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Alexander K. Koch is a Professor in the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus University, Denmark. His academic work spans multiple areas of economics with a strong focus on experimental and behavioral approaches. Based in Aarhus V at Fuglesangs Allé 4, Building 2622 (C), Room C-6, he maintains an active research program that bridges theoretical and applied economics.
Professor Koch's research interests form a cohesive body of work centered on human decision-making processes. His primary focus areas include goals and self-regulation, mental accounting and choice bracketing, cyberloafing in workplace contexts, social preferences, and career concerns incentives. His work in behavioral economics extends to education, where he examines how non-cognitive skills affect learning outcomes. He also explores evolutionary psychology perspectives on conflict resolution and decision-making, and contributes significantly to personnel economics, particularly regarding mobility patterns, earnings growth, and hierarchical placement incentives. His research often employs experimental methods to test theoretical predictions in controlled settings.
Throughout his career, Koch has published extensively in top-tier economics journals including Journal of Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. His recent work demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary reach, with publications in Evolution and Human Behavior and Food Control, reflecting the expanding applications of behavioral economics principles. A notable pattern in his research is the frequent collaboration with Julia Nafziger across multiple projects and publications spanning more than a decade.
Professor Koch's methodological approach combines theoretical modeling with rigorous experimental testing. His work on belief elicitation examines potential hedging problems in experimental settings, while his research on buyer reputation systems in auctions integrates theoretical predictions with experimental validation. His contributions to understanding motivational goal bracketing represent significant theoretical advances in mental accounting literature. The 2024 publication in PNAS on spillover effects of reminder nudges demonstrates the real-world relevance of his research for complex decision environments.
His research has practical implications across multiple domains including educational interventions, workplace behavior management, consumer protection policies, and organizational design. The school-based learning camp study provides evidence for effective interventions targeting both academic and non-cognitive skills, while his work on food safety offers insights for public health interventions. His personnel economics research contributes to understanding optimal incentive structures in organizations and labor markets.
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