David P. Richardson, Ph.D.
Principal Research Fellow
David P. Richardson is a Principal Research Fellow at the TIAA-CREF Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, he served as Senior Economist for Tax Policy at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and was the New York Life Chair in Risk Management and Insurance and an assistant professor at Georgia State University. Previously, Dr. Richardson worked as a Financial Economist in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury, and was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Davidson College.
Dr. Richardson’s research has been published in a number of journals, including the National Tax Journal and The Geneva Papers. His research interests center on public pensions, employer plans, and household financial security, including retirement preparedness, retiree health care, and the allocation of risk burdens. Dr. Richardson holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Boston College, and a B.B.A. from the University of Georgia. He has served as a research fellow for the China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research and for the Center for Risk Management Research and was a research associate at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Dr. Richardson is a member of the American Economic Association, the American Risk and Insurance Association, and the National Tax Association.
You may contact Dr. Richardson by email, dprichardson@tiaa-cref.org
