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A selection of our research and special events at the institute in 2024.

Dr. Sven Simon

Senior Research Fellow


Phone:+49-89-24246-5259
Fax:+49-89-24246-5299
Mail: sven.simon@tax.mpg.de

Room:M8.606

Areas of Interest

Microeconomics, Public Economics, Experimental Economics, Compliance

Academic Résumé

  • 2020 – present: Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Senior Research Fellow
  • 2014 - 2020: Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and Munich Graduate School of Economics,  Ph.D. Student / Manager of the Experimental Laboratory econlab
  • 2012 – 2014: University of Mannheim, Degree Program Master of Science in Economics
  • Sep 2010 – Jan 2011: University of Copenhagen, Exchange Semester at the Department of Economics
  • 2009 – 2012: University of Mannheim, Degree Program Bachelor of Science in Economics

Academic Prizes / Honours / Memberships etc.

  • Otto Hahn Medal 2022 of the Max Planck Society
  • Wolfgang Ritter Prize 2022

Curriculum Vitae
 

Peer Reviewed International Journals

Konrad, K. A. and Simon, S. A., 2025. Paternalism Attitudes and the Happiness Value of Fundamental Freedoms. Economics of Governance. 

Open Access: DOI 10.1007/s10101-024-00322-y

Konrad, K. A., Lohse, T. and Simon, S. A., 2021. Pecunia non olet: on the self-selection into (dis)honest earning opportunities. Experimental Economics, 24, pp. 1105-1130. 

DOI: 10.1007/s10683-020-09691-7

Lohse, T. and Simon, S. A., 2020. Compliance in Teams – Implications of Joint Decisions and Shared Consequences. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 94. Article No. 101745. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2021.101745

Lohse, T., Simon, S. A. and Konrad, K. A., 2018. Deception under time pressure: conscious decision or a problem of awareness?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 146, pp. 31-42. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.11.026

Working papers

Nieder, Pascal and Simon, S. A., Dishonesty in Complex Environments: Deliberate Lies, Short-Cuts, or Accidental Mistakes?. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2024-17. 

SSRN

Sherif, R. and Simon, S. A., Impact, Inspire, or Image: On the Trade-Offs Between Efficient and Visible Pro- Environmental Behaviors. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2023-27. 

SSRN

PDF (2024-06)

Konrad, K. A. and Simon, S. A., Paternalism Attitudes and the Happiness Value of Fundamental Freedoms. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2021-04. 

SSRN

Simon, S. A., Is it a Lie if I don’t know? Self-serving Dishonesty under Ignorance. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2020-12. 

SSRN

PDF

Policy Papers

Konrad, K. A. and Simon, S. A., 05.07.2021. Paternalism, fundamental rights and happiness during the pandemic. Oxford Business Law Blog. 

www.law.ox.ac.uk/

Courses

28.02.25 - 23.05.25The Economics of Dishonesty

FSS 2025

Speaker: Sven Simon
LanguageEnglish
15.02.16 - 26.02.16International Public Economics

WS 2015/2016

Announcement

Syllabus

LanguageEnglish

Media Coverage

Simon, S. A., 2022. Wenn Teams Betrügen – Auswirkungen auf die Compliancearbeit. Compliance Channel. 

https://ComplianceChannel.tv

Simon, S. A., 2022. Täuschen im Team - Nur manche Strafen fördern Regelkonformität. Deutschlandfunk: Forschung aktuell. 

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/

Simon, S. A., 2021. Wieviel Geld hat die Politik?. LandTalk Bayern. 

https://www.bayern.landtag.de/podcasts/

Simon, S. A., 2021. Lohnenswertes Lügen – Was Menschen dazu treibt unehrlich zu sein. DUZ - Magazin für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, , (10/2021), pp. 78-80. 

https://www.duz.de/

MPI Insights 2024 Download

MPI Insights 2024
Download

A selection of our research and special events at the institute in 2024.