On this page you find some links to my current research:

Auction Experiments

• 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, J. Philipp Reiß, Abdolkarim Sadrieh (2007), ``A pure variation of risk in first-price auctions''
• Oliver Kirchkamp, J. Philipp Reiß (2008), ``Out-of equilibrium bids in auctions - Wrong expectations or wrong bids''
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2005), ``Less fighting than expected - experiments with wars of attrition and all-pay auctions''
• Oliver Kirchkamp, J. Philipp Reiß (2004), ``The overbidding-myth and the underbidding-bias in first-price auctions'', SFB 504 discussion paper 04-32.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Benny Moldovanu (2004), ``An experimental analysis of auctions with interdependent valuation'', Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 48/1, pp. 54-85.

Incomplete Contracts and Trust

• Marco Faravelli, Oliver Kirchkamp, Helmut Rainer, ``Social welfare versus inequality aversion in an incomplete contract experiment''
• Fabian Bornhorst, Andrea Ichino, Oliver Kirchkamp, Karl H. Schlag, Eyal Winter (2010), ``Similarities and Differences when Building Trust: the Role of Cultures'', Experimental Economics, Vol. 13/3, pp. 260-283.

Macroeconomic Experiments

• 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, forthcoming.
• Hannah Hörisch, Oliver Kirchkamp (2010), ``Less fighting than expected - experiments with wars of attrition and all-pay auctions'', Public Choice, Vol. 144/1, pp. 347-.
• Michele Bernasconi, Oliver Kirchkamp, Paolo Paruolo (2003), ``Expectations and perceived causality in fiscal policy: an experimental analysis using real world data'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 03-03.
• Michele Bernasconi, Oliver Kirchkamp (2001), ``The `Expectations view' on fiscal policy - An experiment using real world data.'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 02-18.
• 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.

Local Interaction and Fairness, Experiments and Theory

• Werner Güth, Oliver Kirchkamp, ``Will You Accept Without Knowing What? - A Thuringian Newspaper Experiment of the Yes-No Game'', submitted to Experimental Economics
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2007), ``Naive learning and cooperation in network experiments'', Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 58/2, pp. 269-292.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (2000), ``Spatial Evolution of Automata in the Prisoners' Dilemma'', Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Vol. 43, pp. 239-262.
• Oliver Kirchkamp (1999), ``Simultaneous evolution of learning rules and strategies'', Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Vol. 40/3, pp. 295-312.
• 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.
• 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 (JASSS), Volume 3, Issue 4.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2003), ``No imitation - on local and group interaction, learning and reciprocity in prisoners' dilemma experiments'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 03-04.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2001), ``Repeated Game Strategies in Local and Group Prisoners' Dilemmas Experiments: First Results'', Homo Ökonomicus, XVIII(2) 2001, pp. 319-336.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2002), ``Reinforcement, repeated games, and local interaction'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 02-17.
• Oliver Kirchkamp, Rosemarie Nagel (2000), ``Local and Group Interaction in Prisoners' Dilemma Experiments - Imitate locally, think globally'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 00-11.

Migration

• Christian Dustmann, Oliver Kirchkamp (2002), ``The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-migration'', Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 67, pp. 351-372.

Experiments on the Internet

• Oliver Kirchkamp (1998), ``WWW Experiments for Economists, a Technical Introduction'', SFB 504 discussion paper No. 98-47.