Assistant Professor Victor Stango studies consumer and firm behavior in banking markets, with the goal of informing the design of sound public policy in banking. Professor Stango joined the Graduate School of Management in 2008. His prior experience includes positions in the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and New York, and other academic institutions. Professor Stango holds a Ph.D. in economics from UC Davis and a B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Stango’s research appears in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and other leading academic journals. His current research focuses on household financial decision making over both short and long term time horizons. His other current work examines how information technology outsourcing affects firms and consumers in the financial services industry, and is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Professor Stango has also studied the credit card and ATM markets, and has a side interest in sports economics.

Professor Stango’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Business Week, Newsweek, and virtually every major online new source. Professor Stango has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox News, CNBC, Bloomberg, and many other news programs to discuss his work and provide expert commentary.

Professor Stango teaches the economics course “Markets and the Firm” in the core of the GSM’s MBA programs.