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Prof. Manuel Grieder

  1. UniDistance Suisse
  2. Faculty of Business and Economics
Manuel Grieder
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Manuel Grieder is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at UniDistance Suisse in the Faculty of Business and Economics. He received his PhD from the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne). Before joining UniDistance, he was a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich and a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management. He also teaches at HEC Lausanne and at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).

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Diligentia Foundation Funds Research Project at FernUni Schweiz on Administrative Barriers in the Tax System

Dr Krishna Srinivasan, Prof. Manuel Grieder and Prof. Michael Kurschilgen from the Faculty of Economics at FernUni Schweiz have…

Diligentia Foundation Funds Research Project at FernUni Schweiz on Administrative Barriers in the Tax System

“UniDistance Suisse is an attractive institution in the field of high-level scientific research”

The Matterhorn Symposium took place from 18 to 20 September 2025 on the UniDistance Suisse campus in Brig. This second edition aimed to…

“UniDistance Suisse is an attractive institution in the field of high-level scientific research”

1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation

UniDistance Suisse proudly hosted the 1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation from October 19 to 21, 2023.…

1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation

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Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

The new English-language Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics will be introduced in the autumn semester of 2023.…

Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Research focus

My research is situated within behavioral economics and focuses on organizational economics and environmental and public policy. I study decision making in organizations, markets, and policy contexts, with a focus on outcomes related to efficiency, distribution, and environmental or social sustainability. Using primarily laboratory and field experiments, complemented where appropriate by surveys and field data, my work investigates mechanisms that foster cooperation, reduce negative externalities and unethical behavior, and lower behavioral frictions that hinder socially desirable actions.

Research groups

Behavioural, Organisational and Environmental Economics

Faculty of of Business and Economics

Use and Design of Peer Evaluations for Bonus Allocations
2025-01 | Journal of Accounting Research
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.12628
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Karl Schuhmacher
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Non-price Product Differentiation in Charitable Giving – Evidence from two Randomized Field Experiments
2025-01
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4849150
  • Jan Schmitz
  • Manuel Grieder
working-paper
The Hidden Benefits of CSR: Corporate Philanthropy Begets Giving of Employees
2025-01 | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103225
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Deborah Kistler
  • Jan Schmitz
Journal article Peer-reviewed
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Strategic Competition and Self-Confidence
2024-01 | Management Science
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.4688
  • Stefanie Brilon
  • Simona Grassi
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Jonathan Schulz
Journal article Peer-reviewed
How Sludge Impairs the Effectiveness of Policy Programs: A Field Experiment with SMEs
2024-01 | Behavioural Public Policy
DOI: 10.1017/bpp.2024.44
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Deborah Kistler
  • Jan Schmitz
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Building an Equilibrium: Rules vs. Principles in Relational Contracts
2023-11 | Organization Science
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2021.1503
  • Robert S. Gibbons
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Holger Herz
  • Christian Zehnder
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Looking beyond the hype: Conditions affecting the promise of behaviour change apps as social innovations for low-carbon transitions
2023-06 | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2023.100702
  • D. Wemyss
  • F. Cellina
  • M. Grieder
  • F. Schlüter
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Asking to Give: Moral Licensing and Pro-Social Behavior in the Aggregate
2023-01 | SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3920355
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Jan Schmitz
  • Renate Schubert
working-paper
Not Only for the Money: Nudging SMEs to Promote Environmental Sustainability
2023-01 | SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4351587
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Deborah Kistler
  • Felix Schlüter
  • Jan Schmitz
working-paper
Report on the SIE City Lab in Basel
2021-10 | SONNET Social Innovation in Energy Transitions - Deliverables
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Devon Wemyss
report
Environmental Decision Making in Small Companies: A Behavioral Economics Perspective
2021-01 | Sustainability and Environmental Decision Making
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9287-4_13
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Deborah Kistler
  • Jan Schmitz
Book chapter
The Behavioral Effects of Carbon Taxes – Experimental Evidence
2021-01 | SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3628516
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Rebekka Bärenbold
  • Jan Schmitz
  • Renate Schubert
working-paper
The Effects of Investigative Sanctioning Systems on Wrongdoing, Reporting, and Helping: A Multiparty Perspective
2020-09 | Organization Science
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2019.1340
  • Celia Chui
  • Manuel Grieder
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Nudging the poor and the rich – A field study on the distributional effects of green electricity defaults
2020-02 | Energy Economics
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104616
  • Claus Ghesla
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Renate Schubert
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pro-environmental incentives and loss aversion: A field experiment on electricity saving behavior
2020-02 | Energy Policy
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111131
  • Claus Ghesla
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Jan Schmitz
  • Marcel Stadelmann
Journal article Peer-reviewed
How Choice Complexity in Liberalized Markets Hurts the Demand for Green Electricity
2020-01 | SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3628373
  • Rebekka Bärenbold
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Renate Schubert
working-paper
How group identification distorts beliefs
2019-08 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.05.027
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Nudge for Good? Choice Defaults and Spillover Effects
2019-02 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00178
  • Claus Ghesla
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Jan Schmitz
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Competitive pricing reduces wasteful counterproductive behaviors
2017-12 | Journal of Public Economics
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.08.007
  • Björn Bartling
  • Manuel Grieder
  • Christian Zehnder
Journal article Peer-reviewed

Teaching

M004-D Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics
M004-F Introduction à l'économie Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics
M04 Organisational Economics and Management Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics
Organisational Economics and Management Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics
Organisational Economics and Management Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Functions at UniDistance Suisse

Faculty of of Business and Economics

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  • Programme direction of the Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics
  • Assistant professor

Behavioural, Organisational and Environmental Economics

  • Assistant professor

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Faculty Council of Business and Economics

  • Dean
  • Programme direction of the Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics
  • Assistant professor

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