Ph.D in Psychology

Currently Postdoc, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

Books

  • Michaelsen, P., & Sunstein, C. R. (2023). Default Nudges: From People’s Experiences to Policymaking Implications. Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

  • Jansson, M., Michaelsen, P., Sonsino, D., & Gärling, T. (2024). Non-professional and professional investors’ trust in financial analysts’ buy and sell recommendations and their impact on investments. Accepted for publication in Review of Behavioral Finance, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-07-2023-0191

  • Michaelsen, P. (2024). Transparency and Nudging: An overview and methodological critique of empirical investigations. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-11-. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.7

  • Gärling, T., Michaelsen, P., & Gamble, A. (2022). Overspending on smartphone purchases among Swedish young adults. Nordic Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2022.2085159

  • Michaelsen, P., Nyström, L., Luke., T. J., & Hedesström, M. (2021). Downstream Consequences of Disclosing Defaults: Influences on Perceptions of Choice Architects and Subsequent Behavior. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 5: 1-3, 25-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2021.1983720

  • Michaelsen, P., Johansson, L-O., & Hedesström, M. (2021). Experiencing default nudges: Autonomy, Manipulation and choice-satisfaction as judged by people themselves. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2021.5

  • Gärling, T., Fang, D., Holmen, M., & Michaelsen, P. (2021). Fast and Slow Investments in Asset Markets: Influences on Risk Taking. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 22(1), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427560.2020.1747071

  • Gärling, T., Fang, D., Holmén, M., & Michaelsen, P. (2020). Financial risk-taking related to individual risk preference, social comparison and competition. Review of Behavioral Finance, 1-16. https://doi-org/10.1108/RBF-11-2019-0153

  • Gärling, T., Michaelsen, P., Gamble, A. (2020). Young adults’ borrowing to purchases of desired consumer products related to present‐biased temporal discounting, attitude towards borrowing and financial involvement and knowledge. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 44, 131– 139. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12552

  • Gamble, A., Gärling, T., & Michaelsen, P. (2019) Young Adults’ Attitudes Toward Borrowing, In J. Carlsson Hauff, T. Gärling, & T. Lindblom (Eds.) Indebtedness in Early Adulthood: Causes and Remedies (pp. 65-87). Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Gamble, A., Gärling, T., & Michaelsen, P. (2019). Young Adults’ Consumption Desires, Feelings of Financial Scarcity and Borrowing, In J. Carlsson Hauff, T. Gärling, & T. Lindblom (Eds.) Indebtedness in Early Adulthood: Causes and Remedies (pp. 89-108). Palgrave Macmillan.

Selected Work in Progress:

  • Michaelsen, P. Valuing how people experience and perceive behavior change interventions. Work in progress.

  • Michaelsen, P., Andersson, Y., & Lindkvist, A. Perceptions of default-nudged behavior. Work in progress.

  • Hedesström, M., Luke, T. J., Michaelsen, P., Nyström, L., & Johansson, L-O. What’s the net benefit of a nudge? Exploring behavioral spillover from choosing a default. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/dq9em/

  • Michaelsen, P., Nyström, L., Luke., T. J., Johansson, L-O., & Hedesström, M. Are Default Nudges Deemed Fairer when they are more Transparent? People’s Judgments depend on the circumstance of the evaluation. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/5knx4/