
master Organizational Theory and Decision Making Formations concernées Maîtrise universitaire ès Sciences en économie politique Maîtrise universitaire ès Sciences en management, Orientation comportement, économie et évolution Maîtrise universitaire ès Sciences en management, Orientation stratégie, organisation et leadership Maîtrise universitaire ès Sciences en management, Orientation marketing Maîtrise universitaire ès Sciences en management, Orientation business analytics |
Recherches
Axes de recherche
Short BioChristian Zehnder is Professor of Organizational Decision Making and Vice-Dean for Faculty at HEC Lausanne. His research is interdisciplinary in that it combines insights from Economics, Psychology and Management and builds on various methodological approaches including laboratory experiments, field experiments and game theoretic models. Christian Zehnder is interested in understanding the behavioral drivers of decision making in organizations. His recent work focuses on conflict management, communication culture, employee motivation, and charismatic leadership.
Assistants
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Oriana De Saint Priest
oriana.desaintpriest@unil.ch Tél: (021 692) 3472 Bureau: NEF 623 page personnelle |
Publications
37 dernières publications
: Revue avec comité de lecture
2020
2019
Valle Lara Victoria, ZEHNDER Christian (Dir.) (2019). THREE ESSAYS IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS. Université de Lausanne, Faculté des hautes études commerciales. | |
2018
Lonati S., Quiroga B.F., Zehnder C. ; Antonakis J. (2018). On doing relevant and rigorous experiments: Review and recommendations. Journal of Operations Management, 64, 19-40. ![]() | |
2017
Bartling Björn, Grieder Manuel ; Zehnder Christian (2017). Competitive pricing reduces wasteful counterproductive behaviors. Journal of Public Economics, 156, 34-47. | |
Zehnder C., Herz H. ; Bonardi J.-P. (2017). A productive clash of cultures: Injecting economics into leadership research. The Leadership Quarterly, 28, 65-85. ![]() | |
2016
Brown M., Schmitz J. ; Zehnder C. (2016). Social Norms and Strategic Default. Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance. | |
Chassang S. Zehnder C. (2016). Rewards and punishments: informal contracting through social preferences. Theoretical Economics, 11, 1145-1179. | |
Chassang S. , Zehnder C. (2016). Rewards and punishments: Informal contracting through social preferences . Theoretical Economics, 11, 1145-1179. | |
Zehnder C. (2016). Incomplete Contracts, Reference Points and Communication. The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics. Oxford University Press. | |
2015
Antonakis J., D'adda G., Weber R. ; Zehnder C. (2015). Just Words? Just Speeches? – On the Economic Effects of Charismatic Leadership. HEC Lausanne. | |
Bartling B., Grieder M. ; Zehnder C. (2015). Does Competition Justify Inequality?. University of Lausanne. | |
Bartling B., Grieder M. ; Zehnder C. (2015). Is Competition Fair? An Experimental Study. Swiss National Science Foundation. | |
Bendahan S., Zehnder C., Pralong F.P. ; Antonakis J. (2015). Leader corruption depends on power and testosterone. The Leadership Quarterly, 26, 101-122. ![]() | |
Fehr E., Hart O. ; Zehnder C. (2015). How do informal agreements and revision shape contractual reference points?. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13, 1-28. ![]() | |
2014
Herz H., Schunk D. ; Zehnder C. (2014). How do judgmental overconfidence and overoptimism shape innovative activity?. Games and Economic Behavior, 83, 1-23. ![]() | |
2013
Eisenegger C., Pedroni A., Rieskamp J., Zehnder C., Ebstein R., Fehr E. ; Knoch D. (2013). DAT1 polymorphism determines L-DOPA effects on learning about others' prosociality. PLoS ONE, 8, e67820. ![]() | |
Falk A., Meier S. ; Zehnder C. (2013). Do lab experiments misrepresent social preferences? The case of self-selected student samples. Journal of the European Economic Association, 11, 839-852. ![]() | |
Falk. A. , Zehnder. C. (2013). A city-wide experiment on trust discrimination. Journal of Public Economics, 100, 15-27. ![]() | |
2012
Barmettler F., Fehr E. ; Zehnder C. (2012). Big experimenter is watching you! Anonymity and prosocial behavior in the laboratory. Games and Economic Behavior, 75, 17-34. ![]() | |
2011
Fehr E., Hart O. ; Zehnder C. (2011). Contracts as reference points - Experimental evidence. American Economic Review, 101, 493-525. ![]() | |
Grieder M., Zehnder C. ; Krings F. (2011, Jan). The Value of Voice - How Granting And Denying Voice Affects Reciprocity. 12th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society. | |
Zehnder C. (2011). A behavioral view of employment: The role of fairness for motivation. Responsible management practices for the 21st century. Pearson Education, Paris. | |
2010
Brown M. , Zehnder C. (2010). The emergence of information sharing in credit markets. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 19, 255-278. ![]() | |
2009
Falk Armin , Zehnder Christian (2009). Discrimination and In-group Favoritism in a Citywide Trust Experiment. University of Lausanne. | |
Fehr Ernst , Zehnder Christian (2009). Reputation and Credit Market Formation: How Relational Incentives and Legal Contract Enforcement Interact. University of Lausanne. | |
Fehr E., Brown M. ; Zehnder C. (2009). On Reputation - A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity. The Economic Journal, 119, 333-353. ![]() | |
Fehr E., Goette L. ; Zehnder C. (2009). A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns. Annual Review of Economics, 1, 355-384. ![]() | |
Fehr E., Hart O. ; Zehnder C. (2009). Contracts, Reference Points, and Competition - Behavioral Effects of the Fundamental Transformation. Journal of the European Economic Association, 7, 561-572. ![]() | |
Fehr E. , Zehnder C. (2009). Trust. The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences (pp. 392-393). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. | |
Fehr E. , Zehnder C. (2009). Altruism (Economics perspective). The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences (pp. 24-26). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. | |
2008
Fehr E., Hart O.D. ; Zehnder C. (2008). Contracts as Reference Points - Experimental Evidence. NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research). | |
2007
Brown M. , Zehnder C. (2007). Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 39, 1883-1918. ![]() | |
2006
Falk A., Fehr E. ; Zehnder C. (2006). Fairness Perceptions and Reservation Wages - The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wage Laws. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121, 1347-1381. ![]() | |
2005
Zehnder C., Fehr E. & Schmutzler A. (Dir.) (2005). Reciprocity, Reputation and Performance. Universität Zürich. | |
Curriculum
Formations
2001 - 2005Phd in Economics at the University of Zurich (with Ernst Fehr)
1996 - 2001
Studies of Economics at the University of Zurich (Master degree)
Expériences professionnelles
2012 - PresentFull Professor of Organizational Behavior and Decision Making, University of Lausanne
2008 - 2012
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Decision Making, University of Lausanne
2007 - 2008
PostDoc in Organizational Economics, Harvard Business School
2007 - 2008
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
2006 - 2007
Assistant Professor (Oberassistent), University of Zurich
2001 - 2005
Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Zurich (with Ernst Fehr)
Mots-clés
- experimental economics (2)
- organizational economics