Benedict Guttman-Kenney

Economics PhD Candidate, MBA, & Bradley Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

See my Academic Papers, CV, Google Scholar.

I combine big data with tools from economics and psychology to understand consumer behavior - primarily researching household debt and credit information.

Do get in touch via benedict@chicagobooth.edu (preferred), Twitter @gk_ben, or linkedin.com/in/guttmankenney/.

News

Chairing a panel on consumer credit data at the American Economic Assocation (AEA) 2023 (Ask questions here).

3 new papers on BNPL, medical debt, and credit cards!

New Chicago Booth Review video on my credit card research and article on my medical debt research.

New coverage on BNPL in FT Tech Video.

Background

Before moving to Chicago I spent 6+ years conducting economic research informing financial regulation at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Bank of England, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Graduate of the University of Warwick & University College London.

Media coverage includes The Financial Times (1 - weekend lead `big read'), (2 - video report), (3 - front page), Wall Street Journal, BBC, Mashable, Raconteur, The Telegraph (1) (2), The FinTech Times, VoxEU/CEPR interview.

My academic research has been published in leading finance, marketing, & economics journals.