Erik Durbin

Erik Durbin is Section Chief, Consumer and Household Research and Policy, in the Office of Research at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He previously worked as an economist at the Federal Trade Commission and the Council of Economic Advisers, as an assistant professor of economics at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, and as an attorney in private practice.

Articles by Erik Durbin

Original research

The economics of debt collection, with attention to the issue of salience of collections at the time credit is granted

This paper considers the role of policies that protect consumers from aggressive debt collection tactics.

06 Jan 2021