Dr. Paul Goldsmith Pinkham

Biography

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham is an Associate Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management. His research spans consumer finance and housing markets with a focus on uncovering and explaining disparities among demographic groups. His work examines how financial decisions and market outcomes vary by race, ethnicity, and gender, such as housing returns and real estate agent effectiveness. As an applied econometrician, he develops critiques of empirical methods, including recent work on contamination bias in linear regressions and the application of machine learning in credit markets. His research also includes analysis of financial crises, specifically bank runs and contagion effects. Goldsmith-Pinkham's work has been published in top academic journals and covered by major media outlets, including The Economist, NPR, and CNBC. Prior to joining Yale, he was a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Swarthmore College.

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