Rastislav Rehák, Ph.D.
Research Focus
I study cognitive processes within behavioral economics, using theory (formal modeling) and experiments. My research focuses on judgment and decision-making, information, and time use, with a prominent application to moral reasoning and climate-related behavior. I welcome interdisciplinary collaboration, especially with researchers in cognitive and environmental sciences.
Academic Career
I am a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics (Bonn) in the team of Axel Ockenfels.
I obtained my PhD at CERGE-EI (Prague) under the supervision of Filip Matějka.
Publications
- Rastislav Rehák, Bayesian second-guessing: An optimal stopping theory of post-decisional confidence [2026, under review]
- Melisa Kurtis, Axel Ockenfels, Rastislav Rehák, Willing to act, failing to impact: Psychological and social drivers of voluntary climate action [2025, R&R @ Economic Journal]
- Sona Badalyan, Darya Korlyakova, Rastislav Rehák, Disclosure discrimination: An experiment focusing on communication in the hiring process [2025, under review]
- Rastislav Rehák, Maxim Senkov. Bayesian P(h)ooling: Optimal pooling structure in quadratic Bayesian persuasion [2026, R&R @ Journal of Mathematical Economics]
- Large-scale collaboration lead by Blanco, E., Holzknecht, A., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., and Schwaiger, R. #ManyDesignsCarbon: Do behavioral interventions increase support for carbon pricing? [2026, R&R @ Nature Human Behavior]
- Barbora Rehák Bučková, Charlotte Fraza, Rastislav Rehák, Marián Kolenič, Christian Beckmann, Filip Španiel, Andre Marquand, Jaroslav Hlinka. Using normative models pre-trained on cross-sectional data to evaluate intra-individual longitudinal changes in neuroimaging data [eLife (2025) 13:RP95823]