Meet the Researchers

Patrick Moran
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Oxford, 2020
- M.Phil., Economics, University of Oxford, 2015
- B.A., Economics, University of Chicago, 2013
Current Research Topics
- Macroeconomics, Household Finance, Public Policy
- Housing, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Retirement, Household Saving
Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2023 - presentEconomist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2022 - 2023Assistant Professor
University of Copenhagen, Center for Economics Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)
2020 - 2022Visiting Scholar
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
2018 - 2020
- Mortgage Design, Repayment Schedules, and Household Borrowing
Claes Bäckman, Patrick Moran, and Peter van Santen
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.077 - Temptation and Commitment: A Model of Hand-to-Mouth Behavior
Orazio Attanasio, Agnes Kovacs, and Patrick Moran
Journal of the European Economic Association (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae016 - Breaking the Commitment Device: The Effect of Home Equity Withdrawal on Consumption, Saving, and Welfare
Agnes Kovacs and Patrick Moran
CEPR Discussion Paper Series (2022) - Estimating Temptation and Commitment Over the Life Cycle
Agnes Kovacs, Hamish Low, and Patrick Moran
International Economic Review (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12491 - Temptation and Commitment: A Model of Hand-to-Mouth Behavior
Orazio P. Attanasio, Agnes Kovacs, and Patrick Moran
NBER Working Paper Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w27944 - Innovation, Productivity, and Monetary Policy
Patrick Moran and Albert Queraltó
Journal of Monetary Economics (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2017.10.006
See also » FRB Working Paper (2017) - Innovation, Productivity, and Monetary Policy
Patrick Moran and Albert Queraltó
International Finance Discussion Papers (2017)
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2017.1217
Last Update:
June 9, 2025