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Prof. Dr. Rainer Michael Rilke

Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensökonomik

Lehrstuhlinhaber

Telefon: +49 (0)261 6509 814
E-Mail: rainer.rilke[at]whu.edu

 

Lehrstuhlinhaber

Telefon: +49 (0)261 6509 814
E-Mail: rainer.rilke[at]whu.edu

 

Kurzbiographie:
Professor Rainer Michael Rilke ist seit April 2024 Professor für Verhaltensökonomik an der WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. Er begann seine akademische Laufbahn mit einem Diplom in Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Bonn und promovierte später in Ökonomie an der Universität zu Köln. Professor Rilke hat an renommierten Institutionen geforscht, darunter das Program on Negotiation an der Harvard University und das CREED an der Universität Amsterdam. Vor seiner aktuellen Position war er als Assistenzprofessor an der WHU tätig und brachte seine Expertise auch als Senior Consultant bei Baker Tilly Roelfs ein.

Sein Forschungsinteresse konzentriert sich auf Verhaltens- und Experimentelle Ökonomik sowie Verhaltensethik. Professor Rilkes Arbeit, die eine breite Palette von Themen wie Betrug, Selbstselektion in Teams und die Auswirkungen von Algorithmen auf menschliches Verhalten abdeckt, hat zu zahlreichen Publikationen in führenden Fachzeitschriften geführt. Durch seine Forschung trägt er wesentlich zum Verständnis komplexer ökonomischer und ethischer Fragestellungen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung bei.

Ausbildung

DatumUniversitätAbschluss
2014University of CologneDoctoral degree at Department of Corporate Development and Business Ethics (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Irlenbusch)
2009University BonnDiploma in Economics
2003Irmgardis Gymnasium CologneAbitur

Publikationen

Contemporary Accounting Research

Rilke, R., Van Pelt, V., Lehnen, S., Günther, C. (accepted pre-print), Motivating low performers with input-based relative performance feedback, Contemporary Accounting Research.

Journal of Small Business Management

Günther, C., Lehnen, S., Rilke, R. (2025), Formalization of annual performance feedback and employees’ job satisfaction in the SME context, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 63 (3), pp. 558–589.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Janz, C., Rilke, R., Yurtoglu, B. (2025), Does ESG information impact individual investors’ portfolio choices?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 234, 107007.

The Economic Journal

Leib, M., Köbis, N. C., Rilke, R., Hagens, M., Irlenbusch, B. (2024), Corrupted by algorithms? How AI-generated and human-written advice shape (dis)honesty, The Economic Journal, Vol. 134 (658), pp. 766–784.

Journal of Business Ethics

Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. (2024), Designing donation incentive contracts for online gig workers, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 190 (3), pp. 553–568.

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Huynh, T. L. D., Stratmann, P., Rilke, R. (2024), No influence of simple moral awareness cues on cheating behaviour in an online experiment, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 108, 102126.

Management Science

Fišar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok, E., Ozkes, A. I., Et Al. (2024), Reproducibility in management science, Management Science, Vol. 70 (3), pp. 1343-1356.

Experimental Economics

Fischer, M., Rilke, R., Yurtoglu, B. (2023), When, and why, do teams benefit from self-selection?, Experimental Economics, Vol. 26 (4), pp. 749–774.

Computers in Human Behavior

Litvinova, Y., Rilke, R., Günther, C. (2023), Me, myself, and I: image concerns and honesty in immersive VR, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 149, 107950.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Rilke, R., Danilov, A., Weisel, O., Shalvi, S., Irlenbusch, B. (2021), When leading by example leads to less corrupt collaboration, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 188, pp. 288-306.

Experimental Economics

Irlenbusch, B., Rilke, R., Walkowitz, G. (2019), Designing feedback in voluntary contribution games: the role of transparency, Experimental Economics, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 552–576.

International Journal of Game Theory

Hennig-Schmidt, H., Irlenbusch, B., Rilke, R., Walkowitz, G. (2018), Asymmetric outside options in ultimatum bargaining: a systematic analysis, International Journal of Game Theory, Vol. 47 (1), pp. 301-329.

Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB

Rilke, R. (2017), On the duty to give (and not to take): an experiment on moralistic punishment, Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB, Vol. 87, pp. 1129-1150.

Experimental Economics

Conrads, J., Irlenbusch, B., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R., Sliwka, D. (2016), How to hire helpers? evidence from a field experiment, Experimental Economics, Vol. 19 (3), pp. 577–594.

Applied Economics Letters

Conrads, J., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. (2016), Reducing ambiguity in lotteries: evidence from a field experiment, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 23, pp. 206-211.

Contemporary Accounting Research

Rilke, R., Van Pelt, V., Lehnen, S., Günther, C. (accepted pre-print), Motivating low performers with input-based relative performance feedback, Contemporary Accounting Research.

Journal of Small Business Management

Günther, C., Lehnen, S., Rilke, R. (2025), Formalization of annual performance feedback and employees’ job satisfaction in the SME context, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 63 (3), pp. 558–589.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Janz, C., Rilke, R., Yurtoglu, B. (2025), Does ESG information impact individual investors’ portfolio choices?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 234, 107007.

The Economic Journal

Leib, M., Köbis, N. C., Rilke, R., Hagens, M., Irlenbusch, B. (2024), Corrupted by algorithms? How AI-generated and human-written advice shape (dis)honesty, The Economic Journal, Vol. 134 (658), pp. 766–784.

Journal of Business Ethics

Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. (2024), Designing donation incentive contracts for online gig workers, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 190 (3), pp. 553–568.

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Huynh, T. L. D., Stratmann, P., Rilke, R. (2024), No influence of simple moral awareness cues on cheating behaviour in an online experiment, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 108, 102126.

Management Science

Fišar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok, E., Ozkes, A. I., Et Al. (2024), Reproducibility in management science, Management Science, Vol. 70 (3), pp. 1343-1356.

Experimental Economics

Fischer, M., Rilke, R., Yurtoglu, B. (2023), When, and why, do teams benefit from self-selection?, Experimental Economics, Vol. 26 (4), pp. 749–774.

Computers in Human Behavior

Litvinova, Y., Rilke, R., Günther, C. (2023), Me, myself, and I: image concerns and honesty in immersive VR, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 149, 107950.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Rilke, R., Danilov, A., Weisel, O., Shalvi, S., Irlenbusch, B. (2021), When leading by example leads to less corrupt collaboration, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 188, pp. 288-306.

Experimental Economics

Irlenbusch, B., Rilke, R., Walkowitz, G. (2019), Designing feedback in voluntary contribution games: the role of transparency, Experimental Economics, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 552–576.

International Journal of Game Theory

Hennig-Schmidt, H., Irlenbusch, B., Rilke, R., Walkowitz, G. (2018), Asymmetric outside options in ultimatum bargaining: a systematic analysis, International Journal of Game Theory, Vol. 47 (1), pp. 301-329.

Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB

Rilke, R. (2017), On the duty to give (and not to take): an experiment on moralistic punishment, Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB, Vol. 87, pp. 1129-1150.

Experimental Economics

Conrads, J., Irlenbusch, B., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R., Sliwka, D. (2016), How to hire helpers? evidence from a field experiment, Experimental Economics, Vol. 19 (3), pp. 577–594.

Applied Economics Letters

Conrads, J., Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. (2016), Reducing ambiguity in lotteries: evidence from a field experiment, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 23, pp. 206-211.

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