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Dr. Uta-Maria Niederle

	Dr. Uta-Maria Niederle
	Research Associate
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Education

1994	Diplom-Volkswirt, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
1994 - 1999	Research Fellow, Rostock University Doctoral thesis: "Theorie der Institutionen am Beispiel von (vertraglicher) Versicherung" ("A theory of institutions with contractual insurance as an example")
since 1999	Max Planck Institute Jena Research project: preferences and property rights
2000	Dr. rer. pol. (PhD in Economics), Rostock University

Research Interests

• General theory of institutions and institutional change
• Economic history (esp. development of insurance)
• Evolution of property rights and the law
• Property rights in a social anthropological perspective
• Endogenous preferences, learning, and emotion
• Concepts and models of evolutionary dynamics and systems

Publications

• The Role of Attitudes in Action and Institutional Change – An Evolutionary Perspective", in: Sandra Batie and Nicholas Mercuro (eds.), Assessing the Evolution and Impact of Alternative Institutional Structures, London: Routledge, forthcoming
• (With Martin Binder), "Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change - A One Way Relation?", in: Elsner, Wolfram and Hanappi, Hardy (eds.): Advances in Evolutionary Institutional Economics: Evolutionary Mechanisms, Non-Knowledge, and Strategy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, forthcoming.
• "Preferences in Social Interaction and Their Influence on Formal Institutions", in: Schubert, Christian and v.Wangenheim, Georg (eds.): Evolution and Design of Institutions, London: Routledge, 2006
• "From Possession to Property: Preferences and the Role of Culture", in: Finch, John and Orillard, Magali (eds.): Complexity and the Economy. Implications for Economic Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005, p. 77-104
• "Institutionenwandel am Beispiel von vertraglicher Versicherung: Elemente einer allgemeinen Theorie", (Institutionelle und Evolutorische ökonomik; Bd. 22), Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 2003
• "Zwischen Spontanität und Autorität: Theorie der Institutionen am Beispiel von (vertraglicher) Versicherung", in: Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Marco (ed.): Perspektiven des Wandels: Evolutorische ökonomik in der Anwendung, Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 2002, p. 313-364
• "Theorie der Institutionen am Beispiel von (vertraglicher) Versicherung. Systematik, Annahmen und methodische Elemente eines integrativen Ansatzes", University of Rostock, dissertation, 2000

Working Papers

• (With Martin Binder), "Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change - A One Way Relation?", Papers on Economics & Evolution No. # 0607, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2006
• "From Possession to Property: Preferences and the Role of Culture", Papers on Economics & Evolution No. # 0406, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2004

Reviews

• Review of "The Evolutionary Foundation of Economics" ed. by Kurt Dopfer (2005), in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, available online October 2007