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Princeton BCF's 2021 Princeton Initiative

Student News September 08

Ph.D. Candidate Simon Schmickler awarded inaugural Ben Bernanke Prize

Alumni News August 23

Princeton BCF Alumnus Veronica Fegatilli (Mfin ’20) Reflects on One Year Since Receiving Her MFin

Alumni News August 02

From BCF to NFL and Beyond: Chase Perlen (MFin ‘17) Talks Flexibility in Finance

Alumni News July 08

BCF Alumnus Leo Niu (MFin ‘17) on Financial Career Paths and Finding Your Footing as a Postgrad

Academic Programs

Master in Finance

BCF’s top-rated Master in Finance program couples tailored career services with advanced academic coursework in financial and monetary economics, data analysis, financial engineering, and computational methods.

Master In Finance

Undergraduate Certificate in Finance

Since its founding, Princeton BCF has awarded its undergraduate Certificate in Finance to nearly 1,000 students from majors across the university.

Undergraduate Certificate

The Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University leads the way in new research, technologies, and teaching methods to shape the future of finance and monetary economics.

More than two decades after its founding by former Princeton Economics Department Chair Ben Bernanke, Princeton BCF continues to produce cutting edge research at the intersection of finance, monetary economics, and macroeconomics.

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Initiatives

Princeton Initiative

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

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Financial Economics of Insurance

An annual workshop that supports graduate student training and research at the intersection of finance and insurance.

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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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Upcoming events

  • Princeton Community
    September 21, 2021
    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Ziang Li

  • Princeton Community
    September 22, 2021
    2:50 pm

    Carlos Burga

    PhD Candidate, Princeton University
  • Princeton Community
    September 28, 2021
    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Mu Zhang

  • Princeton Community
    September 29, 2021
    2:50 pm

    Faizaan Kisat

    PhD Candidate, Princeton University
  • Public
    September 30, 2021
    12:30 pm

    Charles Evans

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
  • Princeton Community
    October 5, 2021
    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Shumiao Ouyang

  • Princeton Community
    October 6, 2021
    2:50 pm

    Valentin Haddad

    Assistant Professor of Finance, UCLA
  • Public
    October 7, 2021
    12:30 pm

    Barry Eichengreen

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
  • BCF Students
    October 12, 2021

    Matthew S. Rothman, Millennium Management

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Latest Research

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

Monetary Economics

What explains the decline in r*? Rising income inequality versus demographic shifts

Atif MianLudwig StraubAmir Sufi

Dynamical Structure and Spectral Properties of Input-Output Networks

Ernest LiuAleh Tsyvinski
Macroeconomics

Micro Risks and Pareto Improving Policies

Mark A. Aguiar Manuel AmadorCristina Arellano
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Published Papers

Journal of Econometrics

May 2021

Econometrics

Closed-form Implied Volatility Surfaces for Stochastic Volatility Models with Jumps

Yacine Ait-SahaliaChenxu LiChen Xu Li

Journal of Econometrics

May 2021

Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

Finance

Banking Crises without Panics

Matthew BaronEmil VernerWei Xiong

Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

Review of Financial Studies

January 2021

Econometrics

Implied Stochastic Volatility Models

Yacine Ait-SahaliaChenxu LiChen Xu Li

Review of Financial Studies

January 2021

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