Christopher Clayton

Assistant Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management

I do research in international finance and macroeconomics, finance, and macroeconomics. My research topics include geoeconomics and geopolitics, reserve currency internationalization, multinational banking, financial regulation, and monetary policy. I received a PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 2020.

Email: christopher.clayton@yale.edu.

My CV

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"A Framework for Geoeconomics" (with Matteo Maggiori, Jesse Schreger), Oct 2023

A Theory of Dynamic Inflation Targets” (with Andreas Schaab), April 2023
Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review

Internationalizing Like China” (with Amanda Dos Santos, Matteo Maggiori, Jesse Schreger), Dec 2022. Appendix
Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review