Alina Kristin Bartscher

Assistant Professor of Finance • Professor

Assistant Professor of Finance

Alina Bartscher is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Her main research interest is in Household Finance. Her work has been published in leading international journals like the Review of Financial Studies or the Journal of Health Economics. She obtained her PhD from the University of Bonn and her master’s degree from the University of Mannheim. Previously, Alina Bartscher worked as a Senior Research Economist in the research unit of Danmarks Nationalbank. She is affiliated with Danmarks Nationalbank as a Visiting Scholar.

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PUBLICATIONS

Bartscher, A., 2022. It Takes Two to Borrow: the Effects of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act on Housing, Credit, and Labor Market Decisions of Married Couples, Review of Financial Studies pp. 155-193.

Bartscher, A., Kuhn, M., Schularick, M., Wachtel, P., 2022. Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity pp. 1-47.

Bartscher, A., Seitz, S., Siegloch, S., Slotwinski, M., Wehrhöfer, N., 2021. Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries, Journal of Health Economics Vol. 80(102531).

Bartscher, A., Kuhn, M., Schularick, M., 2020. The College Wealth Divide: Education and Inequality in America, 1956-2016, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review (1) pp. 19-49.

Bartscher, A., Kuhn, M., Schularick, M., Steins, U., 2023. Household Debt and Inequality in the United States, 1950-2019.