I'm a PhD student at the University of Bonn, working on topics in behavioral finance and behavioral economics. In my research, I study how individuals perceive economic problems and how this shapes their behavior.
I'm particularly interested in how people represent economic problems in mental models and how the perceived and real complexity of economic problems shapes households' decision-making.
Contact information:
E-mail: schirmerphilipp@gmail.com
E-mail 2: philipp.schirmer@uni-bonn.de
Postal address: Niebuhrstrasse 5, 53111 Bonn
Affiliations: EconTribute, IZA, CRC TR 224 member
CV: here
Mental Models of the Stock Market (joint with Peter Andre and Johannes Wohlfart) [paper]
Sticky Models (joint with Paul Grass and Malin Siemers) [paper]
Upcoming presentations (selection): SITE Experimental Economics (August 2025)