I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Department of Finance at Copenhagen Business School, a Research Fellow at the Danish Finance Institute, a Research Affiliate at CEPR, a CEPR Household Finance Network Member, a member of The Center for Big Data in Finance (BIGFI) at Copenhagen Business School and a Research Fellow at the Pension Research Centre (PeRCent) at Copenhagen Business School.
I am also a member of the Icelandic Fiscal Policy Council, in charge of evaluating the government’s fiscal policy.
My research focuses on Household Finance, Financial Intermediation, Behavioral Finance, Sustainable Finance, and Labor and Finance.
NEW:
Publication in the Journal of Political Economy: Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-Making Ability of High-Cost Loan Borrowers
I am a member of the new Center for Big Data in Finance (BIGFI) at CBS which opened in January 2023.
Publication in the Review of Finance: Mobile Apps and Financial Decision Making
November 2021: I received VINNOVA Research Grant (1M SEK) together with Marieke Bos, Enrichetta Ravina, and Basit Zafar for the project "Expectations, Household Behavior, and Inequality: Evidence from Field Experiments".
TFI writes about our research project: For richer, for poorer: Financial shocks, within-couple insurance, and debt
New working paper on the co-holding (or credit card debt) puzzle with John Gathergood: The Coholding Puzzle: New Evidence from Transaction-Level Data
Research grant from The Think Forward Initiative: Arna Olafsson receives grant from the Think Forward Initiative (TFI)
I am a CEPR research affiliate as of December 2019.
NBER working paper: Credit Smoothing
NBER working paper: Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of Hihg-cost Loan Borrowers
Paper published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings: Generational Differences in Managing Personal Finances
NBER working paper: The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: New Evidence from Personal Finances
NBER working paper: FinTech Adoption Across Generations: Financial Fitness in the Information Age
NBER working paper: The Ostrich in Us: Selective Attention to Financial Accounts, Income, Spending, and Liquidity
Research grant from The Danish Council of Independent Research: Arna Olafsson receives grant to study fintech and financial fitness
I am also a member of the Icelandic Fiscal Policy Council, in charge of evaluating the government’s fiscal policy.
My research focuses on Household Finance, Financial Intermediation, Behavioral Finance, Sustainable Finance, and Labor and Finance.
NEW:
Publication in the Journal of Political Economy: Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-Making Ability of High-Cost Loan Borrowers
I am a member of the new Center for Big Data in Finance (BIGFI) at CBS which opened in January 2023.
Publication in the Review of Finance: Mobile Apps and Financial Decision Making
November 2021: I received VINNOVA Research Grant (1M SEK) together with Marieke Bos, Enrichetta Ravina, and Basit Zafar for the project "Expectations, Household Behavior, and Inequality: Evidence from Field Experiments".
TFI writes about our research project: For richer, for poorer: Financial shocks, within-couple insurance, and debt
New working paper on the co-holding (or credit card debt) puzzle with John Gathergood: The Coholding Puzzle: New Evidence from Transaction-Level Data
Research grant from The Think Forward Initiative: Arna Olafsson receives grant from the Think Forward Initiative (TFI)
I am a CEPR research affiliate as of December 2019.
NBER working paper: Credit Smoothing
NBER working paper: Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of Hihg-cost Loan Borrowers
Paper published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings: Generational Differences in Managing Personal Finances
NBER working paper: The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: New Evidence from Personal Finances
NBER working paper: FinTech Adoption Across Generations: Financial Fitness in the Information Age
NBER working paper: The Ostrich in Us: Selective Attention to Financial Accounts, Income, Spending, and Liquidity
Research grant from The Danish Council of Independent Research: Arna Olafsson receives grant to study fintech and financial fitness
