Dr. Holger Gerhardt
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Contact Information
Department of EconomicsInstitute for Applied MicroeconomicsAdenauerallee 24–4253012 Bonn
Tel. +49 228 73-9196
Working Papers
Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus, Holger Gerhardt, Gerhard Riener, Frederik Schwerter, Louis Strang (2019): “Concentration Bias in Intertemporal Choice.” URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dv20mcu0qkygmjz/Concentration_Bias_in_Intertemporal_Choice.pdf. Revision requested (2nd round), Review of Economic Studies.
Gerhardt, Holger, Guido Biele, Hauke R. Heekeren, Harald Uhlig (2016): “Cognitive Load Increases Risk Aversion.” SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2016-011. URL: http://sfb649.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/papers/pdf/SFB649DP2016-011.pdf.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Rramani, Qëndresa, Holger Gerhardt,* Xenia Grote,* Weihua Zhao, Johannes Schultz, and Bernd Weber (2020): “Do Disadvantageous Social Contexts Influence Food Choice? Evidence From Three Laboratory Experiments.” Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 575170 (1–18). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575170.
Schulreich, Stefan, Holger Gerhardt, Dar Meshi, and Hauke R. Heekeren (2020): “Fear-induced increases in loss aversion are linked to increased neural negative-value coding.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(6), 661–670. DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsaa091.
Gerhardt, Holger,* Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch,* and Jana Willrodt* (2017): “Does self-control depletion affect risk attitudes?” European Economic Review, 100, 463–487. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.004. [PDF of the accepted manuscript.]
Marsh, Nina, Dirk Scheele, Justin Feinstein, Holger Gerhardt, Sabrina Strang, Wolfgang Maier, René Hurlemann (2017): “Oxytocin-enforced norm compliance reduces xenophobic outgroup rejection.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 114(35), 9314–9319. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705853114.
Behrens, Janina R., Antje Kraft, Kerstin Irlbacher, Holger Gerhardt, Manuel C. Olma, Stephan A. Brandt (2017): “Long-Lasting Enhancement of Visual Perception with Repetitive Noninvasive Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.” Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 11, Article 238 (1–10). DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00238.
Strang, Sabrina, Holger Gerhardt, Nina Marsh, Sergio Oroz Artigas, Yang Hu, René Hurlemann, and Soyoung Q. Park (2017): “A matter of distance—The effect of oxytocin on social discounting is empathy-dependent.” Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78, 229–232. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.01.031.
Schulreich, Stefan, Holger Gerhardt, and Hauke R. Heekeren (2016): “Incidental Fear Cues Increase Monetary Loss Aversion.” Emotion, 16(3), 402–412. DOI: 10.1037/emo0000124.
Marsh, Nina, Dirk Scheele, Holger Gerhardt, Sabrina Strang, Laura Enax, Bernd Weber, Wolfgang Maier, and René Hurlemann (2015): “The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Induces a Social Altruism Bias.” Journal of Neuroscience, 35(47), 15696–15701. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3199-15.2015.
Schulreich, Stefan,* Yana G. Heussen,* Holger Gerhardt,* Peter N. C. Mohr, Ferdinand C. Binkofski, Stefan Koelsch, and Hauke R. Heekeren (2014): “Music-evoked incidental happiness modulates probability weighting during risky lottery choices.” Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 981 (1–17). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00981.
* These authors contributed equally to the respective work.
Book Chapter
Antoine, Nadja M., and Holger Gerhardt (2014): “Bestätigende und herausfordernde Impulse in der kokreativen Interaktion. Kokreative Wertschöpfung unter den Bedingungen von Koopetition am Beispiel der Ideenplattform jovoto,” in: Klein, Inga and Sonja Windmüller (eds.), Kultur der Ökonomie. Zur Materialität und Performanz des Wirtschaftlichen, Edition Kulturwissenschaft. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 259–281. URL: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-2460-1/kultur-der-oekonomie?c=844.
Professional Experience
2011–present | Postdoctoral Researcher, CENs—Center for Economics and Neuroscience and Department of Economics, and Lab Manager, BonnEconLab, University of Bonn, Germany. |
2005–2011 | Research and teaching assistant, Institute of Economic Policy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. |
Education
2005–2011 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics and Berlin School of Mind and Brain (2007–2011), Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Economics), summa cum laude. Dissertation: Essays in Experimental and Neuroeconomics. DOI: 10.18452/16722. |
1999–2004 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Diplom-Volkswirt (Diploma in Economics, M.Sc.-equivalent). |
Miscellaneous