Call for papers: CEPR European Conference on Household Finance

Apr. 28, 2025

The CEPR Research and Policy Network on Household Finance and the Swedish House of Finance, with the support of the Swedish House of Finance and the Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius Foundation, are organising the 2025 CEPR European Conference on Household Finance which will take place in Stockholm.

The objective 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. In addition to the two-day conference taking place on 19-20 September, a CEPR Research-Policy-Practice event will be organised by the local organisers and will take place on 18 September 2025. The event will center around “Sustainable Household Finance,” with keynote addresses by Caroline Flammer (Columbia University) and Michael Greenstone (Chicago University).

The organizers particularly encourage submissions from PhD students in household finance planning to go on the job market in Winter 2026. Students must apply online stating that they are a PhD student and supply their CV. Top submissions, written exclusively by students, will be included in the regular conference program and considered for the best student paper prize, awarded by the CEPR Research and Policy Network on Household Finance. Past awardees have launched highly promising careers, including assistant professor positions in top academic institutions globally.

We welcome papers in the following areas, but other related areas may also be considered:

• Asset allocation and debt behaviour over the life cycle
• Financing retirement and the demographic transition
• Consumer indebtedness, financial distress, and default decisions
• Behavioural approaches to household finance
• Financial literacy and financial education programs
• Trust, subjective expectations, pessimism, and financial decisions
• International comparisons of household finances using micro-data
• Financial advice and legal protection of investors and borrowers
• Financial innovation and household finances
• Households liquidity and risk management
• Climate change, sustainability, and household finances

Conference Submission

Deadline: 6pm (BST), Wednesday 28 May 2025

Programme Committee:

Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Steffen Andersen (Copenhagen Business School and CEPR), Martin Brown (Study Center Gerzensee, University of St Gallen, ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research), Laurent Calvet (SKEMA Business School, CFS and CEPR), Joao Cocco (London Business School and CEPR), Russell Cooper (European University Institute), Andreas Fuster (EPFL and CEPR), Francisco Gomes (London Business School and CEPR), Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt and CEPR), Tullio Jappelli (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF and CEPR), Matti Keloharju (Aalto University and CEPR), Camelia Kuhnen (University of North Carolina), Julia Le Blanc (European Commission, Joint Research Centre and CEPR), Alex Michaelides (Imperial College and CEPR), Giovanna Nicodano (University of Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto and CEPR), Michaela Pagel (Washington University Olin Business School, NBER and CEPR), Monica Paiella (University of Naples Parthenope and CEPR), Kim Peijnenburg (EDHEC and CEPR), Wenlan Qian (National University of Singapore), Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College and CEPR), Paolo Sodini (ºÚÁÏÍø, Swedish House of Finance and CEPR), Raman Uppal (EDHEC and CEPR), Roine Vestman (Stockholm University and CEPR), Stephen Zeldes (Columbia University) and Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth University).

Local Organizers:

Anders Anderson (ºÚÁÏÍø, Swedish House of Finance), Marieke Bos (Swedish House of Finance, VU Amsterdam and CEPR), and Anastasia Girshina (ºÚÁÏÍø and Swedish House of Finance), and Paolo Sodini (ºÚÁÏÍø, Swedish House of Finance and CEPR).