CFPB Researchers

The CFPB has PhD social scientists from different disciplines that design and conduct foundational, policy-relevant research on consumer finance and household behavior.

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Dustin Beckett

Interim Section Chief, Decision-Making and Behavioral Studies

Experimental economics
Access to credit
Applied microeconomics
Behavioral economics

Claire Brennecke

Economist

Banking
Credit reports and scores
Access to credit
Small business lending

Jason Dietrich

Section Chief, Compliance Analytics and Policy

Mortgages
Access to credit
Discrimination

Scott L. Fulford

Senior Economist

Applied econometrics
Access to credit
Macroeconomics

Christa Gibbs

Senior Economist

Credit reports and scores
Access to credit
Applied microeconomics
Public finance

Feng Liu

Senior Economist

Applied microeconomics
Real estate economics
Financial service providers
Urban or regional economics
Credit reports and scores
Discrimination
Access to credit
Mortgages

Caroline Ratcliffe

Senior Economist

Applied econometrics
Credit reports and scores
Labor economics
Access to credit

Ryan Sandler

Senior Economist

Access to credit
Public finance
Applied econometrics
Industrial organization
Applied microeconomics

Brian Heath Witzen

Economist

Discrimination
Access to credit
Applied microeconomics
Public finance

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a 21st century agency that helps consumer finance markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic lives.