Christopher Clayton
Assistant Professor of Finance
Christopher Clayton does research in international finance and macroeconomics, finance, and macroeconomics. His research topics include geoeconomics and geopolitics, reserve currency internationalization, multinational banking, financial regulation, and monetary policy. He is a Faculty Research Fellow (IFM Program) at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received a PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 2020.
Education
- PhD, Harvard University, 2020
- BA, University of Chicago, 2012
Articles
The Political Economy of Geoeconomic Power
C. Clayton, M. Maggiori, and J. Schreger∗
In Preparation for AEA Papers and Proceedings
2025
Internationalizing Like China
C. Clayton, A. Dos Santos, M. Maggiori, and J. Schreger
American Economic Review
2024 | Forthcoming
Crisis Interventions in Corporate Insolvency
S. Antill and C. Clayton
Journal of Finance
2024 | Forthcoming
China in Tax Havens
C. Clayton, A. Coppola, A. Dos Santos, M. Maggiori, and J. Schreger
AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol. 113, pp. 114-19
2023
Multinational Banks and Financial Stability
C. Clayton and A. Schaab
Quarterly Journal of Economics, issue 3, vol. 137, pp. 1681-1736
2022
Working Papers
Optimal Illiquidity
J. Beshears, J. J. Choi, C. Clayton, C. Harris, D. Laibson, and B. C. Madrian
Journal of Financial Economics
2025
A Theory of Dynamic Inflation Targets
C. Clayton and A.Schaab
American Economic Review
2024 | Forthcoming
Achievements
- AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2020
- Finance Theory Group: Best Finance Theory Job Market Paper, 2020