Timo Vogelsang
Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting • Professor
Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting
Timo Vogelsang is an Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. His research studies incentives, information design, and decision tools to help institutions govern and make decisions more effectively.
His work lies at the intersection of management control and behavioral science. He examines how incentive systems, performance measurement, information design, and algorithmic decision tools shape employee behavior and organizational outcomes. To identify causal effects and underlying mechanisms, he primarily conducts field experiments in firms, complemented (depending on the research question) by laboratory and online experiments, surveys, and archival data.
His research has been published in outlets including the Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Labor Economics, and has also been featured in Harvard Business Review.
He serves as an Associate Editor at Accounting Open and as a member of the Editorial Board of Management Accounting Research.
His work lies at the intersection of management control and behavioral science. He examines how incentive systems, performance measurement, information design, and algorithmic decision tools shape employee behavior and organizational outcomes. To identify causal effects and underlying mechanisms, he primarily conducts field experiments in firms, complemented (depending on the research question) by laboratory and online experiments, surveys, and archival data.
His research has been published in outlets including the Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Labor Economics, and has also been featured in Harvard Business Review.
He serves as an Associate Editor at Accounting Open and as a member of the Editorial Board of Management Accounting Research.
- Accounting department
- Professor
- Faculty
PUBLICATIONS
Opitz, S., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., Zimmermann, T., 2025 . The Algorithmic Assignment of Incentive Schemes, Management Science Vol. 71(2), pp. 1546-1563.
Alfitian, J., Vogelsang, T., 2025. The Hidden Costs of Dismissals: Behavioral Consequences of Impending Termination, Journal of Labor Economics. (forthcoming)
Kohler, M., Mahlendorf, M., Seiter, M., Vogelsang, T., 2024. Social Comparison in Multi-Tasking Environments: Sacrificing Overall Performance for Local Excellence?, Journal of Accounting Research.
Vogelsang, T., 2024. Time is (Not) Money:: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time, European Accounting Review Vol. 33(2), pp. 435-459.
Alfitian, J., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2024. When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace, Management Science Vol. 70(9), pp. 6395-6414.
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2023. Information, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on the Interaction of Management Controls, The Accounting Review Vol. 98(5), pp. 455-479.
Vogelsang, T., 2023. Leisure time, performance pay, and crowding-out, Economics Letters Vol. 231(111266).
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2023. Talking About Performance or Paying for It?: A Field Experiment on Performance Reviews and Incentives, Management Science Vol. 69(4), pp. 2098-2216.
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2021. Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain, Management Science Vol. 67(11), pp. 6998-7022.
Vogelsang, T., 2019 . Boni steigern nicht zwingend die Leistung, Controlling & Management Review Jg. 63(3), pp. 24-29.
Danilov, A., Vogelsang, T., 2016. Time for Helping, Journal of the Economic Science Association Vol. 2(1), pp. 36-47.
Alfitian, J., Vogelsang, T., 2025. The Hidden Costs of Dismissals: Behavioral Consequences of Impending Termination, Journal of Labor Economics. (forthcoming)
Kohler, M., Mahlendorf, M., Seiter, M., Vogelsang, T., 2024. Social Comparison in Multi-Tasking Environments: Sacrificing Overall Performance for Local Excellence?, Journal of Accounting Research.
Vogelsang, T., 2024. Time is (Not) Money:: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time, European Accounting Review Vol. 33(2), pp. 435-459.
Alfitian, J., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2024. When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace, Management Science Vol. 70(9), pp. 6395-6414.
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2023. Information, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on the Interaction of Management Controls, The Accounting Review Vol. 98(5), pp. 455-479.
Vogelsang, T., 2023. Leisure time, performance pay, and crowding-out, Economics Letters Vol. 231(111266).
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2023. Talking About Performance or Paying for It?: A Field Experiment on Performance Reviews and Incentives, Management Science Vol. 69(4), pp. 2098-2216.
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2021. Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain, Management Science Vol. 67(11), pp. 6998-7022.
Vogelsang, T., 2019 . Boni steigern nicht zwingend die Leistung, Controlling & Management Review Jg. 63(3), pp. 24-29.
Danilov, A., Vogelsang, T., 2016. Time for Helping, Journal of the Economic Science Association Vol. 2(1), pp. 36-47.
Vogelsang, T., 2020. Management Practices and Employee Performance: Causal Evidence from Field- and Laboratory Experiments, (Köln, Universität zu Köln, Diss., 2020.)
Mahlendorf, M., Vogelsang, T., 2024, Performance Measures and Incentives: Evidence from Field Experiments in Firms, in: Anne Lillis, Jennifer Grafton (eds): Handbook on Performance Measurement for Management Control, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Kohler, M., Mahlendorf, M., Seiter, M., Vogelsang, T., 2021. Bessere Performance im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, Controlling & Management Review Vol. 65(8), pp. 42-45.
Kohler, M., Mahlendorf, M., Seiter, M., Vogelsang, T., 2021. Performance Management im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, Controlling & Management Review Vol. 65(8), pp. 42-45.
Vogelsang, T., 2020. New Work = New Pay?: Spotboni in Form von Freizeit, Personalführung (6).
Kohler, M., Mahlendorf, M., Seiter, M., Vogelsang, T., 2021. Performance Management im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, Controlling & Management Review Vol. 65(8), pp. 42-45.
Vogelsang, T., 2020. New Work = New Pay?: Spotboni in Form von Freizeit, Personalführung (6).
Vogelsang, T., Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., 2020. Information Provision and Incentives: A Field Experiment on Facilitating and Influencing Managers' Decisions. (submitted)
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2019. Talking about Performance or Paying for it?: Evidence from a Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12446.
Vogelsang, T., 2019. Time is (Not) Money: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time. (Revise and resubmit)
Manthei, K., Sliwka, D., Vogelsang, T., 2019. Talking about Performance or Paying for it?: Evidence from a Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12446.
Vogelsang, T., 2019. Time is (Not) Money: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time. (Revise and resubmit)
OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By Appointment
Room
E4.83
OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By Appointment
Room
E4.83