Ajay A. Palvia

Ajay A. Palvia is a senior financial economist with the Division of Insurance and Research of  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC).  His research interests include financial regulation, market discipline and banking. Prior to joining the FDIC, Palvia worked in the Policy Analysis Division within the Economics department of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he assisted that agency in evaluating impacts of regulatory rules and policies and participated in various internal and interagency working groups. Palvia received his doctorate in economics from Cornell University, his master’s degree in computer science from Penn State University, and his bachelor’s degree in statistics from Boston University.