Marta Cota

Marta Cota is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE), NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal. She is actively engaged in research related to behavioral finance and household financial decision-making.

Her research interests center on behavioral aspects of personal finance, with a focus on how individuals form income expectations and how these influence retirement savings behavior. Her work bridges finance and psychological biases in economic forecasting.

The recent publication highlights her focus on extrapolative behavior in income forecasting and its implications for long-term financial planning, particularly in retirement contexts. Her research contributes to understanding how cognitive biases affect financial security in aging populations.

• Extrapolative income expectations and retirement savings (2025, Review of Finance)

Marta Cota advises students in finance and conducts research independently, with no mention of supervised students or external grants in the available text. She contributes to the academic community through peer-reviewed publications in top finance journals.

She is part of the research network at NOVA SBE, a leading business school in Portugal, contributing to its growing reputation in behavioral and household finance research.