Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Assistant Professor of Finance
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham's research interests include consumer & corporate finance, econometrics, and social networks. His current work focuses on assessing the costs and benefits of debtor protection policies and understanding the role that consumer debt plays in the macroeconomy. Paul's research also studies machine learning techniques applied to economics questions. Before joining Yale, Paul was a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Swarthmore College, and a PhD in economics from the Harvard University.
Education
- PhD, Harvard University, 2015
- MA, Harvard University, 2012
- BA, Swarthmore College, 2007
Selected Works
Articles
- Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets
A. Fuster, P. Goldsmith-Pinkham, T. Ramadorai, and A. Walther
The Journal of Finance
Volume 77, Issue 1, pp 5-47
2022
- Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How
P. Goldsmith-Pinkham, I. Sorkin, and H. Swift
American Economic Review
Volume 110, Issue 8, pp 2586-2624
2020 - Bad Credit, No Problem? Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit Reports
W. Dobbie, P. Goldsmith-Pinkham, N. Mahoney, and J. Song
The Journal of Finance
2020
Achievements
- Outstanding Paper award for “Sea Level Rise Exposure and Municipal Bond Yields”, Jacobs Levy Center Research Paper Prizes, 2021
- Best Empirical Finance Paper for “The Gender Gap in Housing Returns”, WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services), 2020
- Best Empirical Finance Paper for “Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets”, WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services), 2019