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Ph.D. Student News September 20

2023 Ben Bernanke Prize Winner: Ziang Li

Princeton CommunityOctober 25, 2023    4:30 pm

Fireside Chat with Balyasny Asset Management Founder, Dmitry Balyasny

Alumni News September 18

Nearly 10 Years After Graduating, Arianne Flemming (MFin '14) Reflects on Her "Serendipitous" Career

Princeton CommunitySeptember 27, 2023    2:50 pm

Basil Williams on Incentivizing Autonomous Workers

Student News September 12

Three UCF Students Selected to Present at 2023 JIW Research Forum

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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I was looking for optionality as well as excellence, and Princeton BCF offers the best of both…I would advise prospective students to take courses from as diverse a cast as possible. The people you meet in the process alone make it worth it.”
Alex (MFin ’15)
  • Princeton Community
    September 27, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Basil Williams on Incentivizing Autonomous Workers

    Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University
  • Princeton Community
    October 4, 2023
    2:50 pm - 4:00 pm

    Haonan Zhou on Seeking stability in fickle capital flow: Investor base heterogeneity and Global Financial Cycle transmission

    Haonan Zhou
  • Princeton Community
    October 11, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Jing Huang

    Assistant Professor of Finance in Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
  • Public
    October 17, 2023
    11:30 am

    Lawrence H. Summers & Sir Angus Deaton on Is Economic Failure an Economics Failure?

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
  • Princeton Community
    October 25, 2023
    4:30 pm

    Fireside Chat with Balyasny Asset Management Founder, Dmitry Balyasny

    Dmitry Balyasny
  • Princeton Community
    October 25, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Lawrence D.W. Schmidt

    Victor J. Menezes (1972) Career Development Assistant Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan
  • Princeton Community
    November 8, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Shushen Hou

    Ph.D. Student Princeton University
  • Princeton Community
    November 15, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Matthieu Gomez

    Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University
  • Princeton Community
    November 29, 2023
    2:50 pm

    Matteo Maggiori

    The Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at Stanford GSB
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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

Monetary Economics

Monetary Policy, Segmentation, and the Term Structure

Rohan KekreMoritz LenelFederico Mainardi
Finance

The High Frequency Effects of Dollar Swap Lines

Rohan KekreMoritz Lenel
Finance

Platforms, Tokens, and Interoperability

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Published Papers

American Economic Review: Insights

March 2023

Finance

Understanding the Ownership Structure of Corporate Bonds

Ralph S. J. KoijenMotohiro Yogo

American Economic Review: Insights

March 2023

Review of Economic Studies

August 2023

Finance

Which Investors Matter for Equity Valuations and Expected Returns?

Ralph S J KoijenRobert J RichmondMotohiro Yogo

Review of Economic Studies

August 2023

Management Science

April 2023

Finance

A Model of Cryptocurrencies

Michael SockinWei Xiong

Management Science

April 2023

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