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Senior Faculty - Dep. of Economics (CER) | Econ-Office Campus
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Research Interests: Bahavioral Economics & Finance, Macroeconomics, Beliefs, Narratives
wohlfart@wiso.uni-koeln.de
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(SSC) Universitätsstraße 22a; 50937 Köln

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Research Interests

Behavioral Economics and Finance, Macroeconomics, Beliefs, Narratives

Short Bio

  • 2024-present Associate Professor of Economics, University of Cologne
  • 2024-present Member, “Behavioral Foundations” Area, ECONtribute
  • 2024-present External Member, CEBI
  • 2023-present External Ifo Research Professor, Institute for Economic Research
  • 2022-2023 Associate Professor (with tenure)
  • 2020-2023 Research Fellow, Danish Finance Institute
  • 2019-present Affiliate, CESifo Research Network
  • 2019-2023 Core Member, CEBI
  • 2019-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
  • 2015-2019 Dr rer pol (PhD) in Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2012-2014 MPhil Economics with Distinction, University of Oxford
  • 2010-2014 Exchange student, University of Denver
  • 2008-2012 BSc in International Economics, University of Tübingen
Working Papers

 

Selected Publications

Link, S., Peichl, A., Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2023). Information frictions among firms and households. Journal of Monetary Economics, 135, 99–115. 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

Weber, A., Laudenbach, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2021). Beliefs About the Stock Market and Investment Choices: Evidence from a Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. DOI

Hanspal, T., Weber, A., & Wohlfart, J. (2021). Exposure to the COVID-19 Stock Market Crash and Its Effect on Household Expectations. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(5), 994–1010. DOI

Laudenbach, C., Loos, B., Pirschel, J., & Wohlfart, J. (2021). The trading response of individual investors to local bankruptcies. Journal of Financial Economics, 142(2), 928–953. DOI

Goldfayn-Frank, O., & Wohlfart, J. (2020). Expectation formation in a new environment: Evidence from the German reunification. Journal of Monetary Economics, 115, 301–320. DOI

Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2019). Makroökonomische Erwartungen und ihre Rolle in wirtschaftlichen Entscheidungen von Haushalten. Perspektiven Der Wirtschaftspolitik, 20(2), 159–166. DOI

Wohlfart, J., Andre, P., Pizzinelli, C., & Roth, C. (2019). Subjective Models of the Macroeconomy: Evidence From Experts and a Representative Sample. SSRN Electronic Journal. DOI

Roth, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2018). Experienced inequality and preferences for redistribution. Journal of Public Economics, 167, 251–262. DOI

Quintana-Domeque, C., & Wohlfart, J. (2016). “Relative concerns for consumption at the top”: An intertemporal analysis for the UK. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 129, 172–194. DOI