Our mission is to produce leading-edge research on how credit markets and payment systems affect the economy. The Institute sponsors opportunities for scholars, the financial industry, and the public sector to collaborate and share insights on fostering healthy household finances, a stable financial system, and a resilient economy.
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Our researchers span four Bank departments and collaborate with each other and visiting scholars to provide the next level of research.
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Slava Mikhed
Senior Research Fellow, Consumer Finance Institute
Slava Mikhed is a researcher exploring the ways income shocks, peer effects, health insurance, and identity theft affect consumer credit and payments.
Expertise
- Consumer Finance
- Personal Bankruptcy
- Identity Theft and Fraud
- Urban Economics
- Health Economics
Featured Publications
- Peers' Income and Financial Distress: Evidence from Lottery Winners and Neighboring Bankruptcies
- Did the ACA’s Dependent Coverage Mandate Reduce Financial Distress for Young Adults?
- Spatial Commitment Devices and Addictive Goods: Evidence from the Removal of Slot Machines from Bars
- How Data Breaches Affect Consumer Credit
- Identity Theft as a Teachable Moment
Publications and Resources
Literature Database
Our continually updated database provides bibliographic citations for journal articles, books, reports, and other publications on consumer credit and payments and links to full-text papers from across the Federal Reserve System.
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