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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

Sherif, R. and Simon, S. A., 2025. Impact, Inspire, or Image: On the Trade-Offs Between Efficient and Visible Pro- Environmental Behaviors. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 134, Article No. 103214. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103214

Konrad, K. A. and Simon, S. A., 2025. Paternalism Attitudes and the Happiness Value of Fundamental Freedoms. Economics of Governance, 26, pp. 23-56. 

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, Shortcuts, or Accidental Mistakes?. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2024-17. 

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

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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.