Household Finance
Michael Haliassos
Director of CEPR RPN on Household Finance Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor and Chair for Macroeconomics and Finance Goethe University Frankfurt
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Director of CEPR RPN on Household Finance Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor and Chair for Macroeconomics and Finance Goethe University Frankfurt
Household Finance was initially established as a CEPR Network in 2015 and expanded into an RPN in 2022. Its purpose is to promote, conduct, shape, and disseminate research in this dynamic field that was initiated about 25 years ago and now attracts the interest of researchers of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, whether in academia, central banks, regulatory agencies, fiscal authorities or in the private sector. This field, in which Europe-based researchers have been active since its beginnings in the late 1980s, has benefitted from the increasing complexity of household portfolios, partly because of the demographic transition and financial innovation, as well as from the development of pioneering data sets and the development of computational and experimental methods.
Head of Research in the Economics and Monetary Policy Department Danmarks Nationalbank
Professor of Finance Skema Business School
Professor of Finance London Business School
RPN Member, European Financial Architecture / RPN Steering Committee, Household Finance / Fellow, Asset PricingProfessor of Finance London Business School
AXA Professor of Household Finance Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
Research Fellow Center For Studies In Economics And Finance; Director of CSEF and Professor of Economics University Of Naples Federico Ii
Aalto Distinguished Professor and Professor of Finance Aalto University
Professor of Finance Imperial College London, Business School
CCA Founding Fellow Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Financial Economics University Of Turin
Professor in Finance EDHEC Business School; Professor of Household Finance Tilburg University
Professor of Financial Economics Imperial College London
Professor of Finance Stockholm School Of Economics; Fellow Swedish House of Finance
On Saturday, 6 December, 14:30 - 16:30 (Paris time), the Household Finance RPN will hold a session at Collège de France during the CEPR Paris Symposium 2025.
Professor of Economics University of Naples Parthenope
RPN Associate Fellow, Household FinanceThe Household Finance RPN plans various events, the most important being the European Workshop in the spring and the European Conference in the fall as well as a monthly online seminar series on current household finance research, spanning geographical locations, career stages, genders, and backgrounds. Network members are also among the organisers of two Seminar Series, the CAFFE (CEPR Advanced Forum on Financial Economics) and on Micro and Macro Implications of Household Finance.
7 May 2025 - 9 May 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark
18 Sep 2025 - 20 Sep 2025 in Stockholm
The objective of this annual conference is to present state-of-the-art empirical and theoretical research on household financial behaviour and on how it is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment.
The CEPR RPN on Household Finance launched a new online seminar series on Household Finance. This is structured like a regular seminar, with light-touch moderation and opportunities to ask questions during the presentation.
Micro and Macro Implications of Household Behaviour and Financial Decision-Making is a cross-disciplinary seminar series covering research at the intersection of household finance, macro and labour economics. It represents a collaboration between universities and research networks and centres.
The objective of the CEPR Advanced Forum for Financial Economics (CAFFE) is to make cutting-edge finance research available to researchers based in Europe and around the world.
The network puts great emphasis on the promotion of young researchers and awards a now annual Best PhD Student Paper Prize, which recognizes highly promising young researchers and now includes a number of them among its recipients.
In 2017, the PhD Student Paper Prize was launched, which carries a modest financial component. The prize is awarded to the best paper presented at the conference that is solely authored by PhD students (or was substantially written during the candidates' doctoral studies). Winners are selected by the Steering Committee.
Assistant Professor National University Of Singapore
RPN Member, Household FinanceAssociate Professor of Finance Queen Mary University Of London
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business University Of California, Berkeley
RPN Member, Household FinanceAssociate Professor, Finance McGill University
RPN Member, Household FinanceEconomist and Deputy Director, the Swedish House of Finance Stockholm School Of Economics; Associate Professor of Finance Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Professor Bi Norwegian Business School; Senior Researcher Statistics Norway
RPN Member, Household FinanceAssociate Professor of Finance, SFI Senior Chair Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Economic Advisor Swiss National Bank (SNB)
Associate Professor of Finance Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management
RPN Member, Household FinanceProfessor of Finance, Professor of Ownership Aalto University
RPN Member, Household FinanceEconomist and Project Leader Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
RPN Member, Household FinanceProfessor University Of Copenhagen
Fellow, Public Economics / RPN Member, Household FinancePart-time Professor of Economics Lund University; Professor of Economics Monash University
Professor of Finance Imperial College London, Business School
Associate Professor of Finance Copenhagen Business School; Research Fellow Danish Finance Institute
Associate Professor of Finance in the Olin Business School Washington University In St. Louis
Professor of Finance and Real Estate and Ng Teng Fong Chair Professor in Real Estate National University Of Singapore
RPN Member, Household FinanceScientific Advisor Banque De France
RPN Member, Household FinanceProfessor of Finance EDHEC Business School
Professor of Economics Stockholm University
Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Economics Division Columbia University
RPN Member, Household Finance(N.B. CEPR European Conference on Household Finance 2021 was hosted remotely on 6-8 October)
(N.B. The Fifth European Workshop on Household Finance was hosted remotely in three 2-hour sessions on 7-9 May)
(N.B The correct dates for the 2019 CEPR European Conference in Household Finance in Rhodes were 20-21 September)
(N.B. The date for the 2017 Sardinia conference changed from 15-16 September to 6-7 October)
Network conferences and workshops are being supported by numerous institutions.
CEPR became an academic partner of the Think Forward Initiative (TFI) in 2016, which provided funding to the Household Finance Network and collaborated in organising events until their disbandment in December 2021. TFI supported 60 research projects and reached more than 100 million people in 18 countries around the globe with insights to help them make better financial decisions. Household Finance hosts all research reports produced with the support of TFI. See here all research reports.
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
in Online, United Kingdom and online
5 Dec 2025 - 10 Dec 2025 in Paris, France
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
in Online, France and online
in Online, United Kingdom and online
29 Jun 2026 - 1 Jul 2026 in Athens, Greece
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
11 Nov 2025 at 14:00 in Online, France and online
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
14 Oct 2025 at 14:00 in Online, France and online
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
10 Oct 2025 at 14:00 in Online, United Kingdom and online
In 2017, the PhD Student Paper Prize was launched, which carries a modest financial component. The prize is awarded to the best paper presented at the conference that is solely authored by PhD students (or was substantially written during the candidates' doctoral studies). Winners are selected by the Steering Committee.
29 Jun 2026 - 1 Jul 2026 in Athens, Greece
in Online, United Kingdom and online
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
in Online, France and online
5 Dec 2025 - 10 Dec 2025 in Paris, France
The fourth edition of CEPR's annual flagship symposium will again bring together leading voices in European and global economics to discuss the most pressing issues facing the global economy. Academic presentations as well as policy panels and keynote lectures will be organised across a 6-day programme with several parallel streams.
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
in Online, United Kingdom and online
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
11 Nov 2025 at 14:00 in Online, France and online
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
14 Oct 2025 at 14:00 in Online, France and online
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
10 Oct 2025 at 14:00 in Online, United Kingdom and online
18 Sep 2025 - 20 Sep 2025 in Stockholm
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
12 Sep 2025 at 14:00 in Online, United Kingdom and online
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
9 Sep 2025 at 14:00 in Online, France and online