Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

The Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (German: Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern) is located in Bonn, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society. The institute focuses its study on law, economics and politics of collective goods.

History
The institute was founded 1997 as temporary project called "Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics" and transformed into a permanent institute in 2003.

Management
As of 2010, its two directors are economist Martin Hellwig and law scholar Christoph Engel. Meanwhile, the following represent the institute's current academic advisory board.

Academic Advisory Board
 * Prof. Philippe Aghion
 * Prof. Dr. Susanne Baer, LL.M.
 * Prof. Patrick Bolton
 * Prof. Dr. Christian Gollier
 * Prof. Dr. Oliver Lepsius, LL.M.
 * Prof. Jeffrey J. Rachlinski
 * Prof. Dr. Christine Windbichler, LL.M.
 * Prof. Dr. Frans A. A. M. van Winden
 * Prof. Kathryn Zeiler

Research groups

 * Behavioral Law and Economics (Christoph Engel)
 * Experimental Economics (Matthias Sutter)
 * "Moral Courage" (Anna Baumert)
 * Economic Cognition (Susann Fiedler)
 * Mechanisms of Normative Change (Fabian Winter)

Max Planck Law
The institute is part of the research network Max Planck Law.