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in 53 countries

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12/15/25 | General

Leadership and social cohesion

Our times are dominated by crises as well as social polarization and fragmentation. When it…

11/03/25 | Research

Faculty of Economics and Business joins the…

We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Economics and Business has joined the newly…

10/06/25 | General

New Deans at the Faculty of Economics and…

At the start of the winter semester 2025/2026, a new team of Deans will take over the…

09/30/25 | General

John Turner appointed visiting professor of…

In 2026, the “Financial History” Visiting Professorship at Goethe University will be held by…

08/25/25 | Research

Successful reaccreditation by the AACSB

In May 2025, the Faculty of Economics and Business (Faculty 02) at Goethe University Frankfurt…

07/07/25 | Research

Highest number of citations achieved in…

Top rankings in FinTech research: In the current bibliometric analysis "Financial technology…

06/17/25 | General

Award for Prof. Dr. Cornelia Storz

On June 12, 2025, the Japanese government awarded Prof. Dr. Cornelia Storz the Imperial Order…

06/03/25 | General

Christian Schlag appointed member of the…

As an advisory board member of the renowned Parisian university, Christian Schlag, Dean of the…

03/28/25 | Research

SAFE Researcher Peter Andre receives Heinz…

Prestigious German Research Foundation award recognizes outstanding academic achievements of…

01/25/25 | General

Financial literacy made in Hesse: New study…

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute SAFE publish a study on the financial literacy of young…

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We offer a wide variety of economics and business programs. Please consult our website and feel free to contact us.

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Research

Research at top international level

Rich in tradition, the Faculty of Economics and Business is one of the largest and most research-intensive in Germany.

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Publications

Loriana Pelizzon et al.

Market Liquidity and Competition among…

Do competition and incentives offered to designated market makers (DMMs) improve market liquidi…

Christine Laudenbach et al.

Gender Differences in Financial Advice

Based on data gathered from 27,000 real-world meetings between financial advisors and clients o…

Olga Balakina et al.

Personal Financial Advice and Portfolio…

We document widespread use of personal financial advice among retail investors. Individuals see…

Andreas Hackethal et al.

Inflation and Trading

We study how investors respond to inflation combining a customized survey experiment with tradi…

Andreas Hackethal et al.

Educating Investors about Dividends

We educate investors about the benefits of dividend reinvestment and costs of misperceiving div…

Calogero Brancatelli et al.

CPG consumption in times of recession:…

We utilize a novel dataset that merges household administrative income and socio-demographic in…

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We foster academic exchange through our many international partnerships.

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