Sean Higgins
@seankhiggins.bsky.social
Prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool Finance. I study how technology reduces frictions in payments markets and consumer financial markets
This is because interest rates on the credit card debt are typically much higher than interest rates on savings
Then, if hit with a shock such as job loss during a recession, can always tap into the credit card line again (after having paid some of it off)
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Then, if hit with a shock such as job loss during a recession, can always tap into the credit card line again (after having paid some of it off)
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Are we going into a recession? Why it's not too late to prepare.
Recession fears are rising under President Trump's new campaign of tariffs. There is still time to prepare your finances.
www.usatoday.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is because interest rates on the credit card debt are typically much higher than interest rates on savings
Then, if hit with a shock such as job loss during a recession, can always tap into the credit card line again (after having paid some of it off)
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Then, if hit with a shock such as job loss during a recession, can always tap into the credit card line again (after having paid some of it off)
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
And to wrap up a day of very interesting papers, Luisa Cefalà on knowledge hoarding and its implications for technology diffusion in #Burundi 🇧🇮
April 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And to wrap up a day of very interesting papers, Luisa Cefalà on knowledge hoarding and its implications for technology diffusion in #Burundi 🇧🇮
Next: Jeanne Sorin Le Guevel (from UChicago headed to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social) on building public infrastructure (roads) on private land in #Uganda 🇺🇬
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Next: Jeanne Sorin Le Guevel (from UChicago headed to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social) on building public infrastructure (roads) on private land in #Uganda 🇺🇬
Next: Oluchi Mbonu (from @harvard.edu headed to World Bank) on market segmentation in the minibus sector in #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦
April 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Next: Oluchi Mbonu (from @harvard.edu headed to World Bank) on market segmentation in the minibus sector in #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦
Next: Javier Feinmann (from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social headed to @pse.bsky.social) on wage payments under the table to formal-sector employees in #Brazil 🇧🇷
April 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Next: Javier Feinmann (from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social headed to @pse.bsky.social) on wage payments under the table to formal-sector employees in #Brazil 🇧🇷
Next: Tishara Garg (from MIT headed to @stanford.edu) on industrial policy and coordination failures in #India 🇮🇳
April 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Next: Tishara Garg (from MIT headed to @stanford.edu) on industrial policy and coordination failures in #India 🇮🇳
First up: Dev Patel (from @harvard.edu heading to @brown.edu) on environmental beliefs, adaptation to #ClimateChange, and farmer profits in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩
April 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
First up: Dev Patel (from @harvard.edu heading to @brown.edu) on environmental beliefs, adaptation to #ClimateChange, and farmer profits in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Day 2: bsky.app/profile/sean...
Day 2 of the #WEFIDEV RFS @cepr.org #Conference on #Finance and #Development starts with Silvia Prina on rehabilitating delinquent digital borrowers in sub-Saharan Africa
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Day 2: bsky.app/profile/sean...