Professional Services
(Complete List)
Invited Seminar and Conference Presentations
  1. FCA, London, UK
  1. Finance Department, SKKU, Seoul, South Korea
  2. CAFM Conference, Seoul, South Korea
  3. AASLE Conference, Singapore
  4. LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
  5. Finance Department, Baptist University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  6. Finance Department, Renmin University, China
  7. Finance Department, CUHK, Hong Kong
  8. Indian School of Business, India
  9. CAFRAL, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India
  10. Finance Department, KIAST, Seoul, South Korea
  11. Finance Department, SKKU, Seoul, South Korea
  12. Western Economic Association International Meetings, Tokyo, Japan
  13. Department of Finance, Shanghai Technological University, Shanghai
  1. OJK IMF-World Bank Annual Conference, Bali, Indonesia
  2. 10th Year Financial Crisis Conference, Booth School, University of Chicago, Chicago
  3. New Consumption Data Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
  4. Norges Bank, Oslo, Finland
  5. Finance Department, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  6. Bank of England, London, UK
  7. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
  8. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
  9. ABFER, Singapore
  10. International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
  11. Finance Department, University of North Carolina, NC
  12. Center for Financial Planning Board Academic Conference, Washington DC
  13. Fixed Income-Financial Institutions Conference, University of South Carolina, SC
  14. AREUEA Annual Meetings, Philadelphia
  1. Economics and Public Policy Departments, George Mason University, Washington DC
  2. GFLEC, George Washington University, Washington DC
  3. Finance Department, Washington University, St. Louis
  4. Economics Department, UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  5. Finance Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  6. Wisconsin Real Estate Conference, Madison
  7. Corporate Governance and Law Conference, NUS Law School, Singapore
  8. Behavioral Exchange Conference, Civil Service College, Singapore
  9. Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong
  10. Finance Department, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  11. Finance Department, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  12. Finance Department, Baptist University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  13. Finance Department, Deaken University, Melbourne, Australia
  14. Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC
  15. Finance Department, Pennsylvania State University
  16. Finance Department, New York University
  17. Finance Department, Georgia Technology University, Atlanta
  18. Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  19. Office of Financial Research, U.S. Treasury Department
  20. The Motley Fool, Washington DC
  1. Congressional Policy Briefing on Housing Legislative Reform, Capital Hill, Washington DC
  2. Economics Department, John Hopkins University, Baltimore
  3. Finance Department, Singapore Management University, Singapore
  4. Economics Department, Presidency College, Kolkata, India
  5. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  6. Finance Department, University of Southern California
  7. Brookings Institute India, Delhi, India
  8. Civil Services College, Behavioral Economics Forum, Singapore
  9. Bank of International Settlement, Basel, Switzerland
  10. Economics and Institutions Conference, CSEF-IGIER, Capri, Italy
  11. Georgetown University, Washington DC
  12. Finance Department, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  13. Booth School, University of Chicago, Chicago
  14. Money Sense, National Singapore University
  15. Booth School, University of Chicago, Singapore Campus
  16. Law and Banking Colloquium, NUS, Singapore
  17. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  18. American Economics Association, San Francisco
  1. Financial Inclusion in Asia, Papua New Guinea
  2. Society of Economic Dynamics Conference, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Finance Department, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
  4. Household Debt in Asia, BIS Conference, Hong Kong
  5. Household Finance Conference, KDI, South Korea
  6. Household Debt in Latin America, IADB, Santiago, Chile
  7. Financial Conduct Authority, London, UK
  8. Finance Department, Baruch College, NYC
  9. Finance Department, University of Virginia
  10. Finance Department, Columbia University
  11. Annual Community in Review Conference, Keynote Speech, Singapore
  1. IDA, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  2. Vienna Graduate School of Finance, Vienna, Austria
  3. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  4. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
  5. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  6. CEPR Summer Conference in Corporate Finance, Gerzensee, Switzerland
  7. Finance Department, Singapore Management University
  1. Carey School of Business, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  2. Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  3. Congressional Policy Briefing on Housing Finance, Capital Hill, Washington, DC
  4. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Arlington, VA
  5. AIM Investment Conference on Institutional Investment, Austin, TX
  6. The World Bank, Washington DC
  7. Finance Department, University of Wisconsin
  8. Finance Department, University of Maryland
  9. Finance Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
  10. Finance Department, University of Illinois
  11. Economics Department, John Hopkins University, Baltimore
  12. Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
  13. Finance Department, Kansas University
  14. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  15. NBER Conference on Improving the Measurement of Household Spending, Boston
  16. Western Finance Association Meetings, Lake Tahoe
  17. Risk Conference, Australian National University, Sydney, Australia
  18. Financial Conduct Authority, London, UK
  19. Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, Singapore
  20. Stockholm School of Economics, Liabilities and Credit Risk Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
  21. Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
  22. National University of Singapore, Singapore
  23. Western Economics Association International Conference, Tokyo, Japan
  24. Finance Down Under Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia
  25. Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India
  1. Financial Services Authority, Behavioral Economics Forum, London, UK
  2. TAU Finance Conference, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  3. CEPR-ECB RoF Conference on Small Business Finance, Frankfurt, Germany
  4. Singapore Scholars Symposium, Singapore
  5. National University of Singapore, Singapore
  6. Georgetown University, Washington DC
  7. The World Bank, Washington DC
  8. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington DC
  9. Civil Services College, Behavioral Economics Forum, Singapore
  10. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India
  11. Microeconometric Network Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark
  12. Symposium on Household Finance, HKUST, Hong Kong
  13. Institute for Real Estate Studies, NUS, Singapore
  14. Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
  1. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  2. Association of Consumer Research, St. Louis
  3. De Nederlandsche Bank, Research Department, Amsterdam, Netherland
  4. Household Decisionmaking Conference, Aspen
  5. Western Economics Association Meeting, San Diego
  6. Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, Boulder
  7. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  8. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, DC
  9. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  10. National University of Singapore, Singapore
  11. Regulating Financial Intermediaries: Challenges and Constraints Conference, LSE, UK
  12. Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk Conference, Denver
  1. Law and Economics Colloquium, Northwestern University
  2. Financial Literacy around the World Conference, Turin, Italy
  3. Department of Finance, Washington University
  4. Center for Financial Studies Conference on Household Finance, Athens, Greece
  5. System Applied Micro Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  6. 46th Bank Structure and Competition Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  7. Family Financial Security: Implications for Policy and Practice Symposium, UW-Madison
  8. Psychology and Banking Symposium, University of Missouri
  9. Department of Finance, University of Maryland
  10. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
  11. Department of Finance, DePaul University
  12. American Economics Association, Atlanta
  1. CEPR-ECB-UA Conference on Competition in Banking Markets, Antwerp, Belgium
  2. Department of Economics, UW-Milwaukee
  3. International Monetary Fund
  4. Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University
  5. Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden
  6. Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
  7. Department of Finance, University of Minnesota
  8. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  9. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India
  10. European Financial Management Association, Milan, Italy
  11. Conference on Behavioral Macroeconomics, Australian National University, Australia
  12. Department of Finance, University of Oklahoma
  13. Department of Economics, Ohio State University
  14. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  15. Columbia Business School, Columbia University
  16. American Economic Association, San Francisco
  1. European Commission Conference on Behavioral Economics and Consumer Policy, Brussels
  2. Keynote address - Conference on the Global Financial Crisis, Delhi, India
  3. Keynote address - Indo American Chamber of Commerce on the Financial Crisis, India
  4. Keynote address - JNT University on the Financial Crisis, Hyderabad, India
  5. Deloitte panel discussion on the Financial Crisis, Hyderabad, India
  6. ISB Symposium on the Financial Crisis, Hyderabad, India
  7. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  8. ECB-CFS Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, Frankfurt, Germany
  9. Northern Illinois University Symposium on Sub Prime Mortgage Market
  10. NASABA Annual Conference, Sub Prime Mortgage Market, Chicago
  11. Western Finance Association, Waikoloa, Hawaii
  12. Financial Intermediation Research Society, Anchorage, Alaska
  13. Federal Trade Commission Conference on Consumer Information and the Mortgage Market
  14. International Symposium on Retail Banking and Consumer Insolvency, Beijing, China
  15. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  16. NREF Conference on Sub-Prime Market and the Economy, Chicago
  17. University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
  18. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  19. Midwest Economic Association, Chicago
  20. Fourth European Symposium on Economics and Psychology, Amsterdam, Holland
  21. American Economic Association, New Orleans
  1. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
  2. Twenty-Ninth Annual APPAM Research Conference, Washington, DC
  3. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  4. Seven Rivers Region Economic Conference
  5. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  6. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India
  7. Behavioral Approaches to Consumption, Credit, and Asset Allocation, Florence, Italy
  8. Household Finance and Housing Wealth Conference, Madrid, Spain
  9. Chicago Area Community Conference on International Trade
  10. Small Business Bankers Conference
  11. American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (Annual), Chicago
  1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  2. University of Nevada – Reno
  3. Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  4. A. G. Edwards’ Community Bank Mini - Conference
  5. National Council of Applied Economic Research, Delhi, India
  6. Midwest Economic Association
  7. Washington Area Finance Association
  8. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  9. American University
  10. Towson University
  11. American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (Annual), Boston
  1. Financial Management Association
  2. American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (Midyear)
  3. Washington Area Finance Association
  4. Midwest Economic Association
  5. Singapore Management University
  6. National University of Singapore
  1. Fannie Mae
  2. Midwest Economic Association
  3. Asian Real Estate Society, Delhi, India
  1. Bank One
  2. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  1. Credit Card Conference (Thomson Financial)
  2. Global Finance Association, Beijing, China
  1. Southern Economic Association
Session of Chair (C) / Discussant (D)
  1. CAF Annual Conference, ISB, Hyderabad, India (D)
  2. Western Economic Association International Meetings, Tokyo (D, C)
  3. American Economic Association, Atlanta (D)
  1. American Finance Association, Philadelphia (D)
  2. American Economic Association, Philadelphia (C, D)
  1. Household Finance Conference, NYU, NYC (D)
  2. 19th Annual Texas Finance Festival Conference, Lost Pines Resort, Texas, (D)
  3. ABFER Annual Conference, Singapore (D)
  4. IRES Annual Symposium, Singapore (D)
  5. Annual Conference, Singapore Management University, Singapore (D)
  6. Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Hong Kong (D)
  7. Real Estate Annual Conference, Jinan University, China (D)
  1. Internet Banking Conference, Federal Reserve Board (D)
  2. Household Finance Conference, Imperial College, U.K. (D)
  3. ABFER Annual Conference, Singapore (D)
  4. IRES Annual Symposium, Singapore (C)
  5. American Finance Association, San Francisco (D)
  6. Econometric Society, San Francisco (C)
  1. European Household Finance Conference, Frankfurt, Germany (D)
  2. American Finance Association, Boston (D)
  3. IRES Annual Symposium, Singapore (C)
  4. ABFER Annual Conference, Singapore (D)
  1. China International Conference in Finance (C, D)
  2. American Economics Association, Philadelphia (C)
  3. American Finance Association, Philadelphia (D)
  1. European Household Finance Conference, Rome, Italy (D)
  2. Western Economics Association International Conference, Tokyo, Japan (D)
  3. American Economics Association (D)
  4. AREUEA Meetings (D, C)
  1. AREUEA Mid Year Conference, Singapore (D)
  2. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India (D)
  3. Symposium on Household Finance, HKUST, Hong Kong (C)
  4. Allied Social Sciences Association Meeting (D)
  1. NBER Conference on Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures (C, D)
  2. 5th Singapore International Conference in Finance (D)
  3. Day Ahead Conference of the Federal Reserve System, Denver (D)
  4. American Economics Association, Denver (C)
  1. Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Maryland (D)
  2. 46th Bank Structure and Competition Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (C)
  3. American Economics Association (D, C)
  1. System Financial Structure and Regulation Conference (D)
  2. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India (D)
  3. European Financial Management Association, Milan, Italy (C, D)
  4. AERUEA Mid-year Meetings (D)
  5. Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (D)
  6. System Applied Micro Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D)
  7. CAF-FIC-SIFR Emerging Financial Markets Conference (D)
  8. American Economics Association (C)
  9. AREUEA Meetings (D)
  1. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India (D)
  2. Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Anchorage, Alaska (D)
  3. 44th Bank Structure and Competition Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (C)
  4. Midwest Economics Association (D)
  5. Fourth European Symposium on Economics and Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands (C)
  1. Financial Management Association (D)
  2. Summer Research Conference in Finance, ISB, Hyderabad, India (D)
  3. Behavioral Approaches to Consumption, Credit, and Asset Allocation, Florence, Italy (D)
  1. Midwest Economics Association (C, D)
  1. Financial Management Association (D)
  2. Midwest Economics Association (C, D)
  1. Midwest Economics Association (D)
  2. Wharton Financial Institution Center (D)
  1. Global Finance Association, Beijing, China (D)
  1. Southern Economics Association (D)
Organization of Sessions and Program Committees
  1. FMA Conference, track chair, 2018, 2020
  2. CAF, Finance Conference, committee chair, 2019
  3. Finance Down Under Conference, Australia, program committee, 2015, 2016, 2018
  4. ABFER Conference, International Macro, Money and Banking, program committee 2016, 2017
  5. European Finance Association Conference, program committee, 2015, 2016
  6. IBEFA Conference, program committee, 2014, 2015
  7. FIRS Annual Conference, program committee, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
  8. AREUEA Conference, program committee, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
  9. CICF Conference, Shenzhen China, session chair, 2015
  10. CEPR/European Banking Center, 6th Financial Stability Conference, program committee, 2014
  11. CAF, Finance Conference, program committee, 2014
  12. NSE/IFMR Grant Committee, panel member, 2014
  13. AEA/AREUEA session “Role of Regulation in Real Estate Markets” 2014
  14. FSU/OCC Conference, program committee, 2014
  15. Pre-WFA Real Estate Conference, program committee, 2013
  16. Behavioral Economics Summer Camp at NUS, organizing committee, 2013
  17. NUS-IRES 4th Annual Research Symposium, program committee, 2013
  18. Singapore International Conference in Finance, paper reviewer, 2012; program committee, 2013
  19. RFS Cavalcade Conference, paper reviewer, 2012
  20. AEA session “Mortgage Markets and Policy Response” 2012
  21. Bank Structure Conference, program committee, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  22. MEA Annual Conference, program committee, 2010
  23. Chicago Fed and FDIC, Future of Housing Finance conference, program committee, 2010
  24. AEA session “Consumption and Credit” 2010
  25. AEA session “Cognitive Abilities and Financial Decision Making” 2010
  26. FMA Conference, program committee, 2009
  27. CAF-FIC-SIFR, Emerging Financial Markets Conference, program committee, 2009
  28. Best Paper Award Nomination Committee, Summer Research Conference in Finance at ISB, 2008
  29. AEA session “Household Finance: Mortgage Choice, Persuasion, and Life Cycle Housing” 2008
  30. MEA session “Consumer Finance: Home Equity Lending” 2006