Tilman Fries

Tilman Fries is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He previously held doctoral researcher positions at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB) in the Research Department Market Behavior and Research Group Ethics and Behavioral Economics, and was a doctoral student at the Berlin School of Economics. His research focuses on behavioral economics, combining applied theory and experimental methods to study topics like narrative persuasion, moral behavior, and decision-making under uncertainty.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Economics, Humboldt University Berlin (2012–2015)
• Master of Science in Public Economics, Free University Berlin (2015–2017)
• Exchange Semester at Saint Petersburg State University (2016–2017)

Research interests include the mechanics of narrative persuasion, signaling in lying games, competition's impact on morality, and observability effects in economic experiments. His work has been published in journals like the American Economic Review (R&R), Games and Economic Behavior, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Key affiliations include the WZB Research Department Market Behavior and collaborations with institutions like the Berlin School of Economics.