

We've been in our home for almost a month now and I am still texting him getting advice and help. He was a great resource and we would highly recommend him. He was there for us when we needed or had questions, he would schedule a visit whenever we asked. He made the process as easy as it could be and walked us through so much so we never felt overwhelmed. Scott is extremely friendly and personable, he made us feel important and well taken care of. This was our first home purchase and we relied on his experience and it paid off in the end. He pointed out potential issues homes might have and ways to mitigate those issues. He never tried to push us towards anything we didn't like or were not comfortable with. He talked about ways to improve each house, how we could make it fit what we needed or if it wasn't possible. Scott Nelson, DPM Diabetic, Orthotics, Pediatric, General Podiatry, Sports Medicine, Surgery, and Trauma & Wound Care. He quickly learned what we wanted, liked, disliked and he gave us great advice with each home we visited. He helped us find a home that we love and was very involved in the process. (summa cum laude) in economics and mathematics from Yale College.Working with Scott was a great decision and one that we are happy we made. Before his studies at MIT, Nelson worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and at Innovations for Poverty Action, where he was a member of the U.S. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also been a research fellow with the City of Boston Office of Financial Empowerment, a visiting graduate fellow with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow. Prior to joining the Booth School of Business, Nelson spent a postdoctoral year with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Princeton University. credit card market was awarded the AQR Top Finance Graduate Award in 2018.

His research uses a range of data sources, including credit reports, credit card account data, surveys, court filings, and employment data, together with models of consumer and firm behavior to understand the drivers of credit market outcomes.

Nelson’s research focuses on consumer credit markets, in particular how regulation interacts with information asymmetries and market structure, and how consumers make choices about borrowing, deleveraging, and default. Scott Nelson is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
