Ph.D. Student News
November 05, 2026
Meet Our 2026 Job Market Candidates
The Bendheim Center for Finance is committed to supporting its graduate students in preparation for and throughout the job market to ensure each student receives the best placement possible. The center presents the following five Ph.D. students as our 2026 Job Market Candidates.
Max Alston
Contact:
(609) 933-7850 | alston@princeton.edu | https://maxalston.github.io/
Fields of Study:
Finance and Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper:
“Household Credit, Risk Premia and Consumption”
References:
Moritz Lenel, Atif Mian, and Gianluca Violante
Kevin Zheyuan Cui
Contact:
(626) 249-7175 | kevin.cui@princeton.edu | https://kevin-zheyuan-cui.github.io/
Fields of Study:
Finance and Asset Pricing
Job Market Paper:
“Tax Heterogeneity, Duration Risk, and the Term Structure: An Application to the Municipal Bond Puzzle”
References:
Moritz Lenel, Wei Xiong, and Motohiro Yogo
Chun-Beng Leow
Contact:
(609) 933-9472 | cl2232@princeton.edu | https://ahbenglcb.github.io/
Field of Study:
Macroeconomics and Finance
Job Market Paper:
“Markups: Risk and Market Power”
References:
Moritz Lenel, Aleksei Oskolkov, Jonathan Payne, and Iqbal Zaidi
Dexin Li
Contact:
dexinli@princeton.edu
Fields of Study:
Econometrics
References:
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Mikkel Plagborg-Moller, and Ulrich Mueller
Shiqi Li
Contact:
(609) 786-0937 | shiqi.li@princeton.edu | https://jackshiqili.github.io/
Fields of Study:
Macroeconomics, Spatial Economics, and Chinese Economy
Job Market Paper:
“Redrawing the Industrial Map in China: A Spatial Political Economy Perspective”
References:
Ernest Liu, Richard Rogerson, and Wei Xiong