Dr Edika Quispe-Torreblanca

Profile

I am an Associate Professor of Behavioral Decision Making at the University of Leeds Business School. I joined the University of Leeds in 2022. Before this, I was a Career Development Fellow in Finance at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics and Psychology at the University of Warwick in 2019.

My research uses field data and randomised experiments to understand financial behaviours, such as saving, borrowing, spending, and investing. A central theme across my work is how individuals allocate attention and acquire, or ignore, information when making financial decisions, and how these processes shape outcomes in household finance. This perspective also informs my research on digital payments and consumer protection in fintech, where I examine how interface design and choice architecture influence decision-making and vulnerability to fraud.

Beyond these core areas, I am also interested in social network effects, developing mathematical models for decision-making under risk, and studying the various factors that influence subjective wellbeing. A common theme throughout my work is the application of big data to provide insights that are relevant to both theory and policy. My research has appeared in leading journals, including Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Management Science, Nature Human Behaviour, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Science Advances, among others.

For more information on my research and publications, please visit my Google Scholar profile. I am open to supervising Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers interested in these areas, particularly those aiming to use big data or exploring new research ideas within the broader field of behavioral decision-making.

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Decision Research