My main research interests are:
- Behavioural and experimental economics (self-, social-image, reciprocity, emotions, identity)
- Crowdfunding and e-commerce (digital media, music industry, e-business models)
Click on the titles to read abstracts and download the papers:
- Regner, T., "What's behind image: towards a better understanding of image-driven behavior", Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021)
- Regner, T. and P. Crosetto, "The long-term effects of self pledging in reward crowdfunding", in press: Technological Forecasting & Social Change
- Göthner, M., Hornuf, L. and T. Regner "Protecting investors in equity crowdfunding: An empirical analysis of the small investor protection act", in press: Technological Forecasting & Social Change
- Göthner, M., Lüttig, S. and T. Regner "Crowdinvesting in entrepreneurial projects: Disentangling patterns of investor behavior", in press: Small Business Economics
- Regner, T., "Crowdfunding a monthly income: an analysis of the platform Patreon, Journal of Cultural Economics (2020), 1-10
- Polena, M. and T. Regner, "Determinants of Borrowers’ Default in P2P Lending under Consideration of the Loan Risk Class", Games, 9 (2018), 82
- Hofmann, E., Fiagbenu, M. E., Özgümüs, A., Tahamtan, A. M. and T. Regner, T., "Are my Peers Watching me? Disentangling Audience and Interpersonal Closeness Effects in a Pay-What-You-Want Context", forthcoming: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
- Regner, T. and P. Crosetto, "The experience matters: participation-related rewards increase the success chances of crowdfunding campaigns", Economics of Innovation and New Technology (2020), 1-14
- Regner, T., "Reciprocity under moral wiggle room: is it a preference or a constraint?", Experimental Economics, 21/4 (2018), 779-792
- Angelova, V. and T. Regner, "Can a Bonus Overcome Moral Hazard? An Experiment on Voluntary Payments Competition and Reputation in Markets for Expert Services", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 154 (2018), 362-378
- Bublitz, E. and T. Regner, "The social pay gap among occupational twins: a task-based comparison", Economics Bulletin, 40/3 (2020), 2440-2444
- Harth, N. S. and T. Regner, "The spiral of distrust: (non) - cooperation in a repeated trust game is predicted by anger and individual differences in negative reciprocity orientation", International Journal of Psychology, 52 (2017), 18-25
- Gamba, A. and T. Regner, "Preferences-dependent learning in the centipede game", European Economic Review, 120 (2019)
- Koppel, H. and T. Regner, "What drives motivated agents? The 'right' mission or sharing it with the principal", Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 83 (2019)
- Crosetto, P. and T. Regner, "It's never too late: funding dynamics and self pledges in crowdfunding", Research Policy, 47/8 (2018), 1463–1477
- Regner, T. and A. Matthey, "Actions and the self: I give therefore I am?" , in press: Frontiers in Psychology
- Regner, T. and G. Riener, "Privacy Is Precious: On the Attempt of Lifting Anonymity on the Internet to Increase Revenue", Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 26/2 (2017), 318–336
- Ploner, M. and T. Regner, "Self-Image and Moral Balancing - An Experimental Analysis", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93 (2013), 374–383
- Kataria, M. and T. Regner, "Honestly why are you donating money to charity? An experimental study about self-awareness in status-seeking behavior", Theory and Decision, 79/3 (2015), 493–515
- Böhm, R. and T. Regner, "Charitable Giving Among Females and Males: An Empirical Test of the Competitive Altruism Hypothesis", Journal of Bioeconomics, 15/3 (2013), 251–267
- Angelova, V. and T. Regner, "Do voluntary payments to advisors improve the quality of financial advice? An experimental deception game", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93 (2013), 205–218
- Koppel, H. and T. Regner, "Corporate Social Responsibility in the work place - Experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game", Experimental Economics, 17/3 (2014), 347–370
- Matthey, A. and T. Regner, "More than outcomes: The role of self-image in other-regarding behavior", Review of Behavioral Economics, 2/4 (2015), 353–378
- Regner, T. and G. Riener, "Motivational Cherry Picking"
- Bracht, J. and T. Regner, "Moral Emotions and Partnership", Journal of Economic Psychology, 39 (2013), 313–326
- Regner, T., "Why Consumers Pay Voluntarily: Evidence from Online Music", Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 57 (2015), 205–214
- Regner, T. and N. S. Harth, "Testing belief-dependent models"
- Kataria, M. and T. Regner, "A note on the relationship between television viewing and individual happiness", Journal of Socio-Economics, 40/1 (2011), 53–58
- Matthey, A. and T. Regner, "On the Independence of History: Experience Spill-overs between Experiments", Theory and Decision, 75/3 (2013), 403–419
- Güth, W., M. Ploner and T. Regner, "Determinants of In-group Bias: Is Group Affiliation Mediated by Guilt-aversion?", Journal of Economic Psychology, 30 (2009), 814–827
- Matthey, A. and T. Regner, "Do I really want to know? A cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior", Games, 2 (2011), 114–135
- Regner, T., "Social Preferences? Google Answers!“, Games and Economic Behavior, 85 (2014), 188–209
- Regner, T. and J. Barria, "Do Consumers Pay Voluntarily? The Case of Online Music", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 71 (2009), 395–406
- Regner, T., J. Barria, J. Pitt and B. Neville, "An Artist Life-Cycle Model for Digital Media Content: Strategies for the Light Web and the Dark Web", Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 8 (2009), 334–342
- Halonen-Akatwijuka, M. and T. Regner, "Digital Technology and the Allocation of Ownership in the Music Industry"
- Regner, T., J. Barria, J. Pitt and B. Neville, "Governance of Digital Content in the Era of Mass Participation", Electronic Commerce Research, 10/1 (2010), 99–110
- Regner, T., "Efficient Contracts for Digital Content"