Alain Cohn

ETH Zurich — Switzerland

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

16h-index2.5kcitations91works0.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies(33), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(12), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment(10), Social Capital and Networks(8), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies(8)

Publications91 total

Can paying employees to quit boost motivation? Evidence from a lab experiment
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics·2026Open Access
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Affective Polarization: The Role of Beliefs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Disinformation for hire: A field experiment on unethical jobs in online labor markets
European Economic Review·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The Social and Economic Consequences of Cannabis Legalization: A Randomized Controlled Trial
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
The Social and Economic Consequences of Cannabis Legalization: A Randomized Controlled Trial
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution? Cross-Country Evidence
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics·2024· 4 cited
Motivated Optimism and Workplace Risk
The Economic Journal·2024· 3 cited
Economic Inequality and Social Capital
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
Economic Inequality and Social Capital
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
Social Media and Job Market Success: A Field Experiment on Twitter
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution: Cross-country Evidence
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
A closer look at civic honesty in collectivist cultures
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Wealthy Americans and redistribution: The role of fairness preferences
Journal of Public Economics·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution: Cross-Country Evidence
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution: Cross-Country Evidence
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Michel André Maréchal(31), Ernst Fehr(13), Frédéric Schneider(7), David Tannenbaum(5), Christian Zünd(4), Lorenz Göette(4), Thomas Noll(4), Roberto A. Weber(4), Jeffrey Yusof(4), Raymond Fisman(4), Benedikt Herrmann(3), Jan B. Engelmann(2), Tobias Gesche(2), Lasse J. Jessen(2), Marko Klašnja(2), Paul Smeets(2), Collin Raymond(2), Qingyi Wang(2), Giuseppe Ugazio(1), Christian C. Ruff(1)