Edda Claus

Edda Claus serves as Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University's Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. She maintains significant research affiliations as a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Australian National University and as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics at Carleton University. Additionally, she serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Surveys, demonstrating her standing in the academic community.

Her academic credentials include a B.A. in Economics from McGill University, an M.Sc. in Economics from Université de Montréal, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University. This international educational background informs her cross-cultural research perspective.

Dr. Claus specializes in behavioural macroeconomics and monetary economics, with particular expertise in using household surveys to model heterogeneous consumer behavior. Her research examines how monetary policy shocks affect asset prices and consumer expectations, bridging economic theory with psychological insights. Recent work investigates emotional transmission channels in economic behavior, demonstrating how negative emotions influence consumption through both economic and psychological pathways.

Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent scholarly output with increasing focus on the intersection of psychology and economics. Her most recent work employs sophisticated survey methodology to capture nuanced consumer behavior, moving beyond traditional economic models to incorporate emotional and psychological factors that influence decision-making.

• Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Surveys
• Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)
• Research Fellow, Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics

Dr. Claus currently supervises graduate research in macroeconomics and behavioral economics, with active projects including 'Purse Strings Versus Heart Strings' examining emotional transmission channels, 'Scarred workers' investigating long-term effects of economic crises on wage expectations, and research on political polarization's economic consequences. Her international collaborations, particularly with Viet H. Nguyen of the University of Melbourne, demonstrate her global research network and influence.