MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy

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The GCFP is an MIT-wide initiative under the aegis of the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Finance Group. The Center is under the leadership of Deborah Lucas (Director); Edward Golding (Executive Director); and co-directors Andrew Lo (Head of Risk Initiatives), Robert Merton, and Jonathan Parker (Head of Consumer Financial Policy Initiatives). A group of faculty affiliates from around MIT contribute to its research and educational mission.

Directors

Deborah J. Lucas

Deborah J. Lucas

Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance

Deborah Lucas is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy. Lucas’s recent research lies at the intersection of finance and policy, with a focus on…

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Co-Directors

Robert C. Merton

Robert C. Merton

School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance

Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, and the John and Natty McArthur University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He was the George Fisher Baker Professor of…

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Jonathan A. Parker

Jonathan A. Parker

Hear name pronounced.

Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics

Jonathan A. Parker is the Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics, a codirector of both the MIT Sloan Consumer Finance Initiative and the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, and is Area Head of Economics, Finance, and…

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Andrew W. Lo

Andrew W. Lo

Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor

Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, a Professor of Finance, and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lo's current research spans four areas: evolutionary models of…

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Visiting Faculty

Peter R Fisher

Peter R Fisher

Golub Distinguished Senior Fellow

Peter R. Fisher is the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy and will be teaching his course The Arrythmia of Finance in the Spring of 2026. From 2005 to 2013, Peter held a variety of roles at BlackRock including…

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Eric Rosengren

Eric Rosengren

Senior Lecturer, Finance

Research and Admin

Niccolo Comati

Niccolo Comati

Research Associate

Niccolo Comati is a Research Associate at the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy. His current work for the Center focuses on the use of financial economics tools for pricing government guarantees. His other areas of interest include asset…

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Deirdre Wade

Deirdre Wade

Hear name pronounced.

Senior Administrative Assistant, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy

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