Tim Kaiser

Tim Kaiser is Professor of Economics at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, specializing in economics of education and financial literacy. His research examines how educational interventions impact financial knowledge and downstream economic behaviors.

He investigates learning methodologies in financial education, particularly active learning approaches that improve outcomes in diverse populations. His development economics work includes large-scale field experiments in Uganda and Kenya evaluating financial education programs for micro-entrepreneurs.

Professor Kaiser currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance and contributes to OECD financial education initiatives. During 2025, he is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.