Thomas EPPER

Thomas EPPER
Full Professor
Ph.D. - University of Zurich
Track: Economics
LEM Member
Education
  • 2011 : Ph.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2009 : Diploma of Advanced Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Scientific prizes and Awards
Awards
  • 2017 : Latsis prize, University of St. Gallen
Published Papers in Refereed Journals
  • Epper T., Fehr E., Senn J., (2024). Social Preferences and Redistributive Politics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, - (-) -.
  • Epper T., Fehr E., Kreiner C. T., Leth-Petersen S., Skak Olufsen I., Ebbesen Skov P., (2024). Inequality Aversion Predicts Support for Public and Private Redistribution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the united States of America, 121 (39) 1-6.
  • Epper T., Fehr-Duda H., (2024). Risk in Time: The Intertwined Nature of Risk Taking and Time Discounting, Journal of the European Economic Association, 22 (1) 310-354.
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  • EPPER T., Brenøe A. A., (2022). Parenting Values and the Intergenerational Transmission of Time Preferences, European Economic Review, 148 (September 2022) 1-26.
  • EPPER T., Fehr E., Hviderg K. B., Kreiner C. T., Leth-Petersen S., Rasmussen G. N., (2022). Preferences Predict Who Commits Crime Among Young Men, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the united States of America, 119 (6) 1-7.
  • Epper T., Burghart D., Fehr E., (2020). The Uncertainty Triangle: Uncovering Heterogeneity in Attitudes Towards Uncertainty, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 60 (2) 125-156.
  • Epper T., Fehr E., Fehr-Duda H., Kreiner C. T., Lassen D. D., Leth-Petersen S., Rasmussen G. N., (2020). Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality, American Economic Review, 110 (4) 1177-1205.
  • Epper T., Fehr-Duda H., (2015). Risk Preferences Are Not Time Preferences: Balancing on a Budget Line - Comment, American Economic Review, 105 (7) 2261-2271.
  • Epper T., Fehr-Duda H., (2012). Probability and Risk: Foundations and Economic Implications of Probability-Dependent Risk Preferences, Annual Review of Economics, 4 (1) 567-593.
  • Epper T., Bruhin A., Fehr-Duda H., (2011). Viewing the Future through a Warped Lens: Why Uncertainty Generates Hyperbolic Discounting, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 43 (3) 169-203.
  • Epper T., Bruhin A., Fehr-Duda H., Schubert R., (2011). Risk and Rationality: The Effect of Mood and Decision Rules on Probability Weighting, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 78 (1-2) 14-21.
  • Epper T., Bruhin A., Fehr-Duda H., (2010). Risk and Rationality: Uncovering Heterogeneity in Probability Distortion, Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 78 (4) 1375-1412.
  • Epper T., Bruhin A., Fehr-Duda H., Schubert R., (2010). Rationality on the Rise: Why Relative Risk Aversion Increases with Stake Size, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 40 (2) 147-180.
Research fields
  • Decision Theory
  • Choice under Risk and Uncertainty
  • Intertemporal Choice
  • Inequality and Redistribution
Teaching
Grande Ecole (Master cycle) :
  • Research and consulting tools