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Juliane Begenau on Interest Rate Risk and Cross-Sectional Effects of Micro-Prudential Regulation

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About BCF

Princeton BCF delivers innovative academic programs and research activities to shape existing practices and knowledge around modern finance and monetary economics. Founded with the goal of elevating the role of the academic discipline of finance, the center’s proud legacy of breaking barriers in the field continues today.

From our academic programs for undergraduate and graduate students at Princeton to our ongoing initiatives designed to support Ph.D. students around the world, we’re committed to supporting the next generation of researchers both inside and outside the classroom.

 

AFFILIATED DEPARTMENTS

As an interdisciplinary center, Princeton BCF’s faculty bring expertise from across the university, including the Department of Economics, the Department of Operations and Financial Research, the Department of Computer Science, the Department of History, and the Department of Math.

Princeton Initiative

An annual summer program that brings together second-year Ph.D students from around the country.

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Princeton Conference on Asset Demand Systems

Call for papers for a conference on May 14-15, 2026

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BCF China Initiative

An ongoing initiative that promotes understanding of the Chinese economy and its financial system.

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Other BCF Initiatives

  • Fintech@Princeton
  • Euronomics
  • The Trinity of Stability
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  • Princeton Community
    December 3, 2025
    2:50 pm

    Juliane Begenau on Interest Rate Risk and Cross-Sectional Effects of Micro-Prudential Regulation

    Associate Professor of Finance at Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
  • Public
    December 4, 2025
    12:30 pm

    Philippe Aghion on Should We Fear AI?

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
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See new research from Princeton BCF faculty in the Department of Economics, the Department of Operations and Financial Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science.

Working Papers

Asset Pricing

Upgrading Credit Pricing and Risk Assessment through Embeddings

Xavier GabaixRalph S. J. KoijenRobert RichmondMotohiro Yogo
International Trade

Neoclassical Growth in an Interdependent World

Finance

Exchange Rates, Natural Rates, and the Price of Risk

Rohan KekreMoritz Lenel
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Published Papers

Journal of Financial Economics

December 2025

Finance

Heterogeneous clienteles and dealer networks

Journal of Financial Economics

December 2025

American Economic Review: Insights

June 2025

Finance

Information Acquisition and Time-Risk Preference

Daniel ChenWeijie Zhong

American Economic Review: Insights

June 2025

Journal of Financial Economics

April 2025

Finance

Financial Inclusion Across the United States

Journal of Financial Economics

April 2025

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