Larissa Schäfer

Larissa Schäfer is Associate Professor of Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). In 2025, she served as Senior Economist in the Financial Research Division of the Directorate General Research (DGR-FIR) at the European Central Bank (ECB). She has held visiting positions at Columbia University, Lancaster University, and Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and has also worked as a consultant for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and as a Junior Fellow at the European Banking Center, Tilburg University.

Larissa Schäfer works broadly in the areas of financial intermediation, political economy, international finance, and behavioral finance. Her research has been published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance and Management Science. She earned her PhD in Finance from Tilburg University.

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