Melanie Koch
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Section
Research interests
- household finance
- behavioral and experimental economics
- emerging markets
Selected publications
Grohmann, A. and M. Koch (2025). The Effect of Social Comparison on Debt Taking: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 101111.
Koch, M. and M. Langiulli (2025). Necessity entrepreneurship, financial literacy and business performance: evidence from an international survey. Banca D'Italia Occasional Paper No. 936.
Enzinger, M., M. Koch and A. Riedl (2022). Financial vulnerabilities of CESEE borrowers and their debt at risk: a cross-country analysis. OeNB Financial Stability Report 44, 25–44.
Koch, M., L. Menkhoff and U. Schmidt (2021). Coupled lotteries-A new method to analyze inequality aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 191, 236–256.
Hübler, O., M. Koch, L. Menkhoff and U. Schmidt (2021). Corruption and Cheating: Evidence from Rural Thailand. World Development, 145. 105526.