Contact Information
202-721-4501
elizabeth.c.klee@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Monetary Policy
Banking and Financial Institutions
Microeconomics

Education
Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2000
A.B., Economics, Princeton University, 1995

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2000-present

Selected Publications

• ''How People Pay: Evidence from Grocery Store Data,'' Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 55 (April 2008), pp. 526-541.
• Operational Outages and Aggregate Uncertainty in the Federal Funds Market, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-49. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
• ''Comparisons of the Incentive for Insolvency Under Different Legal Regimes'' (with Lewis A. Kornhauser), Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 36 (January 2007), pp. 141-170.
• ''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2005'' (with Gretchen C. Weinbach), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 92 (Spring 2006), pp. A77-A107.
• Paper or Plastic? The Effect of Time on the use of Checks and Debit Cards at Grocery Stores, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-02. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• Families' Use of Payment Instruments During a Decade of Change in the Payment System, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-01. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• ''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2004'' (with Fabio M. Natalucci), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 91 (Spring 2005), pp. 143-174.
• ''Technology Adoption and Consumer Payments: Evidence from Survey Data'' (with Fumiko Hayashi), Review of Network Economics, vol. 2 (June 2003), pp. 175-190.