Christoph Schottmüller is professor at the University of Cologne.
address:
University of Cologne
Lehrstuhl Mikroökonomik (Prof. Schottmüller), SSC
Albertus Magnus Platz
50923 Köln
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Research
Work in progress
Welfare optimal information structures in bilateral trade draft
Working Papers
Why Echo Chambers are Useful (with Ole Jann), paper supplementary material
covered on Marginal Revolution and Stumbling and Mumbling
Competing with big data (with Jens Prüfer) paper slides numerics
Why are vulnerable regimes stable? Defending against coordinated attacks through unpredictability (with Ole Jann) paper slides slides25
Former title: "How Jeremy Bentham would defend against self-fulfilling attacks"
Stochastic mechanisms and quasilinear preferences (with Jan Boone) paper (inactive)
Publications
Too good to be truthful: Why competent advisers are fired paper supplementary material, accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Theory, doi
Do health insurers contract the best providers? Provider networks, quality and costs (with Jan Boone) paper slides, accepted for publication in the International Economic Review, doi
An informational theory of privacy (with Ole Jann) paper supplementary material slides, accepted for publication in the Economic Journal
Facilitating consumer learning in insurance markets: What are the welfare effects? (with Johan Lagerlöf) paper, Scandinavian Journal of Economics doi, Vol. 120 (2), April 2018, pp. 465-502
supplementary material: here, Python code: here
Monopoly insurance and endogenous information (with Johan Lagerlöf) paper slides, International Economic Review doi, Vol. 59, February 2018, pp. 233-255
new supplementary material: here, Python code: here and here
Health insurance without single crossing: why healthy people have high coverage (with Jan Boone), wp Q & A, Economic Journal doi, Vol. 127 (599), February 2017, pp. 85-104
supplementary material: see here
Procurement with specialized firms (with Jan Boone) wp, RAND Journal of Economics doi, Vol. 47, Fall 2016, pp. 661-687
supplementary material: here
Adverse selection without single crossing: monotone solutions, preprint including webappendix, Journal of Economic Theory doi, Vol. 158, July 2015, pp. 127-164
supplementary material: main text example, interior binding ic, bunching example
Correlated equilibria in homogeneous good Bertrand competition (with Ole Jann), preprint, Journal of Mathematical Economis doi, Vol. 57, March 2015, pp. 31-37
Cost incentives for doctors: A double-edged sword, preprint, Q & A, European Economic Review doi, Vol. 61, July 2013, pp. 43-58
