Assistant Professor Rainer Michael Rilke
Rainer Michael Rilke
Assistant Professor
Group
Economics Group
Areas of expertise
Behavioral Business Ethics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Business Ethics
Group
Economics Group
Areas of expertise
Behavioral Business Ethics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Business Ethics

Recent publications

Management Group

Motivating low performers with input-based relative performance feedback - evidence from a field experiment

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

Economics Group

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.

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Finance and Accounting Group

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

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Economics Group

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.

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Economics Group

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

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Economics Group

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.

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Economics Group

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.

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Finance and Accounting Group

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

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Economics Group

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.

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Economics Group

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.

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Management Group

Motivating low performers with input-based relative performance feedback - evidence from a field experiment

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

Economics Group

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.

Download
Finance and Accounting Group

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

Download
Economics Group

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.

Download
Economics Group

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

Download
Economics Group

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.

Download
Economics Group

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.

Download
Finance and Accounting Group

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

Download
Economics Group

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.

Download
Economics Group

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.

Download