Focus

Drawing on interdisciplinary training in behavioral economics and neuroscience, Anastasia examines the drivers of financial decision-making. Her work employs empirical and experimental approaches to uncover how cognitive processes and biases influence financial behavior and to develop evidence-based interventions that enhance the quality of financial choices.

Publications

What can machine learning teach us about habit formation? Evidence from exercise and hygiene

with Hung Ho, Katherine Milkman, Xiaomin Li, Angela Duckworth, and Colin Camerer

PNAS, April 2023

Fear in groups: Increasing group size reduces perceptions of danger

with Ellen Tedeschi, Sophia Armand, Brian Silston, and Dean Mobbs

Emotion, October 2021

Deterrence effects of enforcement schemes: An experimental study

with Marina Agranov

Management Science, May 2021

The golden age of social science

with Marcos Gallo and Colin Camerer

PNAS, January 2021

The neuroeconomics of epistemic curiosity

with Colin Camerer

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, October 2020

Working Papers

Which Card to Use? Consumer Payment Decisions and When They Choose Green Credit

with Megan Hunter

Information Intermediaries and Financial Product Design: Evidence from Mutual Funds

with Maxime Bonelli and Tianhao Yao

Shares-of-Green: How Loyalty Programs Can Transform Customer Behaviors and Impact Attitudes

with Valeria Stourm, Nicole Moch and Jonathan Berman

Gamification of Investment Decision Making and Consumer Outcomes

The Psychographic Profiles of Investors

Self-Regulation Failures in the Field: Investigating Spillovers from Morning Exercise to Food Choice

with Matthew Shum