About Stephan Meier

Stephan Meier is a Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich, was previously a senior economist at the Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Making at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and taught courses on strategic interactions and economic policy at Harvard University and the University of Zurich. His research interest is in behavioral strategy. He investigates the impact of psychology and economics on human decision making and its implications for public policy and organizational strategy. Current research topics include how non-selfish behavior affects organizations and the effect of borrowers’ decision making on the strategy of financial institutions. His work has been published in leading academic journals including the American Economic Review and Management Science and has been profiled by the press such as The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Neue Zuercher Zeitung.