Institute of Sociology

Publications

Publications in English journals

 

  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Bahr (2024): The Development of Global Environmental Concern During the Last Three Decades. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 8: 100260.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2023): The power of social influence: A replication and extension of the Asch experiment. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0294325. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0294325.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Bahr (2023): Poverty in Europe: How long-term poverty developed following the financial crisis and what drives it. International Journal of Social Welfare. DOI:10.1111/ijsw.12614.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2021): The Importance of Money Scale (IMS): A new instrument to measure the importance of material well-being. Personality and Individual Differences 184 (2022) 111172.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Fabienne Wöhner (2021): Coronavirus risk perception and compliance with social distancing measures in a sample of young adults: Evidence from Switzerland. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0247447. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0247447.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2020): Can Climate Skeptics be Convinced? The Effect of Nature Videos on Environmental Concern. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2972. DOI:10.3390/su12072972.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2020): Reply to the comment by Zhang and Fang (2019) on consumption-based versus production-based accounting of CO2 emissions. Environmental Science and Policy 104: 52-54.
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  • Franzen, Axel, Sebastian Mader und Sebastian Bahr (2019): Governing the Commons: Why Self-Administered Farm Outlets Flourish in Switzerland. International Journal of the Commons 13(2): 1079-1091.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2019): Do phantom questions measure social desirability? Methods, Data, Analyses 13: 37-57. DOI:10.12758/mda.2019.01.
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  • Franzen, Axel, Sebastian Mader und Fabian Winter (2018): Contagious Yawning, Empathy, and Their Relation to Prosocial Behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. DOI:10.1037/xge0000422.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2018): Consumption-based versus production-based accounting of CO2 emissions: Is there evidence for carbon leakage? Environmental Science & Policy 84: 34-40.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sebastian Mader (2016): Predictors of national CO2 emissions: Do international commitments matter? Climatic Change 139: 491–502. DOI:10.1007/s10584-016-1795-x.

 

  • Franzen, Axel und Sonja Pointner (2014): Giving According to Preferences: Decision-Making in the Group Dictator Game. Soziale Welt 65: 139-152.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominikus Vogl (2013): Time Preferences and Environmental Concern: An Analysis of the Swiss ISSP 2010. International Journal of Sociology 43: 39-62.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominikus Vogl (2013): Two decades of measuring environmental attitudes: A comparative analysis of 33 countries. Global Environmental Change 23: 1001-1008.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sonja Pointner (2013): The external validity of giving in the dictator game: A field experiment using the misdirected letter technique. Experimental Economics 16: 155–169.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominikus Vogl (2013): Acquiescence and the willingness to pay for environmental protection: A comparison of the ISSP, WVS, and EVS. Social Science Quarterly 94: 637-659.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Sonja Pointner (2012): Anonymity in the Dictator Game Revisited. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation 81: 74– 81.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominikus Vogl (2011): Pitfalls of international comparative research: Taking acquiescence into account. Journal of Economics and Statistics 231: 761-782. 
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  • Franzen, Axel und Sonja Pointner (2011): Calling social capital: An analysis of the determinants of success on the TV quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. Social Networks 33: 79-87.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominikus Vogl (2010): Social Reaction to the Climate Debate in Germany and Switzerland. Analyse & Kritik 01/2010.
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  • Franzen, Axel und Reto Meyer (2010): Environmental Attitudes in Cross-National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of the ISSP 1993 and 2000. European Sociological Review.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Dominik Hangartner (2006): Social Networks and Labour Market Outcomes: The Non-Monetary Benefits of Social Capital. European Sociological Review.
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  • Franzen, Axel and Ben Jann (2004): The Use of New Technology and Occupational Mobility: An Event History Analysis of the Swiss Labor Market. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 124: 257-282
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  • Franzen, Axel (2003): Social Capital and the Internet: Evidence from Swiss Panel Data. KYKLOS, 56: 341-360.
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  • Franzen, Axel (2003): Environmental Attitudes in International Comparison: An Analysis of the ISSP Surveys 1993 and 2000. Social Science Quarterly, 84: 297-308.
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  • Franzen, Axel (2002): The Swiss Environmental Survey 1994. Schmollers Jahrbuch. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 122: 617-622.
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  • Franzen, Axel (2001): Wages and the Use of New Technologies: An Empirical Analysis of the Swiss Labor Market. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 137: 505-523.
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  • Franzen, Axel (2000): Does the Internet Make Us Lonely? European Sociological Review, 16: 427-438.
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  • Franzen, Axel (1995): Group Size and One-Shot Collective Action. Rationality and Society, 7: 183-200.
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  • Bless, Herbert; Betsch. Tilmann and Axel Franzen (1998): Framing the Framing Effect: The Impact of Context Cues on Solutions to the „Asian Disease“ Problem. European Journal of Social Psychology, 28: 287-291.
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  • Capranica, Laura; Aversa, F. and Axel Franzen (2001): Italian Sport Newspaper Coverage of Women’s Sports During the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Italian Journal of Sport Sciences, 8: 30-34.
     

 

  • Diekmann, Andreas und Axel Franzen (1999): The Wealth of Nations and Environmental Concern. Environment and Behavior, 31: 540-549.
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  • Rapoport, Anatol; Diekmann, Andreas und Axel Franzen (1995): Experiments with Social Traps III: Breakup of Coalitions. Rationality and Society, 7: 328-337.
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  • Rapoport, Anatol; Diekmann, Andreas und Axel Franzen (1995): Experiments with Social Traps IV: Reputation Effects in the Evolution of Cooperation. Rationality and Society, 7: 431-441.
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  • Weesie, Jeroen und Axel Franzen (1998): The Volunteer’s Dilemma with Cost Sharing. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 42: 600-618.
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