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Fed Chair Jerome Powell '75 will be Princeton's Baccalaureate speaker

Powell served on the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance advisory council until 2012.

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Student News December 02

Princeton Team Wins 2024 College Fed Challenge

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Master in Finance News November 20

BCF Placed #1 on QuantNet's 2025 Ranking

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PublicDecember 5, 2024    12:30 pm

Bertin Martens on The Incongruent Economics of AI

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Student News December 03

Princeton Team Competes in 2024 Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition

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Student News November 06

Three seniors receive 2024 Junior Prizes for outstanding performance in economics coursework and independent research

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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)
  • Princeton Community
    December 3, 2024
    12:20 pm - 1:15 pm

    Jan Ertl on Hurdl Rates as Discipline and Yinjie Yu on Optimal Monetary Policy with Multiple Instruments and Imperfect Information

    Jan Ertl and Yinjie Yu
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  • Princeton Community
    December 4, 2024
    2:50 pm

    Jane Li

    Assistant Professor of Business, Columbia University
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  • Public
    December 5, 2024
    12:30 pm

    Bertin Martens on The Incongruent Economics of AI

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
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  • Public
    December 12, 2024
    12:30 pm

    Sendhil Mullainathan

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
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  • Public
    December 19, 2024
    12:30 pm

    Simona Paravani

    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

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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