Economic Theory IProf. Dr. Sebastian Ebert
Contact
Phone +49 6221 - 54 3443
E-Mail: sebastian.ebert@awi.uni-heidelberg.de
Room: 01.002
Office hours upon email appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Sebastian Ebert is a Professor of Economics and Head of a Chair in Economic Theory at Heidelberg University. Previously, he held positions as Professor of Microeconomics at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and as Associate Professor of Finance at Tilburg University. His research focuses on the psychology of financial and other decisions under uncertainty, thereby contributing to the fields of behavioral economics, finance, and insurance. Much of his work is interdisciplinary and merges insights from economics, statistics, mathematics, and psychology.
Ebert has published in leading economics and management journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Management Science, Operations Research, and the Review of Financial Studies. He is a member of the editorial boards of Operations Research, the Journal of Risk and Insurance, and the Geneva Risk and Insurance Review. Ebert received research grants from the European Research Council (ERC), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Dutch Research Foundation (NWO).
Ebert has taught at the Bachelor, Master, MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD levels, at various universities and business schools, and to practitioners (e.g., to the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank AG). His course on Behavioral Finance won him the Best Lecturer award of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University.
Ebert received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn (summa cum laude). He has degrees in economics (M.Sc., with highest honors), statistics (M.Sc.), and mathematics with a minor in physics (B.Sc.).
Research
Sebastian Ebert’s research interests include:
- microeconomics
- behavioral economics
- behavioral finance and insurance
- negotiating and decision making under uncertainty
- saving and investment.
For further information, see his personal research website.
Selected Publications
Ebert, S., Wei, W. & X.Y. Zhou (2020): Weighted Discounting – On Group Diversity, Time-inconsistency, and Consequences for Investment. Journal of Economic Theory, 189, Article 105089.
Ebert, S. (2020): Decision Making When Things Are Only a Matter of Time. Operations Research, 68(5), 1564–1575.
Baele, L., Driessen, J., Ebert, S., Londono, J. & O. Spalt (2019): Cumulative Prospect Theory, Option Returns, and the Variance Premium. Review of Financial Studies, 32(9), 3667–3723.
Ebert, S., Nocetti, D. & H. Schlesinger (2018): Greater Mutual Aggravation. Management Science, 64(6), 2809–2811.
Ebert, S. & P. Strack (2015): Until the Bitter End: On Prospect Theory in a Dynamic Context. American Economic Review, 105(4), 1618–1633.
Ebert, S. (2013): Even (mixed) Risk Lovers Are Prudent: Comment. American Economic Review, 103(4), 1536–1537.
Ebert, S. & D. Wiesen (2011): Testing for Prudence and Skewness Seeking. Management Science, 57(7), 1334–1349.
