Research Interests
Behavioral Economics, Macro-expectations, Beliefs and Attention
Short Bio
Employment and Affiliations
- 2021 - Professor of Economics and Management (W2), University of Cologne.
- 2021 - Member, ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence: Markets & Public Policy.
- 2021 - Member, Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB).
- 2021 - Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods.
- 2019 - Research Affiliate, Insitute on Behavior and Inequality (briq), Bonn.
- 2019 - Affiliate Member, CESifo Research Network, Munich.
- 2019 - Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
- 2020 - Deputy Theme leader, CAGE Warwick.
- 2018 - Research Associate, CAGE Warwick
Past Employment
- 2019 - 2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
- 2018 - 2019 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute on Behavior and Inequality (briq), Bonn.
Teaching
- 2022 (scheduled) MSc. Experimental Methods, University of Cologne.
- 2021 Ph.D. Course on Subjective beliefs about the macroeconomy and household finance, CEBI,
- University of Copenhagen.
- 2021 MSc. Experimental Economics, University of Warwick.
- 2020 MRes. Topics in Empirical Political Economy, University of Warwick.
- 2020 MSc. Experimental Economics, University of Warwick.
- 2017 - 2018 Tutorials for the MSc. in Economics for Development Course on Quantitative Methods: University of Oxford.
- 2017 Undergraduate Tutorials in Quantitative Economics: Worcester College, University of Oxford.
- 2014 - 2015 Tutorials for the MSc. in Economics for Development Course on Quantitative Methods: University of Oxford.
Education
- 2014 - 2018 DPhil. (Ph.D.) in Economics (Edgeworth Prize), University of Oxford.
- 2012 - 2014 MPhil. in Economics (with distinction), University of Oxford.
- 2010 - 2013 BSc. Psychology (A - excellent), University of Hagen, Germany.
- 2009 - 2012 BSc. Economics (First Class Honours), University of Warwick.
Working Papers
Selected Publications
Jäger, S., Roth, C., Roussille, N., & Schoefer, B. (2024). Worker Beliefs About Outside Options. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 139(3), 1505–1556. DOI
Chopra, F., Haaland, I., Roth, C., & Stegmann, A. (2023). The Null Result Penalty. The Economic Journal, 134(657), 193–219. DOI
Bagues, M., & Roth, C. (2023). Interregional Contact and the Formation of a Shared Identity. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 15(3), 322–350. DOI
Hager, A., Hensel, L., Hermle, J., & Roth, C. (2023). Political Activists as Free Riders: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment. The Economic Journal, 133(653), 2068–2084. DOI
Haaland, I., Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2023). Designing Information Provision Experiments. Journal of Economic Literature, 61(1), 3–40. DOI
Bursztyn, L., Egorov, G., Haaland, I., Rao, A., & Roth, C. (2023). Justifying Dissent. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(3), 1403–1451. DOI
Haaland, I., & Roth, C. (2023). Beliefs about Racial Discrimination and Support for Pro-Black Policies. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(1), 40–53. DOI
Link, S., Peichl, A., Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2023). Information frictions among firms and households. Journal of Monetary Economics, 135, 99–115. DOI
Bursztyn, L., Rao, A., Roth, C., & Yanagizawa-Drott, D. (2022). Opinions as Facts. The Review of Economic Studies, 90(4), 1832–1864. DOI
Bursztyn, L., Egorov, G., Haaland, I., Rao, A., & Roth, C. (2022). Scapegoating during Crises. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112, 151–155. DOI
Chopra, F., Haaland, I., & Roth, C. (2022). Do people demand fact-checked news? Evidence from U.S. Democrats. Journal of Public Economics, 205, 104549. DOI
Hensel, L., Witte, M., Caria, A. S., Fetzer, T., Fiorin, S., Götz, F. M., Gomez, M., Haushofer, J., Ivchenko, A., Kraft-Todd, G., Reutskaja, E., Roth, C., Yoeli, E., & Jachimowicz, J. M. (2022). Global Behaviors, Perceptions, and the Emergence of Social Norms at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 193, 473–496. DOI
Roth, C., Settele, S., & Wohlfart, J. (2022). Beliefs about public debt and the demand for government spending. Journal of Econometrics, 231(1), 165–187. DOI
Roth, C., Settele, S., & Wohlfart, J. (2022). Risk Exposure and Acquisition of Macroeconomic Information. American Economic Review: Insights, 4(1), 34–53. DOI
Andre, P., Pizzinelli, C., Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2022). Subjective Models of the Macroeconomy: Evidence From Experts and Representative Samples. The Review of Economic Studies, 89(6), 2958–2991. DOI
HAGER, A., HENSEL, L., HERMLE, J., & ROTH, C. (2021). Group Size and Protest Mobilization across Movements and Countermovements. American Political Science Review, 116(3), 1051–1066. DOI
Fetzer, T., Hensel, L., Hermle, J., & Roth, C. (2021). Coronavirus Perceptions and Economic Anxiety. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(5), 968–978. DOI
Hager, A., Hermle, J., Hensel, L., & Roth, C. (2021). Does Party Competition Affect Political Activism? The Journal of Politics, 83(4), 1681–1694. DOI
Haaland, I., & Roth, C. (2020). Labor market concerns and support for immigration. Journal of Public Economics, 191, 104256. DOI
Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2020). How Do Expectations about the Macroeconomy Affect Personal Expectations and Behavior? The Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(4), 731–748. DOI
Grigorieff, A., Roth, C., & Ubfal, D. (2020). Does Information Change Attitudes Toward Immigrants? Demography, 57(3), 1117–1143. DOI
Christian, C., Hensel, L., & Roth, C. (2019). Income Shocks and Suicides: Causal Evidence From Indonesia. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(5), 905–920. DOI
de Quidt, J., Haushofer, J., & Roth, C. (2018). Measuring and Bounding Experimenter Demand. American Economic Review, 108(11), 3266–3302. DOI
Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2018). Experienced inequality and preferences for redistribution. Journal of Public Economics, 167, 251–262. DOI