# Prof. Lawrence White on the reliability of FICO scores

1 Faculty News July 16, 2012 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal Smart Money](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303754904577530880810553106.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) -- "[Lawrence White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), professor of economics at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, says the data raises a question about whether the FICO score still is a good predictor of a borrower's likelihood of repayment."

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