Michael Jetter

Research Fellow

University of Western Australia

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Michael works at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Being originally from Germany, he received both his B.A. (2007) and his Ph.D. (2011) in Economics from the University of Memphis (USA). From 2011 to 2015, he worked at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia, first as an Assistant Professor and then as a Full Professor.

Michael's research interests are mostly related to Political Economy, Public Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Media Economics. His current projects focus on the determinants of terrorism and armed conflict, as well as issues related to economic development (e.g., corruption and inequality) and gender differences in competitiveness and preferences.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2013.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 12012
Career Lotto: Labor Supply in Winner-Take-All Markets
Wayne A. Grove, Michael Jetter, Kerry L. Papps
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11900
The Effect of Media Coverage on Mass Shootings
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11204
Financial Shocks and the Erosion of Interpersonal Trust: Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Michael Jetter, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11201
Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk-Taking among Children, Teenagers, and College Students: Evidence from Jeopardy!
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10708
Terrorism and the Media: The Effect of US Television Coverage on Al-Qaeda Attacks
Michael Jetter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10585
Gender Differences in the Link between Income and Trust Levels: Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Jessica R. Bilson, Michael Jetter, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10151
Anchoring in Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 141: 164-176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10015
The Intimate Link between Income Levels and Life Expectancy: Global Evidence from 213 Years
Michael Jetter, Sabine Laudage, David Stadelmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9996
Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict? Understanding the Decision of an Opposition Group
Michael Jetter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9669
Gender in Jeopardy!: The Role of Opponent Gender in High-Stakes Competition
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
published in: European Economic Review, 2017
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