The Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (
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: ''Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern'') is located in
Bonn
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,
Germany
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. It is one of 80 institutes in the
Max Planck Society
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. The institute focuses its study on law, economics and politics of
collective goods
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History
The institute was founded 1997 as temporary project called "Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics" and transformed into a permanent institute in 2003.
Management
As of 2010, its two directors are economist
Martin Hellwig and law scholar
Christoph Engel Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher.
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. Meanwhile, the following represent the institute's current academic advisory board.
Academic Advisory Board
* Prof. Philippe Aghion
* Prof. Dr. Susanne Baer, LL.M.
* Prof. Patrick Bolton
* Prof. Dr. Christian Gollier
* Prof. Dr. Oliver Lepsius, LL.M.
* Prof. Jeffrey J. Rachlinski
* Prof. Dr. Christine Windbichler, LL.M.
* Prof. Dr. Frans A. A. M. van Winden
*
Prof. Kathryn Zeiler
Research groups
* Behavioral Law and Economics (Christoph Engel)
*Experimental Economics (Matthias Sutter)
*"Moral Courage" (Anna Baumert)
*Economic Cognition (Susann Fiedler)
*Mechanisms of Normative Change (Fabian Winter)
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References
External links
Official site MPI
Research on Collective Goods
Economic research institutes
University of Bonn
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