QUT - Academic profiles - Adjunct Professor Uwe Dulleck

Biography

Background
Uwe obtained his PhD at Humboldt University Berlin in 1999. Before Uwe joined QUT he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Linz, Austria and an Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna. His publications can be found in the ‘American Economic Review’, 'Journal of Economic Literature', the 'Economic Journal', the 'Journal of Public Economics', the 'International Journal of Industrial Organization', the 'Scandinavian Journal of Economics', among others. His research has been discussed in the Economic Focus of 'The Economist', the Sydney Morning Heralkd and the 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung' (the Sunday edition of Germany's leading quality newspaper), among others. Uwe was awarded several ARC Linkage Grants and one ARC Discovery Grant. He is a co-investigator of two Austrian Research grants. In total his research funding exceeds AUD 2,500,000). In 2015 Uwe was the Chairman of the Programm Committee for Australia's Conference of Economists, the leading and largest conference for research and applied economists in Australia. He is an active public speaker on Behavioural Economics and its applications to Public Policy, Business Decision Making and Regulation.

Research in Progress

Behavioural Finance and Economics and the Regulation of Financial Services
How to use incentives to improve attendance and performance of indigenous Australians at school.
Disclosure in Patents, applying computational linguistics to the economic analysis of patents.
Misdiagnosis in Markets for Credence Goods - Satisfaction Guaranteed and other Remedies (with Rudolf Kerschbamer)

Research Interests

Behavioural and Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics and Financial Markets
Behavioural Economics and Education
Information Economics, esp. Credence Goods
Law and Economics of Patents

Media coverage includes

His work has also been discussed in 'The Economist', Economic Focus: Sawbones, cowboys and cheats (15 April, 2006, page 78)
Interview with BTalk Australia's Phil Dobbie. How to avoid being ripped off (1 October, 2009)
Channel Ten's Early News Edition (WMV, 1min 44sec) (16 October, 2009)

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Personal details

Positions

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Economics & Finance

Keywords

Behavioral Economics, Expert Services / Credence Goods, Economic Experiments, Economics of Patents, Information Economics, Distributed Ledger Technology - Applications, Decision Making in Agriculture

Research field

Applied economics

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

Doctorate

Publications

Dulleck, U., Kerschbamer, R. & Sutter, M. (2011). The economics of credence goods: An experiment on the role of liability, verifiability, reputation and competition. American Economic Review, 101(2), 526–555. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75882
Salim, F., Reid, J., Dulleck, U. & Dawson, E. (2010). Towards a game theoretic authorisation model. Decision and Game Theory for Security: First International Conference, GameSec 2010, Proceedings [Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6442], 208–219. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/34473
Dulleck, U. & Kerschbamer, R. (2009). Experts vs. discounters: Consumer free-riding and experts withholding advice in markets for credence goods. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 27(1), 15–23. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31020
Dulleck, U. & Friederiszick, H. (2004). Die Groben Zwei - Wettbewerb im Kreditkartenmarkt (The Big Two - How Competitive is the Market for Credit Cards). Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik, 224(4), 445–470. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/10301
Dulleck, U., Foster, N., Stehrer, R. & Woerz, J. (2005). Dimensions of quality upgrading - Evidence from CEECs. Economics of Transition, 13(1), 51–76. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/10299
Dulleck, U. & Kerschbamer, R. (2006). On Doctors, Mechanics and Computer Specialists: The Economics of Credence Goods. Journal of Economic Literature, 44(1), 5–42. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8573
Dulleck, U., Frijters, P. & Winter-Ember, R. (2006). Reducing Start-up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labor Market. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108(2), 317–338. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8571

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2024

Marinucci, N., Moy, N., Koloski, N., Shah, A., Austin, G., Russell-Bennett, R., McGraw, J., Dulleck, U. & Holtmann, G. (2024). Social determinants and participation in fecal occult blood test based colorectal cancer screening: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(1), 9–36. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245938
Sarkar, D., Sarkar, J. & Dulleck, U. (2024). The effects of private and social incentives on students' test-taking effort. Economic Modelling, Article 106709, 135. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247436
Beatton, T., Chan, H. F., Dulleck, U., Ristl, A., Schaffner, M. & Torgler, B. (2024). Positive affect and heart rate variability: a dynamic analysis. Scientific Reports, Article 7004, 14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247798
Laubach, M., Whyte, S., Chan, H. F., Hildebrand, F., Holzapfel, B., Kneser, U., Dulleck, U. & Hutmacher, D. (2024). How framing bias impacts preferences for innovation in bone tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering, Part A. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248785
Hohn, S., Basu, A., Dulleck, U., Henry, J. & Cherbuin, N. (2024). Loosening The Grip: Delegation of Financial Decision-Making to Spouse in Old Age. Gender and Society, 38(2), 244–275. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/249134
Whyte, S., Kaburagi, R., Gan, V., Candido, C., Avazpour, B., Fatourehchi, D., Chan, H. F., Dong, A., Dulleck, U., Finlay, S., Zhou, J., Hewson, N., Li, T., Maxwell, D., McNulty, C. & Sarnyai, Z. (2024). Exploring the Benefits of Mass Timber Construction in the Workplace: A Novel Primer for Research. Buildings, Article 2072, 14(7). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250559
Laubach, M., Whyte, S., Chan, H. F., Frankenbach-Desor, T., Mayer-Wagner, S., Hildebrand, F., Holzapfel, B. M., Kneser, U., Dulleck, U. & Hutmacher, D. W. (2024). Lost in translation: the lack of agreement between surgeons and scientists regarding biomaterials research and innovation for treating bone defects. BMC Medicine, Article 517, 22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/253819

2023

Chan, H. F., Dulleck, U., Fooken, J., Moy, N. & Torgler, B. (2023). Cash and the Hidden Economy: Experimental Evidence on Fighting Tax Evasion in Small Business Transactions. Journal of Business Ethics, 185(1), 89–114. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234377
Bedggood, R., Russell-Bennett, R., McAndrew, R., Glavas, C. & Dulleck, U. (2023). Challenging the social-power paradigm: Moving beyond consumer empowerment to an energy ecosystem of shared value. Energy Policy, Article 113405, 173. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237325
Whyte, S., Bray, L., Brumpton, M., Chan, H. F., Peltz, T. S., Tamar, M., Dulleck, U. & Hutmacher, D. W. (2023). Factors impacting informed consent in cosmetic breast augmentation. Breast, 68, 225–232. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238519
Azevedo, F., Pavlovic, T., Rego, G. G., Ay, F. C., Gjoneska, B., Etienne, T. W., Ross, R. M., Schonegger, P., Riano-Moreno, J. C., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Cian, L., Longoni, C., Chan, H. F., Van Bavel, J. J., Sjastad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Alfano, M., Gelfand, M. J., Birtel, M. D., Cislak, A., Lockwood, P. L., Abts, K., Agadullina, E., Aruta, J. J. B., Besharati, S. N., Bor, A., Choma, B. L., Crabtree, C. D., Cunningham, W. A., De, K., Ejaz, W., Elbaek, C. T., Findor, A., Flichtentrei, D., Franc, R., Gruber, J., Gualda, E., Horiuchi, Y., Huynh, T. L. D., Ibanez, A., Imran, M. A., Israelashvili, J., Jasko, K., Kantorowicz, J., Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, E., Krouwel, A., Laakasuo, M., Lamm, C., Leygue, C., Lin, M. J., Mansoor, M. S., Marie, A., Mayiwar, L., Mazepus, H., McHugh, C., Minda, J. P., Mitkidis, P., Olsson, A., Otterbring, T., Packer, D. J., Perry, A., Petersen, M. B., Puthillam, A., Rothmund, T., Santamaría-García, H., Schmid, P. C., Stoyanov, D., Tewari, S., Todosijević, B., Tsakiris, M., Tung, H. H., Umbres, R. G., Vanags, E., Vlasceanu, M., Vonasch, A., Yucel, M., Zhang, Y., Abad, M., Adler, E., Akrawi, N., Mdarhri, H. A., Amara, H., Amodio, D. M., Antazo, B. G., Apps, M., Ba, M. H., Barbosa, S., Bastian, B., Berg, A., Bernal-Zárate, M. P., Bernstein, M., Białek, M., Bilancini, E., Bogatyreva, N., Boncinelli, L., Booth, J. E., Borau, S., Buchel, O., Cameron, C. D., Carvalho, C. F., Celadin, T., Cerami, C., Chalise, H. N., Cheng, X., Cockcroft, K., Conway, J., Córdoba-Delgado, M. A., Crespi, C., Crouzevialle, M., Cutler, J., Cypryańska, M., Dabrowska, J., Daniels, M. A., Davis, V. H., Dayley, P. N., Delouvée, S., Denkovski, O., Dezecache, G., Dhaliwal, N. A., Diato, A. B., Di Paolo, R., Drosinou, M., Dulleck, U., Ekmanis, J., Ertan, A. S., Farhana, H. H., Farkhari, F., Farmer, H., Fenwick, A., Fidanovski, K., Flew, T., Fraser, S., Frempong, R. B., Fugelsang, J. A., Gale, J., Garcia-Navarro, E. B., Garladinne, P., Ghajjou, O., Gkinopoulos, T., Gray, K., Griffin, S. M., Gronfeldt, B., Gümren, M., Gurung, R. L., Halperin, E., Harris, E., Herzon, V., Hruška, M., Huang, G., Hudecek, M. F. C., Isler, O., Jangard, S., Jorgensen, F. J., Kachanoff, F., Kahn, J., Dangol, A. K., Keudel, O., Koppel, L., Koverola, M., Kubin, E., Kunnari, A., Kutiyski, Y., Laguna, O. M., Leota, J., Lermer, E., Levy, J., Levy, N., Li, C., Long, E. U., Maglić, M., McCashin, D., Metcalf, A. L., Mikloušić, I., El Mimouni, S., Miura, A., Molina-Paredes, J., Monroy-Fonseca, C., Morales-Marente, E., Moreau, D., Muda, R., Myer, A., Nash, K., Nesh-Nash, T., Nitschke, J. P., Nurse, M. S., Ohtsubo, Y., de Mello, V. O., O’Madagain, C., Onderco, M., Palacios-Galvez, M. S., Palomöki, J., Pan, Y., Papp, Z., Pärnamets, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pavlović, Z., Payán-Gómez, C., Perander, S., Pitman, M. M., Prasad, R., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rathje, S., Raza, A., Rhee, K., Robertson, C. E., Rodríguez-Pascual, I., Saikkonen, T., Salvador-Ginez, O., Santi, G. C., Santiago-Tovar, N., Savage, D., Scheffer, J. A., Schultner, D. T., Schutte, E. M., Scott, A., Sharma, M., Sharma, P., Skali, A., Stadelmann, D., Stafford, C. A., Stanojević, D., Stefaniak, A., Sternisko, A., Stoica, A., Stoyanova, K. K., Strickland, B., Sundvall, J., Thomas, J. P., Tinghög, G., Torgler, B., Traast, I. J., Tucciarelli, R., Tyrala, M., Ungson, N. D., Uysal, M. S., Van Lange, P. A. M., van Prooijen, J. W., van Rooy, D., Västfjäll, D., Verkoeijen, P., Vieira, J. B., von Sikorski, C., Walker, A. C., Watermeyer, J., Wetter, E., Whillans, A., White, K., Habib, R., Willardt, R., Wohl, M. J. A., Wójcik, A. D., Wu, K., Yamada, Y., Yilmaz, O., Yogeeswaran, K., Ziemer, C. T., Zwaan, R. A., Boggio, P. S. & Sampaio, W. M. (2023). Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Scientific Data, Article 272, 10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/240737
Crawford, B., Cockburn, T., Purser, K., Chan, H. F., Whyte, S. & Dulleck, U. (2023). How Gender and Other Identity Factors Influence Attitudes Toward Will Making: Lessons from Australia. ACTEC Law Journal, 49(1), 27–47. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242123
Cockburn, T., Purser, K., Chan, H. F., Crawford, B., Whyte, S. & Dulleck, U. (2023). A Behavioral Economics Analysis of Will Making Preferences: When to Begin and Who Should Have the Most Input? Minnesota Journal of International Law, 32(2), 1–38. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242349
Kong, N., Dulleck, U., Jaffe, A. B., Sun, S. & Vajjala, S. (2023). Linguistic metrics for patent disclosure: Evidence from university versus corporate patents. Research Policy, Article 104670, 52(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242804
Coundouris, S. P., Hohn, S., Basu, A., Dulleck, U., Henry, J. D. & Cherbuin, N. (2023). Cognition and Financial Decision-Making in Older Adult Spouses. Gerontology. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245248

A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/uwe.dulleck

Selected research projects

Title: Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Coaching in Reducing Workplace Stress: Laboratory and Field Investigations
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: LP110100616
Start year: 2011
Keywords: Biofeedback; Occupational Stress; Stress Management; Wellbeing

Title: Honesty and Efficiency in the Provision of Expert Services: Doctors and other Experts as Participants in Economic Experiments
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: DP110103653
Start year: 2012
Keywords: Experimental Economics Behavioral Economics Expert Services Institutional Design Other Regarding Preferences

Title: Using Heart Rate Variability Measurements To Identify The Effects Of Stress On Decision Making
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: LP0884074
Start year: 2008
Keywords: Experimental Economics; Neuroeconomics; Organizational Design

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Adjunct ProfessorUwe Dulleck