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BusinessCamelia Kuhnen is an expert in neuroeconomics, behavioral finance and corporate finance. Her work has an interdisciplinary nature, with the over-arching theme of trying to understand how people make financial and economic choices that concern them as individuals or as decision makers in firms.
Her dual training in finance and neuroscience led her to conduct pioneering research in the new field of neuroeconomics. In this work Dr. Kuhnen has studied the micro-foundations of financial decision making by investigating the brain and genetic mechanisms responsible for learning and risk taking in financial markets.
In her corporate finance work, Dr. Kuhnen has analyzed issues at the intersection of behavioral and organizational economics. She has studied how firms select and incentivize employees and has demonstrated the importance of social connections and social comparisons for these processes.
By Camelia Kuhnen, University of North Carolina
No one seems to agree where the American economy is headed. Are we teetering on the verge of a recession or are there brighter skies ahead? Our answer to this question has a big impact on our financial decisions, from how we invest our money to whether we buy a new house or car. It also influences how policymakers steer the economy and where business leaders focus company resources.
When we look at the economy right now, we all see different things. My research tries to understand why. I’m a professor at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, studying how our brains process financial information and how this interacts with our lived experiences to shape our economic worldview. Understanding where our perspectives come from can help us step outside of our own bubble and see the economy more clearly.
Read the full article at Fast Company.
This article was produced by Footnote in partnership with University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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