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Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · 05/11/2025

How strong are contrast effects? Join us at the U Penn seminar and find out: After @vasilisawerner.bsky.social presents her super-polished (former JM) paper, "Destructive Communication", I will present "Individual Preferences for Truth-Telling". Tomorrow, 7 pm CET. Registration: shorturl.at/mD1qe

$Screenshot of the email announcing Visilisa's talk, "Destructive Communication" with headshot, affiliation, title and abstract. The abstract reads: "Does communication always promote socially efficient behavior? We challenge this common proposition by showing that communication becomes destructive in polarized contexts. In an online experiment, we investigate what happens when participants who fundamentally disagree communicate. We exogenously vary the degree of polarization and the participants’ ability to communicate. When participants are sufficiently polarized, communication no longer improves trust and significantly reduces trustworthiness. Using natural language processing and supervised machine learning, we document that a substantial fraction of participants focus their communication on being polarized, leading to a destructive effect on both trust and trustworthiness. Our findings challenge the universality of contact theory, highlighting that communication may backfire in settings where parties hold opposing views."$

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Just started putting together a game theory slide set for my bachelor's class. Unfortunately, the only reference I have is my PhD-level deck. Same-same but different.

Two presentation slides. The one above defines a normal form game as a table listing players' strategies and payoffs. The one below (from my PhD class) provides a lengthy, technical definition of a normal form game, accompanied by extensive notation.

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

A new DP on partial cartels and ringleader discrimination is out. Check it out!

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I'm thrilled to announce that I joined @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycairnes.bsky.social for a permanent position as an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics. I'm excited to start a new chapter here and looking forward to getting to know everyone!

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Tobias Werner @tfwerner.com · 08/07/2025

Thrilled to share that this September I’ll be joining @sotonecon.bsky.social at @unisouthampton.bsky.social pton.bsky.social as a Lecturer 🎉 I look forward to continuing my research in IO, experimental economics, and human-AI interactions, and to engaging more with the UK econ community.

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Key takeaways: 🔸Communication reduces suspicion compared to no communication and pre-chat levels. 🔸Suspicion decreases further when receivers learn their sender’s past dictator behavior, especially if it was generous. 🔸The tone of a message can be even more important than its content. #EconSky

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A new discussion paper "Suspicion and Communication" (w/ Lisa Bruttel and Friedericke Fromme) is out now! Check it out: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... 1/N @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

⏰Two more days to apply! The deadline will not be extended!

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚨Less than two weeks to go: Apply to the workshop “Text as Data in Behavioral Economics”, aimed at exploring the intersection of text mining techniques and behavioral economics. 📍Potsdam, Germany on 10-11.06.25. 📍Submit here until 15.02.25: sites.google.com/view/text-as... #EconSky

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Text as Data in Behavioral Economics

Call for papers

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Tobias Werner @tfwerner.com · 24/01/2025

Just used Gemini Live to participate in a beh. experiment without even reading the instructions or speaking the language. LLMs acting as participants on platforms like Prolific could pollute data meant to study humans. With OpenAI’s operator model, this issue is growing. 🎥👇 youtu.be/NujyGZSA7Hg

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Participating in a behavioral experiment with Gemini Live

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I've decided to stop cross-posting on my X account, so I hope to reunite with many of you here! #EconSky

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Stephanie Wang @sweiwang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#eeac Day 11: @vasilisawerner.bsky.social asks when might communication have negative effects on trust in JMP "Destructive Communication" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... People who are polarized enough on an issue talk and focus on that issue, trust and trustworthiness can decrease #econsky #econjmp

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I’m delighted that our paper “Foreclosure and Profit Shifting With Partial Vertical Ownership” (w/ M. Hunold) has found its home in the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. You can read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #EconSky

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Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · 10/12/2024

Hey #Econsky, I just discovered this great starter pack: go.bsky.app/Hsdczbc Follow the Lisas! 👩‍🎓 @lisakramer.com , I think we should also add Vasilisa @vasilisawerner.bsky.social, who is on the job market with an #EconJMP on "Destructive Communication" ➡️ bsky.app/profile/vasi...

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

⏱️Apply until January 20, 2025: 1st Berlin Micro Theory and Behavioral Economics PhD Conference will take place in Berlin on July 7–9, 2025 wzb.eu/system/files... @bbeconomics.bsky.social @bseberlin.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The University of Potsdam is experiencing severe technical issues at the moment. Among other things, we cannot send or receive emails. If you need to contact me, please use my private email address: vasilisa.werner (at) gmail (dot) com

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Vasilisa Werner @vasilisawerner.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

🚀I am excited to announce that I am on the Job Market this year! My JMP, "Destructive Communication" (with M. Andres), shows that when individuals are highly polarized, communication not only fails to promote trust but actively damages it. #Econsky #EconJM #EconJobMarket #JMP 1/4

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