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.Â
Events
The 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.
Event Series
European Household Finance Workshops
The objective of these workshops is to host presentations and foster interaction between senior and junior researchers working in the area of household finance. The workshop will include state-of-the-art research on household financial behaviour and on how this is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment.
Event Series
CEPR European Conference on Household Finance
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.
Event Series
CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series
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.
Event Series
Micro and Macro Implications of Household Behaviour and Financial Decision-Making
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.
Event Series
CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics - CAFFE Seminars
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.
Household Finance RPN Session at the CEPR Paris Symposium 2023
On Saturday, 9 December, 09:00 - 11:00 (Paris time), the Household Finance RPN held a Session at Sciences Po during the CEPR Paris Symposium 2023.
PhD Student Paper Prize
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.
Members
Cristian Badarinza
RPN Member, Household Finance
Matteo Benetton
RPN Member, Household Finance
Sebastien Betermier
RPN Member, Household Finance
Andreas Fagereng
RPN Member, Household Finance
Yigitcan Karabulut
RPN Member, Household Finance
Samuli Knüpfer
RPN Member, Household Finance
Julia Le Blanc
RPN Member, Household Finance
Arna Olafsson
RPN Member, Household Finance
Wenlan Qian
RPN Member, Household Finance
Frederique Savignac
RPN Member, Household Finance
Stephen Zeldes
RPN Member, Household FinanceAssociate Fellows
Monica Paiella
RPN Associate Fellow, Household FinanceSteering Committee
Partnerships
Network conferences and workshops are being supported by numerous institutions.
Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research
Center for Studies in Economics and Finance
Danish Central Bank
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
EDHEC Business School
Imperial College London - Business School
London Business School
Queen Mary University Of London
Swedish House Of Finance
Deutsche Bundesbank
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.
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Upcoming events
Conference
CEPR Paris Symposium 2024
- Competition Policy
- European Economic Policy
- European Financial Architecture
- Fintech and Digital Currencies
- Geoeconomics
- Household Finance
- Inequality and the Role of Firms
- International Lending and Sovereign Debt
- Media Plurality
- Asset Pricing
- Banking and Corporate Finance
- Climate Change and the Environment
- Development Economics
- Economic History
- International Macroeconomics and Finance
- International Trade and Regional Economics
- Labour Economics
- Industrial Organization
- Macroeconomics and Growth
- Monetary Economics and Fluctuations
- Organizational Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
Project news
Conference
CEPR Paris Symposium 2024
- Competition Policy
- European Economic Policy
- European Financial Architecture
- Fintech and Digital Currencies
- Geoeconomics
- Household Finance
- Inequality and the Role of Firms
- International Lending and Sovereign Debt
- Media Plurality
- Asset Pricing
- Banking and Corporate Finance
- Climate Change and the Environment
- Development Economics
- Economic History
- International Macroeconomics and Finance
- International Trade and Regional Economics
- Labour Economics
- Industrial Organization
- Macroeconomics and Growth
- Monetary Economics and Fluctuations
- Organizational Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
