Sven Nolte

About Sven Nolte


Sven uses experimental and empirical methods to analyze financial behavior. He is fascinated by observing financial behavior to help understand decision making processes on an individual and market level. He believes that understanding these processes will help to improve financial decisions and align them with an agent’s true preferences.

Research Interests


Experimental Finance

Behavioral Finance

Financial Decisions and Emotions

Retirement Savings

Three Key Recent Publications

Bose, D., Cordes, H., Nolte, S., Schneider, J., Camerer, C. (forthcoming). Decision Weights for Experimental Asset Prices based on Visual Salience. Review of Financial Studies

Mohrschladt, H., & Nolte, S. (2018). A new risk factor based on equity duration. Journal of Banking & Finance

Nolte, S., & Schneider, J. C. (2018). How price path characteristics shape investment behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization