Berno Büchel
Prof. Dr.
berno.buechel@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 8250
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8709-7877
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Professor,
Department of Economics
PER 21 bu. F420
Bd de Pérolles 90
1700 FribourgPER 21, F420
Hours of reception:
Thursday: 15:00-16:00Official office hour for students: Thursday, 15:00-16:00 (please write an email for an appointment).
My research and teaching activities have a particular focus on the working of MARKETS, on STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR, and on the role of social NETWORKS.
Biography
Short Biography
Since 2017: Professor at Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)
2015-2017: Post-doc at University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
02-03, 2015: Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (USA)
2011-2015: Habilitation at University of Hamburg (Germany)
2009-2011: Post-doc at Saarland University (Germany)
2009: Dr. rer. pol. Bielefeld University (Germany)
2006-2007: Visiting University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
2005: Lic. rer. pol. University of Berne (Switzerland)
Research and publications
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Publications
21 publications
Sustainability as a dynamic game
Berno Buechel, Corinne Dubois, Stephanie Fuerer, Tjaša Maillard-Bjedov, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2025) | Journal articleAppetite for Ignorance: Does eating meat cause information avoidance about its harms?
Bénédicte Droz, Berno Buechel, Mónica Capra, Xi Chen, Anis Nassar, Seong Gyu Park, Jin Xu, Shanshan Zhang, Joshua Tasoff, European Economic Review (2025) | Journal articleMisinformation due to asymmetric information sharing
Berno Buechel, Stefan Klößner, Fanyuan Meng, Anis Nassar, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2023) | Journal articleHow residence permits affect the labor market attachment of foreign workers: Evidence from a migration lottery in Liechtenstein
Berno Buechel and Selina Gangl and Martin Huber, European Economic Review (2023) | Journal articleWhom to trust in a signed network? Optimal solution and two heuristic rules
Meng, F. and Medo, M. and Buechel, B., Information Sciences (2022) | Journal articleFixed price equilibria on peer‐to‐peer platforms: Lessons from time‐based currencies
Buechel, B. and Krähenmann, P., Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022) | Journal articleOptimal law enforcement with sophisticated and naïve offenders
Berno Buechel and Eberhard Feess and Gerd Muehlheusser, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020) | Journal articleThe swing voter's curse in social networks
Games and Economic Behavior (2019) | Journal articleThe strength of weak leaders: an experiment on social influence and social learning in teams
Experimental Economics (2019) | Journal articleIf I can do it, so can you! Peer effects on perseverance
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2018) | Journal articleNobody’s Innocent
Journal of Sports Economics (2016) | Journal articleRestrictions in Spatial Competition: The Effects on Firms and Consumers
Homo Oeconomicus (2016) | Journal articleBlack Sheep or Scapegoats? Implementable Monitoring Policies under Unobservable Levels of Misbehavior
The Journal of Legal Studies (2016) | Journal articleOpinion dynamics and wisdom under conformity
Berno Buechel and Tim Hellmann and Stefan Klößner, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2015) | Journal articleRobust equilibria in location games
Berno Buechel and Nils Roehl, European Journal of Operational Research (2015) | Journal articleThe dynamics of continuous cultural traits in social networks
Berno Buechel and Tim Hellmann and Michael M. Pichler, Journal of Economic Theory (2014) | Journal articleThe Dynamics of Closeness and Betweenness
BERNO BUECHEL and VINCENT BUSKENS, The Journal of Mathematical Sociology (2013) | Journal articleCondorcet winners on median spaces
Berno Buechel, Social Choice and Welfare (2013) | Journal articleUnder-connected and over-connected networks: the role of externalities in strategic network formation
Berno Buechel and Tim Hellmann, Rev Econ Design (2012) | Journal article