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Marc Kaufmann

Associate Professor in Economics and Business

Central European University

Biography

I do applied theory in behavioral economics, currently focusing on social responsibility, motivated reasoning, and narrow bracketing.

Interests

  • Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • Personnel Economics

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2017

    Harvard University

  • MSc Economics, 2011

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

  • MMath, 2008

    University of Cambridge

Publications

Marc Kaufmann, Joël Machado, Bertrand Verheyden (2025). Why Do Migrants Stay Unexpectedly?. Journal of Mathematical Economics.

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Marc Kaufmann, Bogdan Popa (2024). Continuations: What Have They Ever Done for Us? (Experience Report). FUNARCH 2024.

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Marc Kaufmann, Peter Andre, Botond Kőszegi (2024). Understanding Markets with Socially Responsible Consumers. Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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Marc Kaufmann (2022). Projection Bias in Effort Choices. Games and Economic Behavior.

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Antonio Estache, Marc Kaufmann (2011). Theory and evidence on the economics of energy efficiency. Lessons for the Belgian building sector. Reflets et Perspectives de la vie Économique.

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Working Papers

How Secondary Markets Undermine Social Responsibility

We model and analyze secondary markets for durable goods when primary-market production causes negative externalities and …
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The Dynamics of Chosen Beliefs

We develop a tractable model of the dynamics of chosen beliefs. An agent derives anticipatory utility from being overly optimistic and …
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Arbitraging Narrow Brackets

Many important economic outcomes result from the combined effects of several choices, so the best option is not determined from each …
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Excuse Driven Present Bias

We test whether people behave in a more present-biased way when they can excuse such behavior. We run two experiments, one on the …
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