MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
Public Policy
2017 Capital Markets Research Workshop
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In order to heighten PhD student awareness of some of the exciting research opportunities in the area of finance and policy, GCFP co-sponsored an intensive capital markets workshop hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics (FARFE).
The invitation-only workshop focused on a broad set of current research topics including incomplete markets and constraints, informational frictions, credit frictions, heterogeneous households and firms, government finance and alternative models of risk.
Although the program has passed, the call for applications can be viewed here.
Details
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NBER SUMMER INSTITUTE
The National Bureau of Economic Research extends an invitation to all workshop participants to attend the Asset Pricing Meetings at the 2017 NBER Summer Institute, which took place on July 13-14 in Cambridge, MA. NBER conferences are known for the high quality of presentations and lively discussions, with the Summer Institute being the prominent annual event. Attendance of these meetings is by invitation only, and we are excited to offer this excellent learning opportunity to the workshop participants.
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PROGRAM
The program is taught by experienced and active researchers. Each day includes 5-6 hours of instruction. The line-up of lecturers for the 2017 program includes Joao Gomes (Wharton), Leonid Kogan (MIT), Deborah Lucas (MIT), Pete Kyle (University of Maryland), Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern), Lubos Pastor (University of Chicago), Dimitri Vayanos (LSE), Adrien Verdelhan (MIT), Amir Yaron (Wharton). The program includes a panel discussion on the topic of “Government Finance: Opportunities and Challenges,” with Janice Eberly (Northwestern), Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon University), and Paul Willen (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), moderated by Deborah Lucas.
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FOR WHOM
CMRW is meant to expose students to the current research frontier in the area of capital markets. It is particularly well suited for PhD students in economics and finance who will have completed their second or third year of studies by the beginning of Summer 2017 and who are considering or already conducting research in this field. Participants are expected to carefully prepare for the workshop. In particular, they are expected to read a syllabus of papers compiled by the instructors prior to the workshop.
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WHEN
Saturday, July 15 to Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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WHERE
MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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COST
Participation is free and restricted to admitted applicants – no auditors will be admitted. Participants will be accommodated for four nights, with the cost covered by the workshop
