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Cynthia Kinnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences. Previously, she taught at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on financial behavior in developing economies, examining how households and small firms use formal and informal financial tools (e.g., credit, insurance, savings) to manage risk and invest. Key areas include missing markets, risk-household investment interactions, social networks, and microfinance. Methodologically, she employs randomized control trials, natural experiments, and theoretical equilibrium models. She holds affiliations with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL).
- PhD (Economics), MIT (2010)
- MSc (Global Market Economics), LSE (2005)
- BS (Mathematics-Economics), University of Pittsburgh (2003)
Her work emphasizes practical applications of economics to poverty reduction, including studies on health insurance in India and credit markets in Tanzania and Thailand. Recent research explores how formal credit markets reshape social networks and how insurance programs affect health outcomes in low-income settings.
- Awards: NBER Faculty Research Fellow
- Professional Roles: BREAD Affiliate, JPAL Affiliate
Teaching and advising are central to her role, though specific student names are not listed here. Grants and collaborations likely underpin her field experiments, though details are omitted from the provided texts.
