David Schindler

David Schindler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Tilburg University, specializing in Behavioral & Experimental Economics, Economic History, and Personnel Economics. He is a Research Fellow at CESifo and has contributed extensively to journals like Review of Economic Studies and Review of Financial Studies.

• Education: PhD in Economics from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, MSc in Economics from LMU Munich, Dipl.-Volkswirt from University of Cologne

His research explores how behavioral economics insights influence public policy, political economy, finance, and firm organization. He employs secondary data, laboratory experiments, and field experiments to analyze human behavior under varied conditions.

Recent publications focus on leadership dynamics, racial attitudes, gun violence, and incentive structures in team tasks. He co-developed μCap, a software tool linking z-Tree with FaceReader™ for emotion analysis in experiments.