Lorenz Kueng

Lorenz Kueng is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. His research focuses on household finance, public finance, and household consumption behavior. His recent work analyzes whether household behavior responds to news about future income tax changes; how household shopping behavior responds to anticipated sales tax changes; whether and how consumers spend large lump-sum payments; and how preferences form early in life. Prof. Kueng also studies how firms dynamically adjust to various changes in their environment, with a particular focus on the role of management practices.

Professor Kueng joined the Kellogg School of Management in 2012. He received his PhD in 2012 from the University of California at Berkeley with his dissertation Expected Taxes and Household Consumption Behavior, which won him the Public Policy Prize.

Areas of Expertise Consumer Behavior
Information Economics
Macroeconomics (Includes: Monetary Economics, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates)
Public Finance
Taxation

Education PhD, 2012, Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Diploma, 2006, Economics, Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland

MA, 2005, Economics and Mathematics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Academic Positions Donald P. Jacobs Scholar & Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-present

Honors and Awards Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), indefinite

Public Policy Research Prize, 2012

Burch Center Continuing Student Fellowship, 2011-2012

Fellowship for Prospective and Advanced Researchers, Swiss National Foundation, 2010-2011

IBER Dissertation Research Award, 2010

Janggen-Poehn Fellowships, 2009-2010 and 2011-2012

UC Berkeley Department Fellowship, 2006-2010

Best Master's Thesis Prize, 2005

Education Academic Positions Honors and Awards