Kristin Dziczek
Policy Advisor
About
Kristin Dziczek is a policy advisor in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s research, policy, and public engagement division. Her research focuses on the economic impacts of the transition to low-carbon and automated transportation.
Dziczek served as the senior vice president of research at the non-profit Center for Automotive Research (CAR) from 2005-2022. Before that, she was the associate director of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center and worked for the U.S. Congress, International Union UAW, and General Motors Corporation.
Dziczek received her B.A., M.P.P., and M.S. all from the University of Michigan.
Bank Publications
Chicago Fed Insights
Chicago Fed Letter
Economic Perspectives
Selected External Publications
Podcasts
Trade Talks
The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
Recording 184
May 7, 2023
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Why US allies are upset over electric vehicle subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act
Excerpt | Recording 167
December 2, 2022
Articles
Chapters in Books
Palgrave MacMillan
"The Impact of Global Shifts in the Automotive Industry in the United States," Global Shifts in the Automotive Sector:
Markets, Firms and Technologies in the Age of Geopolitical Disruption
March 2025
This edited volume offers an in-depth examination of the automotive industry, bringing together empirical research on different regions.
University of Toronto Press
"NAFTA vs. USMCA Content Rules Comparison with Evidence from Automakers' Investment Strategies", The North
American Auto Industry since NAFTA
August 2024
Presentations and Other Resources
Presentations
"Supply chain implications of making electric vehicles"
GERPISA: Le réseau international de l'automobile Monthly Seminar
Virtual
12/20/2024
"The Future of EV Investments"
Alliance for Automotive Innovation, The Merge
Washington, DC
12/3/2024
"Michigan Automotive Update: Things to watch in 2025"
Michigan Governor's Economic Luncheon
Lansing, MI
11/26/2024
"Assessing the EV Transition: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?"
University of Michigan Research Seminar on Quantitative
Economics, 72nd Annual Economic Outlook Conference
Ann Arbor, MI
11/22/2024
"Peak Auto aka Post-Growth Era"
SAE Global Leadership Conference
White Sulfur Springs, WV
10/11/2024
"Economic Impacts of the 2023 UAW-Ford/GM/Stellantis contracts in the United States"
GERPISA: Le réseau international de l'automobile, 32nd International
Colloquium
Bordeaux, FRANCE
6/27/2024
"Supply chain implications of making affordable electric vehicles"
GERPISA: Le réseau international de l'automobile, 32nd International
Colloquium
Bordeaux, FRANCE
6/26/2024
2024 MichAuto on the Island Executive Roundtable
Detroit
Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference
Mackinac Island, MI
5/28/2024
"The changing EV landscape…and its implications for Michigan"
Michigan
Consensus Revenue Estimating Committee
Lansing, MI
5/17/2024
"After the Strike: Prospects for Automotive Labor-Management Relations" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 30th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/18/2024
"Critical Questions About Critical Minerals: Are There Enough? Will They Be Available When We Need Them?" (replay
available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 30th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/18/2024
"The Coming Cost Crunch: UAW Contracts, Capital, & the EV Transition" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 30th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/17/2024
"2024 Auto Industry Outlook" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 30th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/17/2024
"Developments in the Auto Industry"
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 37th
Annual Economic Outlook Symposium
Chicago, IL
12/1/2023
"Michigan's Automotive Economy: A preliminary post-strike analysis"
Michigan Governor's Economic Luncheon
Lansing, MI
11/21/2023
"Opportunities for Transportation Decarbonization"
United States Association for Energy
Economics
Chicago, IL
11/6/2023
"A rational ramp-down of ICE volumes"
SAE North American International Propulsion Conference
Chicago, IL
9/28/2023
"The Outlook for Electric Vehicle Sales Under the IRA: Implications for Auto Financing"
5th
Biennial Conference on Automotive Lending
Phildelphia, PA
7/12/2023
"An In-Depth View of the
Inflation Reduction Act's Clean Vehicle Credits" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Virtual
4/6/2023
"State Strategies: Competing for Quality Electric Vehicle Jobs" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 29th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/12/2023
"Job Quality in the Electric Vehicle Transition" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 29th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/12/2023
Moderator: "The Response: Manufacturing Addresses Affordability" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 29th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/11/2023
"An Economic View of the Electric Vehicle Transition"
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 29th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Detroit, MI
1/11/2023
"Auto Outlook, EVs, the IRA, & Semiconductors"
Michigan Governor's Economic Luncheon
Lansing, MI
11/21/2022
"Automotive Supply Chain Issues in North America: The Role of Semiconductors in Fueling Innovation"
Industry Studies Association, 2022 Annual
Conference, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Phildelphia, PA
6/24/2022
Plenary: "The electric vehicle transformation in North America"
GERPISA: Le réseau international de l'automobile, 30th International
Colloquium
Detroit, MI
6/16/2022
"Policy Developments from Washington and the View from the Capital Markets" (replay available at link)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 28th Annual Automotive
Insights Symposium
Virtual
1/12/2022
