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Research interests
Henriëtte Prast is full Professor (0.4 fte) at the Finance Department.mFinancial Planning at Tilburg University. She is affiliated to Netspar. Her expertise is behavioral economics and its policy implications, with a focus on personal finance (notably, pensions, aging and retirement), health related behavior and sustainability. Her current research focuses on, inter alia, metaphors in investor communication, gender and financial attitudes and behavior, and commitment schemes to help people reach their financial and health goals. Henriette Prast ranks since 2008 among the Volkskrant Top 200 most influential people in the Netherlands. She has various advisory and nonexec positions in both commercial and not for profit instutions. She is nonexec board member and chairperson of the audit committee of de Staatsloterij. Nonexec board member of AZL pension solutions, member of the Thinktank of the Ministry on Infrastructure and the Environment, and member of the Thinktank on alternatives for animal testing of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Career
1985 - 2002: University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Department of Economics
1997 - Researcher, De Nederlandsche Bank
2005 - Full Professor, Tilburg University, TISEM, Finance Department
2008-2011: Member Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid
2005-present: Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
Current courses
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External positions
(KENNISINSTITUUT MOBILITEIT MINISTERIE I & M)
1 Jan 2014 → …(Ministerie I en M)
1 Jan 2014 → …(Volksbank)
1 Jan 2014 → …(Prast)
1 Jan 2014 → …(AZL)
1 Jan 2014 → …Keywords
- Behavioral Economics
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Research Output 1982 2018
Can Words Breed or Kill Investment? Metaphors, Imagery, Affect and Investor Behaviour
Prast, H., Sanders, J. & Leonhard, O., 17 Apr 2018, Tilburg: CentER, Center for Economic Research, 43 p. (CentER Discussion Paper; vol. 2018-014).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper › Other research output
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Investor behavior
Imagery
Stock market
Investors
Stock market participation
Commitment Lotteries: Overcoming procrastination of lifestyle improvement with regret aversion
van der Swaluw, K., 2018, 162 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Scientific
Open Access
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Commitment lotteries promote physical activity among overweight adults: A cluster randomized trial
van der Swaluw, K., Lambooij, M. S., Mathijssen, J. J. P., Schipper, M., Zeelenberg, M., Berkhout, S., Polder, J. J. & Prast, H. M., 2018, In : Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 52, 4, p. 342-351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Emotional responses to behavioral economic incentives for health behavior change
van der Swaluw, K., Lambooij, M. S., Mathijssen, J. J. P., Prast, H. M., Zeelenberg, M. & Polder, J. J., 2018, In : Psychology, Health and Medicine. 23, 8, p. 996-1005Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Health Behavior
Emotional Responses to Behavioral Economic Incentives for Health Behavior Change
van der Swaluw, K., Lambooij, M. S., Mathijssen, J., Zeelenberg, M., Polder, J. & Prast, H., 22 Feb 2018, Tilburg: CentER, Center for Economic Research, 18 p. (CentER Discussion Paper; vol. 2018-008).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper › Other research output
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Health Behavior
Activities 2006 2018
Annual Conference European Financial Management Association (Event)
H.M. Prast (Member)27 Jun 2018 → 30 Jun 2018
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Professional
Consob-ESMA-Bocconi Conference on Securities Markets: Trends, Risks and Policies (Event)
Henriette Prast (Member)2 Mar 2018
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
International Conference, Behavioural economics: newtools for Development andCohesion Policy
H.M. Prast (Contributor), Sabrina Artinger (Participant), Luigi Mittone (Participant)24 Jan 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference › Professional
2018 Annual Conference European Financial Management Association (Event)
Henriette Prast (Member)Jun 2018
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
KennisCafé: Nooit meer vliegen
H.M. Prast (Speaker), Joris Melkert (Speaker), Paul Peeters (Speaker), Hans Hilbers (Speaker), Martijn van Calmthout (Speaker)15 Jan 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Popular
Press / Media
'Zogenaamd 'typisch vrouwelijk en mannelijk' gedrag is aangeleerd' 180 graden: Henriëtte Prast
18/11/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Henriëtte Prast: 'Rijksbegroting zit totaal niet rationeel in elkaar.'
18/09/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Henriëtte Prast over psychologie van pensioenkeuzes (Netspar)
26/06/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Prizes / Recognition
#108 in list of 200 of most influential people in the Netherlands
Henriette Prast (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Other marks of recognition
#2 in top ten of most modest "media economists" in the Netherlands
Henriette Prast (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Other marks of recognition
#43 in ESB Poldertop of Dutch economists, 2005-2009 (highest ranking woman)
Henriette Prast (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other marks of recognition
#52 in list of 200 most influential people in the Netherlands
Henriette Prast (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Other marks of recognition