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Prof. Dr. Sarah Necker

Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics
Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics
Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Main Focus

  • Public Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Behavorial Economics
  • Economics of Science

Professional Experience

starting 06/2022

Director of the Ludwig Erhard – ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics

starting 06/2022

Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

02/2016 – 06/2022

Executive Research Associate, Walter-Eucken Institute

04/2016 – 01/2021

Research Assistant, University of Freiburg, Chair of Economic Policy (Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Lars P. Feld)

09/2010 – 01/2016

Research Associate, Walter-Eucken Institute

09/2010 – 09/2014

Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Freiburg

10/2008 – 08/2010

Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Heidelberg

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Recent Publications

Publication — 2024

Sebastian Blesse, Holger Dietrich, Sarah Necker, Michael K. Zürn

ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, Nr. 01, 39-43

Publication — 2023

Sarah Necker, Fabian Paetzel

Journal of Economic Psychology 98, 102655

Publication — 2023

Sarah Necker, Benoît Le Maux

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 207, 433-456

  • Contributions to Refereed Journals
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        The Effect of Losing and Winning on Cheating and Effort in Repeated Competitions
        Sarah Necker, Fabian Paetzel
        2023
        Journal of Economic Psychology 98, 102655
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Honesty nudges: Effect varies with content but not with timing
        Sarah Necker, Benoît Le Maux
        2023
        Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 207, 433-456

        Information

      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Collaborative Tax Evasion in the Provision of Services to Consumers — A Field Experiment
        Annabelle Doerr, Sarah Necker
        2021
        American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13 (4)
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Cheat or perish? A theory of scientific customs
        Benoit Le Maux, Sarah Necker, Yvon Rocaboy
        2019
        Research Policy 48 (9), 103792
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Depressing Dependence: Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States
        Thushyanthan Baskaran, Lars Feld, Sarah Necker
        2017
        Regional Studies 51 (12), 1815-1825
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Why Do Scientists Cheat? Insights From Behavioral Economics
        Sarah Necker
        2016
        Review of Social Economy 74 (1), 98–108
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Happiness of Economists
        Lars Feld, Bruno S. Frey, Sarah Necker
        2015
        Applied Economics 47 (10), 990-1007
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Attitudes – A Revealed Preference Approach
        Sarah Necker, Andrea Voskort
        2014
        European Economic Review 65, 66-89
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Scientific Misbehavior in Economics
        Sarah Necker, Andrea Voskort
        2014
        Research Policy 43 (10), 1747-1759
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Politics and Parents – Intergenerational Transmission of Values After a Regime Shift
        Sarah Necker, Andrea Voskort
        2014
        European Journal of Political Economy 36, 177-194
      • Contribution in Refereed Journal
        Wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten – Ein Problem in der deutschen Volkswirtschaftslehre?
        Sarah Necker
        2012
        Perspektiven für Wirtschaftspolitik 13 (4), 267-285
  • Working Papers
  • Further Publications
  • Projects
  • Academic Background

    • 09/2010 – 05/2014 PhD Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Freiburg, “Preferences, (Mis-) behavior, and Happiness - An Economic Analysis” 

      02/2009 – 09/2010 Selected Courses at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE), University of Mannheim

      04/2004 – 08/2008 Diploma in Economics, University of Marburg 

      01/2007 – 06/2007 Visiting Student, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

      08/2001 – 01/2004 Apprenticeship in marketing, Wal-Mart Germany, Wuppertal

      01/2002 – 12/2003 Prediploma in Business Administration, Hamburg Distance University

  • Short Term Visiting Positions

    • 10/2019, 01/2020 ZEW, Corporate Taxation and Public Finance Unit

      06/2019 Université de Rennes 1 (France), Faculty of Economics

      04/2018 University of Chicago (USA), Becker-Friedman Institute

      04/2016 –  05/2016 University of Chicago (USA), Becker-Friedman Institute

      09/2015 – 12/2015 University of Chicago (USA), Becker-Friedman Institute

      06/2012 – 07/2012 University of Rennes 1 (France), Faculty of Economics

  • Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

    • 2015 Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Preis, best dissertation in Economics, University of Freiburg

      2015 DAAD scholarship for the research stay at the University of Chicago

      2013 DAAD scholarship for conference participation

      2008 Alumni Marburg Prize, best graduate student in Economics

      2007 DAAD scholarship for studying at the Stellenbosch University

  • Cooperation in Boards

    • 2021, 2022 Member of the Scientific Board of the ZEW Public Finance Conference

      2019 Organisation of the workshop on Tax Evasion at the Limits of Third Party Reporting

      2018 Co-organization of the meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)

      2016 Co-organization of the meeting of the European Public Choice Society

      06/2014 – 10/2017 Member of the Board of Directors of the European Association of Young Economists.

      2014 Chair of the program committee of the Spring Meeting of Young Economists, co-organizer of the Beyond Basic Questions Workshop

  • Affiliations

    • since 07/2023 Scientifc Advisory Board of the Bavarian Savings Bank Association, Member

      since 05/2023 Public Economics Committee, German Economic Association, Member

      since 05/2022 CESifo, Research Network Fellowsince 08/2020 ZEW, Corporate Taxation and Public Finance Unit, Junior Research Associate.

      since 01/2020 University Heidelberg, Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, AWI Lab.

  • Referee Reports
      • American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
      • Applied Economics
      • Demography
      • Empirical Economics
      • European Journal of Political Economy
      • Journal of Development Studies
      • Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
      • Journal of Economic Psychology
      • Labour Economics,
      • PLO ONE
      • Research Policy
      • Review of Finance
      • Schweizerischer Nationalfond
      • Social Choice and Welfare
      • Thyssen Stiftung
         
  • Teaching

    • Lectures

      Behavioral Economics, M.Sc. VWL, University of Freiburg (Fall 2017/18, 2018/19)

      Verhaltensökonomik, M.Sc. VWL, University of Freiburg (Fall 2014/15)

      Exercise

      Ordnungspolitik, B.Sc./Diplom VWL, University of Freiburg (Spring 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

      Politische Ökonomik des Fiskalföderalismus, B.Sc. Economics, University of Freiburg (Fall 2012/13, 2013/14)

      Public Economics Seminar (since Winter 2022/23)

      Neue Politische Ökonomik, B.Sc. Economics, University of Freiburg (Fall 2010/11, 2011/12)

      Finanzwissenschaft, Diplom VWL, University of Heidelberg (Fall 2009/10)

      Psychologische Grundlagen der Ökonomie, Diplom VWL, University of Heidelberg (Fall 2008/09, Spring 2010)

      Wirtschaftspolitik, Diplom VWL, Universität Marburg (Fall 2007/08, Spring 2008)

      Seminars

      Empirical Studies in Political Economy, M.Sc. VWL, University of Freiburg (Fall 2013/14)

      Wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen verhaltensökonomischer Erkenntnisse, M.Sc. VWL, University of Freiburg (Fall 2012/13)

      Gesundheitspolitik und Gesundheitsreform, M.Sc./Diplom VWL, University of Freiburg (Fall 2010/11)

      Finanzmarktaufsicht (interdisziplinär), Diplom VWL, University of Heidelberg (Fall 2009)

      Sex, Drugs, and Economics, Diplom VWL, University of Heidelberg (Spring 2009)

       

  • Events
  • Media contributions
  • Press releases
      • Press release — 7 February 2024
        A Majority of Germans Want Their Country to Be a Climate Action Pioneer but do not support a CO₂ price on carbon intensive activities

        A majority of the German population wants Germany to play a pioneering role in climate action. A total of 55 percent are in favor of this, while 33 percent are against such a role. A further 12 percent do not want to say one way or the other. But support for CO₂ prices on carbon intensive activities is weak. These are findings of a representative survey conducted by the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy in Fürth in cooperation with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM).

      • Press release — 29 January 2024
        ifo Institute: Germans Give Only Low Approval for Climate Money

        The “climate money” planned by Germany’s traffic light government has met with little approval among the country’s population. This is shown by a representative survey conducted by the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics in cooperation with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM).

      • Press release — 14 February 2023
        EconPol Europe / ifo Institute: Tax Credits for Home Maintenance Services Do Little to Help against Tax Evasion

        Tax relief for home maintenance services is not an effective means of tackling tax evasion. In Germany, it would cost the government a great deal of money while only marginally improving tax compliance. This is the finding of a survey of just under 2,000 private households in Germany by the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics. “In total, 55 percent of respondents say that they would request an official invoice even if this didn’t entitle them to tax relief,” says the Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics, Sarah Necker. 

      • Press release — 19 January 2023
        Half of Germans Think Reality Does Not Match the Basic Ideas of the Social Market Economy

        Around one-half of Germans feel that the reality in Germany no longer matches the basic ideas underpinning the social market economy. This is the result of a survey conducted by the ifo Institute. The survey examined whether or not respondents’ attitudes toward the social market economy changed after receiving information about the basic ideas behind it. “Among those who felt our information correctly represented reality, acceptance of the social market economy increased slightly. Among those who disagreed with our description of the economic order, the already low level of approval declined. Overall, support for the social market economy remained virtually unchanged,” says Prof. Sarah Necker, Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics.

      • Press release — 15 December 2022
        Germans Associate the Social Market Economy with Fairness, Distribution, and a Social Safety Net

        The majority of Germans associate the social market economy with social rather than market aspects. This is according to a representative survey of 2,000 citizens conducted by the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics in Fürth and the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. While 49 percent of respondents associate the term with fairness, distribution, and a social safety net, 34 percent identify it with market processes. Just under one-quarter of those surveyed associate the social market economy with both social and market aspects.

      • Press release — 23 September 2022
        Majority of Germans Positive about Social Market Economy

        Three out of four Germans have a positive take on the social market economy. This is according to a representative survey of 2,000 citizens conducted by the ifo Institute. The social market economy received an average score of 6.8 out of a possible 10 points.

      • Press release — 2 May 2022
        Sarah Necker Heads New ifo Center for Social Market Economy in Fürth, Germany

        Sarah Necker has been appointed Director of the new Ludwig Erhard ifo Research Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics, a branch of the ifo Institute which will be located in Fürth. The 40-year-old economist will begin her duties on June 3, 2022. The new ifo Center is concerned with further developing the guiding principle of the social market economy. The appointment is linked to a professorship in economics at Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).

Video —

ifo Podcast: Social Market Economy under Pressure

Climate change, increasing inequality between rich and poor, and geopolitical conflicts – we are living in uncertain times. A modern social market economy must face up to these crises. The new Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics in Fürth, Germany, is researching what reforms are needed to achieve this.

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