Senior Research Associate
El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy
PhD (University of Hohenheim)
My research addresses the theoretical and empirical analysis of consumer behaviour and (behavioural) public policy; health behaviour; health policy evaluation; and social data science, machine learning, and econometrics.
Professional experience
Micha Kaiser is an economist by training and a future-oriented professional with hands-on experience in managing in-depth research projects. A senior research associate at the El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy, he is well-versed in the application of statistical/quantitative methods to solve policy, consumer, and health economic problems based on primary and secondary data.
Previous appointments
From 2017 to 2019, Micha Kaiser was a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Consumer, Markets, and Policy at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Between 2020 and 2022, he held a (tenure track) assistant professorship in Consumer Research Methods at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Publications
Selected publications
- Kaiser, M., Bauer, J.M., Otterbach, S., Reisch, L.A. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2023) “The association between commuting and cardiovascular disease: a biomarker-based analysis of cross-sectional cohort data from the UK Biobank.” Preventive Medicine, 172: 107521 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107521)
- Decrinis, L., Freibichler, W., Kaiser, M., Sunstein, C.R. and Reisch, L.A. (2023) “Sustainable behaviour at work: how message framing encourages employees to choose electric vehicles.” Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(8): 5650-5668 (DOI: 10.1002/bse.3441)
- Kaiser, M., Otterbach, S. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2022) “Using machine learning to uncover the relation between age and life satisfaction.” Scientific Reports, 12(1): 5263 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09018-x)
- Reisch, L.A., Sunstein, C.R. and Kaiser, M. (2021) “What do people want to know? Information avoidance and food policy implications.” Food Policy, 102: 102076 (DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102076)
- Kaiser, M., Bernauer, M., Sunstein, C.R. and Reisch, L.A. (2020) “The power of green defaults: the impact of regional variation of opt-out tariffs on green energy demand in Germany.” Ecological Economics, 174: 106685 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106685)
- Kaiser, M. (2019) “Benford’s Law as an indicator of survey reliability: can we trust our data?” Journal of Economic Surveys, 33(5): 1602-1618 (DOI: 10.1111/joes.12338)
Journal articles
- Decrinis, L., Freibichler, W., Kaiser, M., Sunstein, C.R. and Reisch, L.A. (2023) “Sustainable behaviour at work: how message framing encourages employees to choose electric vehicles.” Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(8): 5650-5668 (DOI: 10.1002/bse.3441)
- Kaiser, M., Bauer, J.M., Otterbach, S., Reisch, L.A. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2023) “The association between commuting and cardiovascular disease: a biomarker-based analysis of cross-sectional cohort data from the UK Biobank.” Preventive Medicine, 172: 107521 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107521)
- Mburu, S., Kaiser, M. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2023) “Livestock asset dynamics amongst pastoralists in Northern Kenya.” Journal of African Economies, 32(5): 572-597 (DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejac022)
- Kaiser, M., Otterbach, S. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2022) “Using machine learning to uncover the relation between age and life satisfaction.” Scientific Reports, 12(1): 5263 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09018-x)
- Reisch, L.A., Sunstein, C.R. and Kaiser, M. (2021) “What do people want to know? Information avoidance and food policy implications.” Food Policy, 102: 102076 (DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102076)
- Kaiser, M., Bernauer, M., Sunstein, C.R. and Reisch, L.A. (2020) “The power of green defaults: the impact of regional variation of opt-out tariffs on green energy demand in Germany.” Ecological Economics, 174: 106685 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106685)
- Kaiser, M. (2019) “Benford’s Law as an indicator of survey reliability: can we trust our data?” Journal of Economic Surveys, 33(5): 1602-1618 (DOI: 10.1111/joes.12338)
Awards and honours
- Young Researcher Paper Award, Ideas & more, 2020