Research Bureau

Our mission is to enhance our understanding of consumer and investor behavior in financial markets, study how and when regulation improves welfare, and improve the financial security of our population.

The Research Bureau is formed by a team of productive, high-profile academic researchers who are responsible for significant prior thought leadership and fruitful ongoing productivity.

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The Research Bureau sponsors annual grants to promote academic research, supports research conferences, and awards annual best paper prizes for research excellence.

The Research Bureau website highlights seminal papers from the academic literature and cutting-edge working papers. Practical summaries and informative podcasts are posted to help explain the primary motivations and findings for each paper.

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Economic research on decision making in retail financial markets has been enormously important for guiding households to wiser financial choices and for designing policies that better protect consumers. The Bureau is stepping up to provide this much-needed catalyst for improving the American financial system.

John Beshears, PhD
Alfred J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration – Harvard University

Consumer are often poorly informed and susceptible to making serious financial mistakes that have great personal and societal consequences. Basic science research enhances our understanding of how they can be helped to make better decisions through public policy, business, and consumer education. The Bureau plays an important role in supporting research that truly matters to improving consumer welfare.

John G. Lynch, PhD
Distinguished Professor – Colorado University

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