Benedict Guttman-Kenney
Assistant Professor of Finance at Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business (announcement tweet, faculty webpage)
Economics Ph.D. & M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
CV. My papers are also on my academic research page and Google Scholar.
Email: benedictgk@rice.edu
My research focuses on household finance topics that are both academically interesting and relevant to inform public policymaking on the topic of consumer financial protection regulation. I group my research into two broad topics: (1) the economics of credit information, and (2) behavioral household finance. Please see my Research Statement for a brief summary of my research.
Academic Research Page, Policy Research Page, Presentations Page
News
I will be in Chicago for the Midwest Finance Association (MFA) conference in March, and in Philadelphia for the Eastern Finance Association (EFA) conference in April. Say hi!
I am on the program committee for the SFS North Calvacade 2025.
In November, Yahoo! Finance covered my research on why information on how much you pay on your credit card is missing from your US credit report. Also see the Chicago Booth Review for a summary.
In November, I chatted with NPR Marketplace about US household debt.
In October, my credit card research: The Semblance of Success in Nudging Consumers to Pay Down Credit Card Debt has been (Conditionally) Accepted at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. This paper has been covered by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Yahoo! Finance. Summarized in Chicago Booth Review Article and also covered in various blogs (1) (2) (3) (4).
In September, my paper on consumer credit reporting data was published in the Journal of Economic Literature.
In July, I released a new working paper that studies the effects of a Quebec government policy that restricts credit card repayment choices.
Background
Before moving to Chicago, I spent six years conducting economic research informing financial regulation at the UK Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York. I am a graduate of the University of Warwick and University College London. While studying for my Ph.D., I received the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Consumer Finance Dissertation Fellowship for my research.
Media coverage includes The New York Times, The Financial Times (1 - weekend lead `big read') (2 - FT Tech video) (3 - front page), Wall Street Journal (1) (2), National Public Radio (NPR) Marketplace, Yahoo! Finance (1) (2), Barron's, BBC, MarketWatch, Mashable, Fast Company, Raconteur, The Telegraph (1) (2), The FinTech Times, VoxEU/CEPR interview.
My academic research has been published in leading finance, marketing, and economics journals with summaries in the Chicago Booth Review. For more information see my academic research page, CV, or Google Scholar.