Research Interest

• Corporate Finance
• Household Finance
• Credit Risk
• Real Estate Markets

Refereed Publications

• Barasinska N., Schäfer D. and Stephan A. (2012): Individual risk attitudes and the com-position of financial portfolios: Evidence from German household portfolios, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 52, 1–14.
• Barasinska N. and Schäfer D. (2010): Determinanten des Ein- und Ausstiegs von Private-Equity-Häusern in Europa, Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 79.Jahrgang, 04/2010.
• Badunenko O., Barasinska N. and Schäfer D. (2009): Genügend Widerstandskraft? Immobilienfinanzierung und Haushaltsverschuldung in Deutschland, Großbritannien, den Niederlanden und den USA, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1/2009.

Other Working Papers and Publications

• Barasinska N. (2011): Does Gender Affect Investors' Appetite for Risk? Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending, DIW Discussion Paper 1125/2011
• Barasinska N. and Schäfer D. (2010): Does Gender Affect Funding Success at the Peer-to-Peer Credit Markets? Evidence from the Largest German Lending Platform. DIW Discussion Paper 1094/2010.
• Badunenko O., Barasinska N. and Schäfer D. (2009): Risk Attitudes and Investment Decisions across European Countries: Are Women More Conservative Investors than Men? DIW Discussion Paper 928/2009.
• Badunenko O., Barasinska N. and Schäfer D. (2009): Are Private Equity Investors Good or Evil? DIW Discussion Paper 901/2009.

Presentations

• 2011: EEA Congress, Oslo.
• 2010: Warsaw International Economic Meeting, Warschau; EEA Congress, Glasgow; VfS Jahrestagung, Kiel; DGF Jahrestagung, Hamburg.
• 2009: EEA Congress, Barcelona; DGF Jahrestagung, Frankfurt am Main.
• 2008: EEA Congress, Mailand; VfS Jahrestagung, Graz; DGF Jahrestagung, Münster.