Studying the financial choices made by households to smooth consumption and improve their well-being.
Analysing how households interface with the financial system to better manage their consumption needs and improve their consumption choices;
How the interface with the financial system differs across different households;
How the interface with the financial system changes over the life cycle of the household;
Building a inputs-outputs-outcomes framework to measure the impact of finance upon the household;
Understand how the legal and regulatory environment shapes the behaviour of financial firms, the behaviour of households and how they interact with each other.