Brian Melzer

Brian Melzer is an economist who studies household finance, real estate, financial intermediation, and financial regulation. He has held positions as a senior financial economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and as an assistant professor of finance at the Kellogg School of Management, where he taught corporate finance for MBA students. Professor Melzer has published in leading economics and finance journals, including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Finance. He teaches courses in real estate at Tuck.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2003 — 2008)
• M.Litt University of St Andrews (1999 — 2000)
• Bachelor of Arts - BA Princeton University (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Associate Professor of Business Administration The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (2018)
• Senior Financial Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2017 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Finance Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (2008 — 2017)
• Research Analyst Dawson-Giammalva Capital Management (2001 — 2003)

WORKING PAPERS

• With D. Green J. Parker, and A. Rojas, “Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand”
• With A. Schroeder, “Loan Contracting in the Presence of Usury Limits: Evidence from Automobile Lending”
• With E. Benmelech and A. Guren, “Making the House a Home: The Stimulative Effect of Home Purchases on Consumption and Investment”
• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• With J.T. Linnainmaa and A. Previtero, “The Misguided Beliefs of Financial Advisors,” Journal of Finance, forthcoming
• With C. Kuhnen, “Non-Cognitive Abilities and Loan Delinquency: The Role of Self-Efficacy in Avoiding Financial Distress," Journal of Finance, forthcoming
• “Spillovers from Costly Credit,” Review of Financial Studies, 31(9), 2018
• With J.W. Hsu and D. Matsa, “Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer,” American Economic Review, 108(1), 2018
• With S. Foerster, J.T. Linnainmaa, and A. Previtero, “Retail Financial Advice: Does One Size Fit All?” Journal of Finance, 72(4), 2017
• “Mortgage Debt Overhang: Reduced Investment by Homeowners at Risk of Default,” Journal of Finance, 72(2), 2017
• With D. Morgan, “Competition in a Consumer Loan Market: Payday Loans and Overdraft Credit,” Journal of Financial Intermediation, 24(1), 2015
• “The Real Costs of Credit Access: Evidence from the Payday Lending Market,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(1), 2011

AWARDS

• L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year, Kellogg School of Management, 2018
• Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize for the best corporate finance papers published in the Journal of Finance, 2017
• Amundi Smith Breeden Distinguished Paper Prize for the best capital markets papers published in the Journal of Finance, 2017
• Kellogg Student Association Faculty Impact Award for excellence in teaching, fall 2017
• Kellogg Student Association Faculty Impact Award for excellence in teaching, spring 2017
• Canadian Investment Research Award, CFA Society Toronto & Hillsdale Investment Management (for “Retail Financial Advice: Does One Size Fit All?”), 2015
• AHRQ Health Services Research Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2007–08
• Sanford J. Grossman Fellowship in honor of Arnold Zellner, 2007–08
• Chicago Center for Excellence in Health Promotion Economics Research Fellowship, 2006–07
• University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Fellowship, 2003–07
• Class of 1869 Prize for best undergraduate thesis in moral and social ethics
• Ernest L. Ransome III Scholarship for postgraduate study at University of St Andrews