Robert Clark is Stephen Zelnak Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University. He is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Advisory Board of the Pension Research Council. His research examines retirement decisions, the choice between defined benefit and defined contribution plans, the impact of pension conversions to defined contribution and cash balance plans, the role of information and communications on 401(k) contributions, and government regulation of pensions. He has also evaluated employer-provided financial literacy and retirement planning programs and how these plans affect worker decisions, as well as state and local pensions and retiree health plans. He earned his M.S. and PhD from Duke University, and his BA from Millsaps College in economics.