Professor Paige Marta Skiba has conducted innovative research in the area of behavioral law and economics, particularly on topics related to her dissertation, “Behavior in High-Interest Credit Markets.” She studies the ways in which self-control and procrastination affect financial decision-making. Her current research focuses on the causes and consequences of borrowing on high-interest credit, such as payday loans and pawnshops, as well as the regulation of these industries. She has been the recipient of numerous research grants and fellowships from institutions such as National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance and the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. She was a senior research associate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis from 1999 to 2001, where she conducted research on monetary policy and regional and urban economics.

Professor Skiba received her B.A. in economics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2007.