My research draws on a wide range of data, with two major survey programs playing an important role: the long-running NielsenIQ survey experiments in the United States and the Global Subjective Expectations Survey (GSES), launched with the BIS in 2025 and conducted jointly by the EEC and BIS since 2026. Together, these projects study how people form expectations and how those expectations relate to economic behavior.

The sections below provide data and materials from these projects, alongside other datasets used in my research.

Customized NielsenIQ Surveys

Since 2015, customized surveys have been fielded to the NielsenIQ consumer (Homescan) panel, a U.S. household panel that records purchases by scanning them at home. The surveys combine households’ stated expectations, their scanned purchases and the prices they paid, and randomized information treatments, which allows the analysis to move from correlation to causation.

CoverageUnited States
SamplingNielsenIQ consumer (Homescan) panel
TopicsDemographics, financial habits, inflation and price expectations, financial literacy and risk tolerance, credit card usage and debt
Distinctive featureExpectations linked to scanned purchases and prices paid; randomized information treatments
FrequencyAnnual (2015–2016); Quarterly since 2018
Survey companyNielsenIQ
Reference articlesUsers of these data must cite these articles

The surveys are currently funded through NSF grant #2343698, hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Data access and questionnaires

The surveys are ongoing and have been fielded quarterly since 2018. The underlying data are released once the associated research has been published. The table lists the waves currently available upon request, with a link to the questionnaire for each wave.

Requesting access The NielsenIQ data are not distributed on this site. Access is granted through the Kilts Center for Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where the surveys are listed under “Custom Panel Surveys: Economic Expectations, Attitudes, and Habits.” They are available at no additional cost to subscribers of the NielsenIQ Consumer Panel data, which requires a subscription contract between the researcher’s institution and Chicago Booth.
WaveFieldedHouseholds sampledRespondentsQuestionnaire
Chicago Booth Expectations and Attitudes Survey (CBEAS)
Wave 1June–July 201592,51149,383 (39,809 households)View
Wave 2June–July 201695,30043,036 (35,694 households)View
Chicago Booth Expectations and Communications Survey (CBECS)
2018 Wave 1April–May 201894,27210,781View
2018 Wave 1aMay–June 201882,06213,729View
2018 Wave 2September–October 201882,06247,128 (32,658 households)View
2018 Wave 3December 201892,39032,669 (29,348 households)View
2019 Wave 1March 201992,98226,929 (24,886 households)View
2019 Wave 2June–July 201991,23928,580 (26,661 households)View
2019 Wave 3September–October 201957,82515,915 (15,029 households)View

Figures and latest results

Selected survey results, including more recent waves whose data are not yet available upon request. The figures are updated as new waves are completed.

Select a measure from the menu to display the figure. Figures from the NielsenIQ surveys will appear here.

EEC-BIS Global Subjective Expectations Survey (GSES)

Launched in 2025, this annual survey provides comparable evidence on households’ economic expectations across advanced and emerging economies. Its harmonized questionnaire enables cross-country comparisons of inflation expectations, perceptions of prices and wages, central bank knowledge, and information sources, while rotating special modules allow the survey to explore emerging economic questions. The survey is conducted by the European Expectations Center (EEC) in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). More data will be shared here soon.

Coverage32 countries, about 65% of the world’s population and over 85% of global GDP
MethodologyOnline survey panels with a harmonized sampling approach across waves. Samples are designed to be representative of each country’s adults aged 18–70 by age and gender, although they are not probability samples of the full population. Respondents are screened for age and attention, and the questionnaire is translated into each country’s official languages using a common protocol.
Distinctive featureHarmonized questionnaire across countries, with rotating special modules
FrequencyAnnual
Survey companyCint
Research partnerBank for International Settlements (BIS)
Reference articlesUsers of these data must cite these articles

Data access and questionnaires

Data and questionnaires will be shared here soon.

WaveFieldedCountriesRespondentsQuestionnaire
2025March–April 202532More than 32,000 adults (about 1,000 per country)Coming soon
2026April–May 202632More than 64,000 adults (about 2,000 per country)Coming soon

Other Data & Replication Code

Replication data and code for selected papers.