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STOCKHOLM SCHOOL
OF ECONOMICS

Experts on behavioral economics

What drives financial decision-making and economic behavior? At the Stockholm School of Economics, researchers investigate how social norms, psychological factors, and changing circumstances impact our economic decisions. Below you'll find areas of specialization and contact details.

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Anders Anderson, associate professor and Director of the Swedish House of Finance, Department of Finance  

Areas of expertise:  

  • Behavioral and consumer finance, with a focus on how individuals and institutional investors make decisions about savings, debt, and investments.
  • How emotions, biases and self-perception influence household financial decisions.
  • Specialist in financial literacy, including the gap between perceived and actual literacy and its impact on financial planning.  

Email: anders.anderson@hhs.se  
Languages: English, Swedish 

Anna Dreber Almenberg, professor at the Department of Economics 

Areas of expertise: 

  • Gender-related differences in economic preferences, wage negotiations and decision-making, with implications for workplace policies and equality initiatives. 
  • Understanding the impact of biological factors, such as hormonal variations, on economic behavior. 

Email: anna.dreber@hhs.se  
Languages: English, Swedish 

Tore Ellingsen, professor at the Department of Economics 

Area of expertise: 

  • How ethics, trust, and social norms influence economic behavior and societal outcomes. 
  • How structures and behaviors within institutions and organizations affect economic performance and measures of success. 

Email: tore.ellingsen@hhs.se  
Phone: +46 (0)70-796 1049   
Languages: English, Swedish 

Richard Wahlund, professor at the Department of Marketing and Strategy, Director of the Center for Media and Economic Psychology 

  • Psychological factors that influence economic judgments and decision making (concerning for example buying, financial, insurance, or retirement decision making). 

Email: Richard.Wahlund@hhs.se 
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 95 80 
Languages: English, Swedish 

Robert Östling, professor at the Department of Economics 

  • Effects of wealth, such as lottery winnings, on individual behavior and societal outcomes, including labor supply, health habits, psychological well-being, and family dynamics. 
  • Game theory predictions focusing on coordination, communication and strategic decision-making. 

Email: Robert.ostling@hhs.se 
Phone: +46 8 736 92 52 
Languages: English, Swedish 

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Center for Media and Economic Psychology