Alex Steiny Wellsjo

Alex Steiny Wellsjo is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Strategy at the Rady School of Management. Wellsjo's research covers topics in applied microeconomics, with a focus on questions related to health and household finance. As a behavioral economist, she incorporates insights from psychology into economic models to better understand individual behavior. She is especially interested in applications that relate to performance at work, with insights for firms and individuals on how to effectively boost productivity.

Wellsjo received her Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley and completed her postdoctoral training at the Haas School of Business.

Papers

Rent or Buy? Inflation Experiences and Homeownership within and across Countries with Ulrike Malmendier. Journal of Finance, 2024, 79(3): 1977-2023.

Predicting Mid-Life Capital Formation with Pre-School Delay of Gratification and Life-Course Measures of Self-Regulation with Daniel Benjamin, David Laibson, Walter Mischel, Philip Peake, Yuichi Shoda, and Nicole Wilson. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 179: 743-756.

Integrating Neuro-Psychological Habit Research into Consumer Choice Models with Ryan Webb, Jessica Fong, Asaf Mazar, Julia Levine, Olivia Natan, Clarice Zhao, Phillippa Lally, Sanne de Wit, John O’Doherty, Andrew Ching, Raphael Thomadsen, Matthew Osborne, Peter Landry, Mark Bouton, Wendy Wood, and Colin Camerer. International Journal of Research in Marketing, Forthcoming.

Working Papers

Simple Actions, Complex Habits: Lessons from Hospital Hand Hygiene

Goals, Expectations, and Performance with Avner Strulov-Shlain. 

The Medium Matters: Medical Decision-Making in Telemedicine versus In-person Care with Paul Gertler, Ada Kwan, Eric Remera, Piero Irakiza, Jeanine Condo, and James Humuza.

Behavioral Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Health Economics
Household Finance
Organizational Economics