Erik Wengström

Erik Wengström is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Department of Finance and Economics at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki. His research covers a wide range of topics related to decision making, delving into the intricacies of how incentives, social concerns, and cognitive processes shape our choices. Lately, he has been investigating the impact of incentives on health behaviors, such as exercise habits and vaccination uptake, through randomized interventions and the use of administrative register data. His research has been published in general interest journals such as Nature and Science, as well as in leading economics and management journals like American Economic Review and Management Science.