Improving investment decisions and financial well-being


Why do individuals, even financial professionals, often make sub-optimal decisions? And what can we do about it?

Many answers can be found in psychology. Therefore, my research focuses on behavioral finance, understanding investor psychology and supporting individuals and organizations to make better decisions. My work has been  published in academic top journals and in national and international media outlets. 


Professor of Financial Economics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Associate Professor for Fintech - Experimental Finance, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Consultant at BhFS Behavioural Finance Solutions (Zurich)
Lecturer for executive education (e.g. Zurich, Amsterdam)
Member of the Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab
Research Fellow  Netspar

Featured Research

What is Risk? 

Key finding: Investors perceive risk not so much as volatility but more as the probability to lose 


Why Do People (Not) Invest? The Role of Return and Risk Expectations

Key finding: The reason why so many people do not invest in stock markets is driven to a large extent by wrong beliefs about the risks, not only by risk aversion.



Arbitrage in the Market for Cryptocurrencies

published in Journal of Financial Markets

Key finding: Arbitrage opportunities in markets for cryptocurrencies have disappeared since 2017. 


Do Investors Care About Impact?

published in RFS (Lead Article)

Key finding: Investors have a willingness to pay for impact, but this willingness is independent of the level of impact. Fpr them, saving 1 tree is as good as saving 10 trees.

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