Ulrike Malmendier

Ulrike Malmendier

Research Fellow

Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in July 2025

Research area
Behavioral Economics Behavioral Finance Corporate Finance Household Finance Macro Finance Economics of Organizations Contract Theory Law and Economics Law and Finance

About Ulrike Malmendier

Ulrike Malmendier is the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at Haas School of Business and Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, where she has taught since 2006. In addition to her roles as research associate at NBER, research affiliate at CEPR, faculty research fellow at IZA (a CESifo affiliate), and President of the AFA, she has served as a member of the German Economic Advisory Council since 2022. Malmendier holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University (2002) as well as a PhD in Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Bonn (2000).