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Biography<\/h2>\n
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Christopher Palmer is the Eastman Kodak Associate Professor of Management <\/em>and an Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he teaches corporate finance. His research focuses on how credit, real estate, and labor markets respond to periods of significant upheaval.<\/p>\n

Palmer is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and an Affiliate with the Jameel Poverty Action Lab. He previously taught real estate finance at the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School and the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Boston, and San Francisco. Prior to graduate school, he consulted with Compass-Lexecon.<\/p>\n

Palmer holds a BA in economics and mathematics from Brigham Young University and a PhD in economics from MIT.<\/p>\n

Current Research Focus: <\/strong>Palmer's research focuses on financial decision-making. His current research projects evaluate policies designed improve retirement savings and reform the personal bankruptcy system.<\/p>\n

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