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most citedA Quest for Knowledge

16 citations · 18 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

econ.TH2026

Delegated Information Provision

Francesco Bilotta, Christoph Carnehl, Justus Preusser

A designer relies on an experimenter to provide information to a decision maker. The experimenter has incentives to persuade rather than merely transmit information. Anticipating t…

econ.GN2024

Designing Scientific Grants

Christoph Carnehl, Marco Ottaviani, Justus Preusser

This paper overviews the economics of scientific grants, focusing on the interplay between the inherent uncertainty in research, researchers' incentives, and grant design. Grants d…

econ.GN2022

Time-varying Cost of Distancing: Distancing Fatigue and Lockdowns

Christoph Carnehl, Satoshi Fukuda, Nenad Kos

We study a behavioral SIR model with time-varying costs of distancing. The two main causes of the variation in the cost of distancing we explore are distancing fatigue and public p…

econ.TH2021★ 2 cited

On Risk and Time Pressure: When to Think and When to Do

Christoph Carnehl, Johannes Schneider

We study the tradeoff between fundamental risk and time. A time-constrained agent has to solve a problem. She dynamically allocates effort between implementing a risky initial idea…

econ.GN2021

Epidemics with Behavior

Satoshi Fukuda, Nenad Kos, Christoph Wolf

We study equilibrium distancing during epidemics. Distancing reduces the individual's probability of getting infected but comes at a cost. It creates a single-peaked epidemic, flat…

econ.TH2021★ 16 cited

A Quest for Knowledge

Christoph Carnehl, Johannes Schneider

Is more novel research always desirable? We develop a model in which knowledge shapes society's policies and guides the search for discoveries. Researchers select a question and ho…