Christine Laudenbach

Prof. Dr. Christine Laudenbach is a full Professor of Household Finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt and Director of the Household Finance Department at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE). Her research focuses on behavioral economics and household finance, particularly the drivers of private households' financial decisions and interventions like financial education, regulation, and technology to improve decision-making quality. She employs empirical and experimental methodologies.

Research Trends: Her recent publications address topics such as correlation neglect in finance, financial responses to historical events like communism, automated communication in financial systems, and behavioral aspects of investor decisions. These works span behavioral economics, household finance, and empirical analysis.

• 2023: Co-authored paper on communist historical impact; Management Science publication on correlation neglect.
• 2022: Accepted Journal of Finance study on automated communication and loan payments.
• 2021: Journal of Financial Economics paper on investor responses to local bankruptcies.

Grants and Affiliations: She received a Leibniz Association grant (2022) and co-leads the BMBF-funded ClimLabels project (2022). She is affiliated with the House of Finance and collaborates with institutions like Columbia University and the University of Washington.