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201K Warren Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: vlb23@cornell.edu
Phone: (607) 254-7219

Last updated: 4-28-23

Professor

Vicki Bogan

Dr. Vicki Bogan's research interests are in the areas of financial economics, household finance, behavioral finance, and applied microeconomics centering on issues involving investment decision making behavior and financial markets. She explores questions relating to investment decision making (corporate and individual) and household portfolio allocation with the goal of shedding light on how to better model observed behavior and helping to shape policy.

Dr. Bogan is the founder and director for the Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance. Dr. Bogan is a founding Co-Editor of Financial Planning Review. She also served as the Chair of the Academic Research Council for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Additionally, she has worked as a consultant for Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc. and Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

Dr. Bogan's impactful research has been published in leading economics and finance journals. She has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on the gamification of finance. Further, she is frequently quoted and cited in various media outlets including Barrons.com, Bloomberg.com, CNBC.com, Forbes.com, MarketWatch, NPR's Marketplace Tech, PsychologyToday.com, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal.com, Yahoo! Money, the Harvard Business Review Blog, the PBS News Hour – Paul Solman's Making Sense, the Lou Hutt Show on Sirius XM radio, and Knowledge@Wharton on Sirius XM radio. Dr. Bogan was also featured in the Netflix Documentary, "Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga."

Dr. Bogan teaches finance courses for master's and undergraduate students in Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business. She has received two outstanding educator awards and the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Bogan holds a Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University, an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Economics from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. She also has held visiting fellow appointments at Princeton University and Yale University.

Research Videos

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Click play button to hear Dr. Vicki Bogan being interviewed by Ally Invest President, Lule Demmissie during an Ally Invest Digital Conference, February 24, 2021.

Click play button to view Dr. Vicki Bogan discussing the connection between racial wealth inequality and racial health inequality during a Harvard 5 Big Ideas Panel.

Click play button to view Dr. Vicki Bogan discussing her research on individual financial decision making.