Dietmar Fehr

Dietmar Fehr is a Professor at the Department of Microeconomics, School of Economics and Law, University of Stuttgart. He serves as Deputy Managing Director of the Institute of Economics and Law and is affiliated with the CESifo Research Network, Politics of Inequality Cluster, and co-founder of the Political Economy of Global Development Lab.

Research Interests: Fehr's work focuses on Behavioral Economics, Development Economics, Inequality, and Political Economy. His studies explore information diffusion within households, decision-making under scarcity, and the interplay between relative income perception and social capital.

Publications highlight trends in gender-specific information flow, experimental analysis of fairness in compensation systems, and the impact of relative wealth perceptions on risk-taking. His recent articles emphasize household dynamics and global inequality frameworks.

Grants & Funding: Supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through grant FE 1452/3-1 and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).