Test Me If You Can—Providing Optimal Information for Consumers Through a Novel Certification Mechanism ^†

Dr. Ulrike Vollstaedt has been a research associate at the Chair of Behavioral Social Policy, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg since 2021. She began her academic journey with studies in Business Administration/Intercultural Management at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (2002–2004), including a semester abroad at the École Supérieure de Commerce in Le Havre, France. She then pursued a Master’s in Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (2005–2008). From 2008 to 2012, she completed her PhD in Economics (summa cum laude) at the International Max Planck Research School “Uncertainty” in Jena, including a research stay at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2011). In 2012, she served as a coordinator and researcher at the Jena Graduate School “Human Behavior in Social and Economic Change” before joining the University of Duisburg-Essen as a research associate at the Chair of Quantitative Economic Policy (2012–2021). She was on leave to work as a visiting researcher at the University of Michigan from 2019 to 2021. Grants include: “Program to promote excellent junior scientists” at the University of Duisburg-Essen (ca. 30,000 EUR; 2016/2017), DFG Research fellowship for research stay at the University of Michigan (ca. 135,000 EUR; 2019–2021). Research interests include: behavioral and experimental economics, game theory (markets with asymmetric information, information disclosure, certification, bargaining, group behavior).