Björn Bos

Ph.D. candidate
University of Hamburg, Department of Economics

About: My research addresses important issues in behavioral and environmental economics using state-of-the-art empirical methods. To this end, my work is concerned with the evaluation of policies to improve air quality, public good contributions, common-pool resource problems, and distributional preferences.

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Contact: bjoern.bos@uni-hamburg.de

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Journal Publications

Dishonesty is linked with the spread of infectious diseases.
Martini, C., Bos B., Drupp M.A., Meya J.N., and M.F. Quaas (2024).
Economic Letters 245, 112046. [Data & Code]

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries.
Vlasceanu M., Doell K.C., ..., Bos, B., ..., and J.J. van Bavel (2024).
Science Advances, eadj5778. [Shiny App]

Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis.
Everett, J.A.C., Colombatto, C., Awad, E., Boggio, P., Bos, B., Brady, W.J., Chawla, M., Chituc, V., Chung, D., Drupp, M.A., Goel, S., Grosskopf B., Hjorth, F., Ji, A., Kealoha, C., Kim, J.S., Lin, Y., Maréchal, M.A., Mancinelli, F., Mathys, C., Olsen, A.L., Pearce G., Prosser, A.M.B., Reggev, N., Sabin, N., Senn, J., Shin, Y.S., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Sjåstad, H., Strick, M., Sul, S., Tummers, L., Turner, M., Yu, H., Zoh, Y., and M.J. Crockett (2021).
Nature Human Behavior 5, 1074–1088. [Data & Code]

The Social Cost of Contacts: Theory and Evidence for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany.
Quaas, M.F., Meya, J.N., Schenk, H., Bos, B., Drupp, M.A., and T. Requate (2021).
PLOS One 16(3), e0248288. Media Coverage: SPIEGEL Online

Moral suasion and the private provision of public goods: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bos B., Drupp M.A., Meya J.N., and M.F. Quaas (2020).
Environmental and Resource Economics 76(4), 1117–1138. [Data & Code]

Working Papers

Fishing under the Radar: Illuminating Compliance with China’s Annual Fishing Moratorium.
Bos, B. (2024)
conditionally accepted at Land Economics [Previous Working Paper]

Heterogeneous Substitutability Preferences.
Drupp M.A., Meya J.N., Bos B., and S. Disque (2024).
[CESifo Working Paper]

Financial Risk-Taking under Health Risk.
Bos B., Drupp M.A., Meya J.N., and M.F. Quaas (2023).
[CESifo Working Paper]

Selected Work in Progress

Low Emission Zones and Environmental Justice.
Bos B., Drupp M., and L. Sager (in prep).

Distributional Preferences in Risky Situations.
Bos B., Drupp M., and P.G. Piacquadio (in prep).

Postal address:

University of Hamburg
Department of Economics
Von Melle Park 5
20146 Hamburg, Germany