Dr. An­ja Köb­rich León

Empirical economics, behavioral economics, social networks, green finance.

Research articles in peer-reviewed journals

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2023), Get the happiness out - a framed field experiment on the causal effects of positive emotions on online giving, PLOS ONE, forthcoming

Haefner, Gonzalo, Anja Köbrich León, and Janosch Schobin (2022), Frying Nemo? Experimental evidence on anthropomorphism, animal ethics, and food choice, Appetite 173 (1), 105989.

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2022), Romance and the ozone layer: panel evidence on green behavior in couples, Empirical Economics 63 (4), 2101-2123

Gutsche, Gunnar, Anja Köbrich León and Andreas Ziegler (2019), On the relevance of contextual factors for socially responsible investments: An econometric analysis, Oxford Economic Papers 71 (3), 756-776.

Köbrich León, Anja and Christian Pfeifer (2017), Religious activity, risk taking preferences, and financial behavior: empirical evidence from German survey data, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 69, 99-107.

Köbrich León, Anja, and Christian Pfeifer (2013), An empirical note on religiosity and social trust using German survey data, Economics Bulletin 33 (1), 753-763.

Papers in revision

Köbrich León, Anja, Julien Picard, and Janosch Schobin (2024), Fostering multiple pro-environmental behaviors at once: an experimental study on behavioral spillovers, In Principle Acceptance (IPA), Scientific Reports.

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing: on social image in online charity, in revision for Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ)

Discussion papers submitted to peer-reviewed journals

Elke Groh, Anja Köbrich León and Janosch Schobin (2024), Making climate-friendly choices in hard times: panel evidence on the COVID-19 shock and the (in)stability of climate-related preferences in Chile.

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Boosting peer influence by gamification? Evidence from an experimental network intervention study with a serious game.

Registered pre-analysis plans

Köbrich León, Anja, Alexander Langenkamp, and Janosch Schobin (2023), Breaking Ground: Exploring the interaction of social tension and environmental activism, available at AEA RCT Registry: https: //doi.org/10.1257/rct.10868-1.0

"Work in progress"

Engler Daniel, Anja Köbrich León and Janosch Schobin (2024), Protesting for tomorrow: Experimental evidence on the impact of carbon emissions inequality awareness and climate protest on climate action (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Blanca Tena Estrada (2024), The tug of war between fear and ethics - An experimental investigation of fear of social decline and moral values (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), From fear to action: Experimental evidence on the role of social decline for the acceptance of green transport policies (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Greening the road ahead: The effect of policy announcements on green mobility behaviors (working title)

Haefner, Gonzalo and Anja Köbrich León (2024), Green or not be Green? The mediating role of environmental identity on personality traits and pro-environmental mobility behavior (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Skin in the game and political affect (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Why anger doesn't help: Experimental evidence on the role of political affect in climate policy support and activism (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Green ties that bind: Examining the interplay between green social capital and pro-environmental behaviors (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja and Janosch Schobin (2024), Do your friends make you give: evidence on pro-social contagion networks (working title)

Köbrich León, Anja (2024), On the relevance of contextual factors for pro-environmental and ethical food consumption: an econometric analysis (working title)

Annual Conference European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (2015), Annual Meeting Western Economic Association (2011), Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (2012, 2015), Annual Congress European Economic Association (2021), Economic Science Association (2020), Annual Congress Latin American Studies Association (2021), Annual Congress Social Policy Association (2019, 2020), Scottish Economic Society (2012), Spring Meeting of Young Economists (2016), Meeting of the Working Group on Quantitative Research on Religion (2012), Tiber Symposium on Psychology and Economics (2011), World Congress Environmental and Resource Economists (2018)

Peer-reviewed journals

Applied Economics, Economics Bulletin, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Social Economy

Other

Annual Conference European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Spring Meeting of Young Economists (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Since 10/2022

Research associate (Postdoc) at the Unit Empirical Economic Research at the Institute of Economics of the University of Kassel.

10/2017 - 09/2022

Project Leader BMBF Junior Research Group "The Role of Digital Gaming Applications in Friendship Networks for Decarbonizing Private Consumption Decisions (DeCarbFriends)", for more information click here.

04/2014 - 09/2017
Research associate (Postdoc) at the Unit Empirical Economic Research at the Institute of Economics of the University of Kassel.

06/2013
PhD (Dr. rer. pol.), Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Title of dissertation: "Essays in cultural economics - Economic consequences of religion"

05/2008 - 06/2013
PhD scholar and external doctoral candidate at the Chair of Economic Policy, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

10/2011 - 07/2012
Lecturer in Economics for Industrial Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Munich

08/2009 - 09/2009, 02/2010 - 04/2010
Visiting Researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Santiago de Chile

02/2007 - 12/2007
Marketing employee in the Department Marketing & Sales at DEKRA Industrial, Stuttgart

04/2007
Diploma in Economics, University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart
Main focus: Macroeconomics (growth and employment), business and business ethics, human resources and organization
Topic of diploma thesis: "Religion and Economic Growth"