Bendheim Center for Finance

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Bendheim Center for Finance
Robert Vanderbei, Mark W. Watson, Matt Weinberg, Wei Xiong, Motohiro Yogo
Address20 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Location
Princeton University
,
Princeton
,
NJ
,
USA
Websitebcf.princeton.edu

Bendheim Center for Finance (BCF) is an

interdisciplinary center at Princeton University. It was established in 1997 at the initiative of Ben Bernanke and is dedicated to research and education in the area of money and finance, in lieu of there not being a full professional business school at Princeton.[1]

Faculty

While most of the Bendheim Center's

faculty comes from Princeton's department of economics, the center also draws its faculty from other fields such as psychology, computer science, and operations research.[2]

The Bendheim Center for Finance's current and past faculty have been honored with prizes, fellowships, and awards.

Brattle Prize.[9]

Various faculty members have been named

Fellow of the Econometric Society,[10] Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,[11] Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,[12] Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association,[13] Guggenheim Fellow,[14] or Sloan Fellow.[15]

Research

The Bendheim Center for Finance obtained a stellar academic reputation within few years, benefiting from its faculty's focus on financial imperfections and

international financial architecture triggered by the great recession.[16][17]

Academic programs

The Bendheim Center for Finance offers teaching and supervision to undergraduate and graduate students. The center has close ties with Princeton's Department of Economics.

Undergraduate certificate in finance

information technologies for finance, public policy, ethics in finance, and the Chinese economic and financial system.[20] Undergraduate students also have the opportunity to take part in the BCF's mentorship program, which connects students and alumni.[21] Currently, around 90 students take part in the undergraduate certificate in finance program.[22] While approximately two thirds of the students have an economics or finance background, many come from other areas including computer science, history, mathematics, and engineering.[23]

Master in finance

The

MBA, particularly for students striving for a career in trading or in financial companies.[28]

Ph.D. program

The BCF does not offer a distinct Ph.D. program, but provides a home for Ph.D. students in economics, operations research, mathematics, and further fields who are interested in finance-related topics.[29] In addition to supervision, the BCF offers courses on finance and related topics.[30] The center also hosts a weekly student research workshop.[31]

Seminars, lecture series, and conferences

In addition to the student research workshop, the BCF hosts a weekly finance seminar. The center organizes the "Princeton Finance Lectures" delivered by one outstanding

FinTech.[33] Each year, the BCF co-organizes the "Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance", which brings together about 75 Ph.D. students from various universities to explore the latest research at the intersection between macro, monetary, and financial economics.[34] In the center's career speaker series, guests from industry, government, and academia cover a broad range of topics, addressing both graduate and undergraduate students.[35]

References

  1. ^ "About the Bendheim Center". Bendheim Center for Finance.
  2. ^ "Faculty". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Prizes and Awards". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  4. ^ "Nobel Laureates in Economics". Nobel Media AB. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  5. ^ "Clark Medalists". American Economic Association. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  6. ^ "Fischer Black Prize". American Finance Association. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Bernácer Prizewinners". Bernázer Price. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  8. ^ "President Obama Names Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients". The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. August 8, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  9. ^ "Smith Breeden and Brattle Prize Winners". American Finance Association. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  10. ^ "Econometric Society Fellows". The Econometric Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  11. ^ "SIAM Fellows by Last Name". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "IMS Fellows". Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "AEA Distinguished Fellows". American Economic Association. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  14. ^ "All Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  15. ^ "Past Fellows". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  16. ^ Justin Lahart (May 16, 2008). "Bernanke's Bubble Laboratory". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
  17. ^ Michael Corkery (September 2, 2010). "Ben Bernanke's Labor Day Reading List". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  18. ^ "Undergraduate Certificate in Finance". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  19. ^ "Admission to the Undergraduate Certificate in Finance". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  20. ^ "Undergraduate Certificate in Finance Courses". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  21. ^ "Undergraduate Mentorship and Placement". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  22. ^ "Undergraduate Certificate in Finance Alumni". Bendheim Center for Finance. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  23. ^ "Undergraduate Certificate in Finance Students". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  24. ^ "Master in Finance". Bendheim Center for Finance. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  25. ^ "Master in Finance Courses". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  26. ^ Michael Price (August 3, 2012). "Physicists Learn a Trade". Science Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  27. ^ "Master in Finance Recruiting". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  28. ^ Liz Peek (June 20, 2006). "Princeton's Finance Program A Popular Alternative to MBAs". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  29. ^ "For Ph.D. Students". Bendheim Center for Finance. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  30. ^ "Ph.D. Courses". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  31. ^ "Student Research Workshop". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  32. ^ "Seminars". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  33. ^ "Conferences". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  34. ^ "Initiatives". Bendheim Center for Finance. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  35. ^ "Career Speaker Series". Bendheim Center for Finance. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

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