Oliver Kirchkamp studied economics at Bonn University and finished his studies in 1990 with a thesis on optimal taxation. Thereafter he did his Ph.D. within the EDP at Bonn University and the EHESS and DELTA in Paris on `Evolution and Learning in Spatial Models". In 1996 he went as a Jean Monnet Fellow for one year to the IUE in Florence where he became involved in experimental and behavioural economics. Oliver Kirchkamp obtained his habilitation in economics in Mannheim in 2001 and, from 2002-2005, substituted a chair at the University of Mannheim. In 2005 he went to Scotland on a chair in microeconomics at University of St. Andrews. Since 2006 he works at University of Jena holding a chair in empirical and experimental economics. He is interested in behavioural experiments, markets, and auctions.

Publications in journals

• Fabian Bornhorst, Andrea Ichino, Oliver Kirchkamp, Karl H. Schlag, Eyal Winter (2010), ``Similarities and Differences when Building Trust: the Role of Cultures'', Experimental Economics, forthcoming.
• Hannah Hörisch, Oliver Kirchkamp (2010), ``Less fighting than expected - experiments with wars of attrition and all-pay auctions'', Public Choice, forthcoming.
• Michele Bernasconi, Oliver Kirchkamp, Paolo Paruolo (2009), ``Do fiscal variables affect fiscal expectations? Experiments with real world and lab data'', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, Vol. 70(1-2), pp. 253-265.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Eva Poen, J. Philipp Reiß (2009), ``Outside options: Another reason to choose the first-price auction'', European Economic Review, Vol. 53(2), pp. 153-169.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2007), ``Naive learning and cooperation in network experiments'', Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 58/2, pp. 269-292.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2006), Review of ``Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation'', by Don Ross, Journal of Economics, Vol. 89(1), pp. 85-90.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Benny Moldovanu (2004), ``An experimental analysis of auctions with interdependent valuation'', Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 48/1, pp. 54-85.
• Christian Dustmann, Oliver Kirchkamp (2002), ``The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-migration'', Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 67, pp. 351-372.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2001), ``Repeated Game Strategies in Local and Group Prisoners' Dilemmas Experiments: First Results'', Homo Ökonomicus, XVIII(2), pp. 319-336.
• Michele Bernasconi, Oliver Kirchkamp (2000), ``Why do monetary policies matter? An experimental study of saving and inflation in an overlapping generations model'', Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 46, pp. 315-343.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2000), ``Spatial Evolution of Automata in the Prisoners' Dilemma'', Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Vol. 43, pp. 239-262.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2000), Review of ``Individual Strategy and Social Structure: An Evolutionary Theory of Institutions'', by H. Peyton Young, The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Volume 3, Issue 4.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (1999), ``Simultaneous Evolution of Learning Rules and Strategies'', Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Vol. 40/3, pp. 295-312.

Contributions to books

• Oliver Kirchkamp (2009), ``Do People Update Beliefs? A Critical Review and Some New Evidence'', Korreferat zum Beitrag von Anja Achtziger und Carlos Alós-Ferrer, in Wolfgang Franz, Werner Güth, Hans Jürgen Ramser, Manfred Stadler, Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar Ottobeuren (38), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 119-124.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Benny Moldovanu (2008), ``An experimental analysis of auctions with interdependent valuation'', in Abdolkarim Sadrieh and Joachim Weimann, Experimental Economics an Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A collection of papers in honor of Reinhard Tietz, metropolis, Marburg, pp. 499-524.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2000), ``Evolution of Learning Rules in Space'', in Ramzi Suleiman, Klaus G. Troitzsch and G. Nigel Gilbert, Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation, Physika Verlag, Heidelberg.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (1996), ``Spatial Evolution of Automata in the Prisoners' Dilemma - Preliminary Results'', in K. G. Troitzsch, U. Mueller, G. N. Gilbert, J. E. Doran, Social Science Microsimulation, Springer.