Publications | helenafornwagner

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Publications

2026

Fornwagner, H. (2026). Hot flashes, cold feet? No evidence of a menopause effect on risk preferences. Journal of Economic Psychology, 102923.

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., Kerschbamer, R., Sutter, M., & Tverdostup, M. (2026). Diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage in credence goods markets: An experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 247, 107608

2025

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., Hauser, E., & Hauser, O. (2025). Gender-Inclusive Language and Economic Decision-Making. Management Science.

2023

Fairley, K., Fornwagner, H., & Okbay, A. (2023). Brains, hormones, and genes: Introduction to the special issue on the biological foundations of economic decision-making. Journal of Economic Psychology, 102683.

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., Grosskopf, B. (2023). Predictably competitive? What faces can tell us about competitive behavior. Games and Economic Behavior, 142, 931-940.

Balafoutas, L., Faravelli, M., Fornwagner, H., & Sheremeta, R. (2023). Conflict in the pool: A field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 215, 60-73.

2022

Fornwagner, H., Grosskopf, B., Lauf, A., Schöller, V., & Städter, S. (2022). On the robustness of gender differences in economic behavior. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21549.

Fornwagner, H., Pompeo, M., & Serdarevic, N. (2023). Choosing competition on behalf of someone else. Management Science, 69(3), 1555-1574.

2021

Fornwagner, H., & Hauser, O. P. (2021). Climate action for (my) children. Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-36.

2020

Balafoutas, L., Czermak, S., Eulerich, M., & Fornwagner, H. (2020). Incentives for dishonesty: An experimental study with internal auditors. Economic Inquiry, 58(2), 764-779.

2019

Fornwagner, H. (2019). Incentives to lose revisited: The NHL and its tournament incentives. Journal of Economic Psychology, 75, 102088.

2018

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., & Sutter, M. (2018). Closing the gender gap in competitiveness through priming. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4359.

2017

Balafoutas, L., & Fornwagner, H. (2017). The limits of guilt. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 3, 137-148.

Working papers

Fornwagner, Helena, Hot Flashes, Cold Feet? Risk Preferences Across the Menopausal Transition Brief Report (January 06, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6029074 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6029074

Guerel, B., Fornwagner, H. and Palan, S., Rethinking Gender Identities and Sexual Orientation: The Multidimensional Gender and Sexuality Inventory (MGSI) (February 05, 2025).

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., Kerschbamer, R., Sutter, M., & Tverdostup, M. (2023). Diagnostic uncertainty and insurance in credence goods markets. University of Innsbruck Working Papers in Economics and Statistics 2023-14.

Balafoutas, L., Fornwagner, H., Kerschbamer, R., Sutter, M., & Tverdostup, M. (2023). Serving consumers in an uncertain world: A credence goods experiment. MPI Collective Goods Discussion Paper, (2023/11).

Other publications

Geschlechterforschung im Wandel" (2026). Festschrift, 100 Jahre WIFO
Fornwagner, H. & Sutter, M. (2026). Gender differences in competitiveness of children and adolescents. Handbook of Gender and Experimental Economics
Fornwagner, H. (2018). Affirmative Action: Ja, Nein, Vielleicht? Aktuelle Resultate aus der Experimentalökonomik und ihre Implikationen für die (wissenschaftliche) Praxis. Published in „Qualität mit Quote. Zur Diskussion um Exzellenz, Chancengerechtigkeit und Gleichstellung in Wissenschaft und Forschung, Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen, 61-78.
Fornwagner (2020). Positive Maßnahmen zur Frauenförderung aus experimentalökonomischer Sicht. Published in „58. Folge des „Frauenvorlesungsverzeichnisses“. 4-7. https://www.frauenbeauftragte.uni-muenchen.de/genderkompetenz/frauenstudien1/frauenstudien/sose_20201.pdf

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