Episode 47: Hans-Joachim Voth on Peer Effects among Fighter Pilots

Hans-Joachim Voth is the UBS Foundation Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich - and a newly appointed Fellow of the Econometric Society (congratulations!)

The paper discussed in this episode is “Killer Incentives: Rivalry, Performance and Risk-Taking among German Fighter Pilots, 1939–45”, by Philipp Ager, Leonardo Bursztyn, Lukas Leucht, and Hans-Joachim Voth. This paper was published in the Review of Economic Studies in October 2022.

Other papers discussed during this episode include:

Cullen, Z., & Perez-Truglia, R. (2022). How much does your boss make? the effects of salary comparisons. Journal of Political Economy, 130(3), 766-822.

Kuhn, P., Kooreman, P., Soetevent, A., & Kapteyn, A. (2011). The effects of lottery prizes on winners and their neighbors: Evidence from the Dutch postcode lottery. American Economic Review, 101(5), 2226-47.