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The application period for the Fall 2025 MFin program is now open!

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Justin Wolfers on An Econ Educator's Guide to our AI-Powered Future

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Alumni News October 10

A Genuine Pursuit: MFin Alumna Wei Ding ('12) Reflects on Her Career Post Princeton

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Public - Registration RequiredOctober 18 - November 11, 2024    11:00 am

Master in Finance Virtual Q&As

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Ph.D. Student News October 01

2024 Ben Bernanke Prize Winner: Georgios Nikolakoudis

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Princeton CommunityOctober 21, 2024    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

Lu Liu

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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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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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My experiences at Princeton ultimately encouraged me to explore new things, which were invaluable and led me to where I am today. The alumni network has been extremely open and supportive and has created a tight-knit community that fosters connection.”
Arianne (MFin ’14)
  • Public - Registration Required
    October 18 - November 11, 2024
    11:00 am

    Master in Finance Virtual Q&As

    Lindsay Bracken & Caio Almeida
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  • Princeton Community
    October 21, 2024
    4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

    Lu Liu

    Assistant Professor, Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
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  • Princeton Community
    November 6, 2024
    2:50 pm

    Georgios Nikolakoudis

    PhD Student, Princeton University
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  • Princeton Community
    November 13, 2024
    2:50 pm

    Cosmin Ilut

    Professor of Economics, Duke University
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    December 4, 2024
    2:50 pm

    Jane Li

    Assistant Professor of Business, Columbia University
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Not in Princeton? Visit the Princeton BCF YouTube channel for videos of public events, webinars, academic lectures, and more.

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

Finance

Exchange Rates, Natural Rates, and the Price of Risk

Rohan KekreMoritz Lenel
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Asset Pricing

Asset Pricing, Participation Constraints, and Inequality

Goutham GopalakrishnaZhouzhou GuJonathan Payne
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International Trade

Neoclassical Growth in an Interdependent World

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Published Papers

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Winter 2023

Monetary Economics

Landings, Soft and Hard: The Federal Reserve, 1965–2022

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Winter 2023

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Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

2023

Finance

Constrained Polynomial Likelihood

Caio AlmeidaPaul Schneider

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

2023

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

2023

Finance

High Frequency Tail Risk Premium and Stock Return Predictability

Caio AlmeidaKym ArdisonRené GarciaPiotr OrłowskiGustavo Freire

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

2023

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