MSU professor named Mercatus Visiting Scholar
Contact: Zack Plair
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥 A 幺力视频 finance professor has an opportunity for his research to inform public policy decisions on consumer finance.
Thomas W. Miller Jr., holder of the Jack R. Lee Chair in Financial Institutions and Consumer Finance, has been named a Visiting Scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.
The Mercatus Center is the world鈥檚 premier university source for market-oriented ideas鈥攂ridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. Working with the center鈥檚 Financial Markets Working Group, Miller will research small dollar loans for high credit-risk consumers. Specifically, he will research the impact of government regulations on those consumers and lending agencies.
As a Visiting Scholar, Miller said he would join a 鈥渘etwork of scholars鈥 whose research is often considered in national and state policy debates.
鈥淢ercatus is known for the integrity of its research,鈥 Miller said. 鈥淚t isn鈥檛 swayed by any viewpoint, but lets the data speak for itself. It鈥檚 an exciting opportunity.鈥
Miller said he spent six weeks of each of the last two summers in residency at Mercatus, which he said opened his eyes to the opportunity of becoming a visiting scholar. With that designation, he hopes to give his classroom students at MSU access to his fellow Mercatus researchers on a variety of financial market-related topics.
Agreeing with Miller, MSU finance department professor and head Michael Highfield noted Miller鈥檚 honor as an opportunity for the university, promoting professional development and intellectual growth for faculty and students.
鈥淎s the Jack R. Lee Chair of Financial Institutions and Consumer Finance, Dr. Miller鈥檚 research on the institutional framework of consumer finance and the role of government regulation thereof has piqued the interest of many individuals in Washington D.C., and I expect further accolades and honors to follow,鈥 Highfield said.
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