Matthias Kräkel

Matthias Kräkel is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Bonn, affiliated with the Institute for Applied Microeconomics and the IZA Institute of Labor Economics as a Research Fellow since 1999. His work bridges Personnel Economics, Organization Economics, and the Theory of the Firm, with recent contributions to strategic delegation, incentive design, and behavioral dynamics in organizational settings.

• Education: PhD in Economics (Free University of Berlin, 1992)
• Affiliations: IZA Research Fellow, ECONtribute Cluster, European Economic Association

Research Interests focus on incentive structures, organizational design, and behavioral economics, particularly in sales forces, team dynamics, and corporate governance. His recent articles explore topics like haggling costs, corruption in procurement, and information manipulation in competitive and political contexts.

Scientific Awards include long-standing fellowship at

• IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Advising history is not explicitly detailed in available texts, but his research collaborations with scholars like Anja Schöttner, Andreas Grunewald, and Lorens Imhof highlight interdisciplinary engagement.

Labs/Teams include the ECONtribute Cluster and Institute for Applied Microeconomics at the University of Bonn.