Johannes Wohlfart

We have a new working paper:

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with Sebastian Link, @apeichl.bsky.social, Chris Roth and @johanneswohlfart.bsky.social

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🚨 New paper for #EconSky 🚨

Do you rethink your entire consumption-saving strategy every time your income fluctuates? Or do you prefer …

Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption Savings Behavior, w/ Joel Flynn, George Nikalakoudis, and Karthik Sastry
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🧵 below.

Understanding Economic Behavior Using Open-ended Survey Data - Social Economics Lab We survey the recent literature in economics measuring what is on top of people’s minds using open-ended questions. We first provide an overview of studies in political economy, macroeconomics, financ...

How can open-ended survey questions reveal deeper insights into economic behavior? Our completely revised paper (with new title!) explores recent developments, practical applications & best practices for designing & analyzing these powerful questions. Read more socialeconomicslab.org/research/wor...

RECRUITING: Post-Doc position (2 years) in Public/Urban/Labor Economics at @WiSoUniCologne / @ECON_tribute, no teaching.

@ERC_Research project: Housing, Inequality and Public Policy (HIPPO)

CGN Team: @Sigginho, @RaoulMaarseveen, Löffler, Gharbi, Reiners + many int'l colleagues

Check out our new paper on mental models of the stock market! Joint work with @peterandre.bsky.social and Philipp Schirmer. Comments and feedback are very welcome! :)