Tobin Hanspal

Tobin Hanspal is an Associate Professor of Finance at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. He holds affiliations with the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF) and is a Research Affiliate at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE. His research focuses on behavioral finance, household finance, cryptocurrency investments, and the psychological aspects of financial decision-making.

Key areas of investigation include investor behavior in stock markets, the impact of personal financial experiences on risk-taking, and the effects of political corruption on financial participation. His work has been recognized with awards such as the 2024 SIX Best Paper Award from the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research.

Selected publications include studies on dividend education, cryptocurrency investor behavior, and the psychological effects of market crashes on household expectations. Collaborations involve prominent researchers like Andreas Hackethal, Steffen Andersen, and Kasper Meisner Nielsen. His research frequently intersects with real-world policy implications, such as the role of FinTech in savings behavior and the consequences of multi-level marketing fraud.

Recent projects analyze the behavioral responses to the 2020 stock market crash, the link between political corruption and stock market participation, and the design of financial experiments to cultivate self-control in borrowing decisions.