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Researchers visitors, fellows and postdoctoral associates
The Center hosts outstanding researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of economics, finance and public policy. Postdoctoral scholars typically spend 1–3 years at Princeton. In fall 2020, former postdoctoral associate Andres Sarto accepted a faculty appointment at NYU Stern. Current postdoctoral associate Jonathon Hazell will be with us for the year before taking up a faculty position at the London School of Economics in Fall 2021. This year the Center also co-hosted visiting scholar Karim Nchare Fogam from the African School of Economics.
DONAL BYARD, Visiting Lecturer in Economics; Professor of Accounting, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York. Donal Byard specializes in financial accounting and he has taught the subject at Princeton since 2017. His current research focuses on financial analysts’ use of voluntary disclosures and externalities (or spillover effects) arising from the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Europe. His research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. He also serves on the editorial advisory board for a number of academic journals, including Accounting Horizons. In 2008-2009 he served as a visiting academic fellow in the Chief Accountants Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He earned a B.B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Limerick (Ireland), an M.B.S. degree in finance from University College Dublin and a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Maryland. JC DE SWAAN, Visiting Lecturer in Economics ; Partner at Cornwall Capital. At Princeton, de Swaan teaches courses on ethics in finance and Asian capital markets and acts as a faculty adviser to first- and second-year undergraduate students. He also teaches at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. He is a partner at Cornwall Capital, a multi-strategy global investment fund based in New York. He received his B.A. from Yale University, an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge, and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry (2020, Cambridge University Press).
JONATHON HAZELL, Postdoctoral Research Associate, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Jonathan Hazell is jointly appointed in the Department of Economics’ Griswold Center. Hazell’s research uses new empirical techniques and datasets to study the interactions between labor markets and the macroeconomy. In one project, he investigates the tradeoff between inflation and output—the so-called Phillips Curve—using newly assembled data on state-level inflation in the U.S. going back to the 1970s. In another paper, he studies the effect of artificial intelligence on employment and wages, using a new firm-level dataset sourced from the universe of online vacancies in the U.S. Hazell earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge. He will start as an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics in fall 2021.
KARSTEN MÜLLER, Postdoctoral Research Associate, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Karsten Müller’s research focuses on finance, macroeconomics and political economy. One line of his work studies how politics, financial regulations and legal frameworks determine which firms and households get access to credit in the economy and what the macroeconomic consequences may be. His second stream of research shows that social media— particularly if used by powerful individuals— can affect election outcomes or anti-minority sentiments in real life. Müller earned his Ph.D. in business and management from the University of Warwick in 2018.
KARIM NCHARE, Visiting Scholar in Politics, JRCPPF and the School of Public and International Affairs; Assistant Professor, African School of Economics. Karim Nchare Fogam’s research interests include the development of causal inference methods in the presence of censoring, misreporting and measurement errors with application to development economics (education, agriculture, political economy). He earned his M.Sc. in economics from the University of Montreal and a Ph.D. in economics from Pennsylvania State University with a concentration in econometrics.
predoctoral researchers
The Center’s predoctoral research program, started in 2014, serves as a bridge to top doctoral programs in economics and finance. Predoc research assistants spend 1–2 years working closely with faculty on a variety of empirical research projects and have the opportunity to take graduate-level courses in economics and finance. The Center has four full-time predocs in this year’s cohort. The previous cohort of predocs entered Ph.D. programs at Stanford, Northwestern and MIT.
KEELAN BEIRNE, Senior Research Specialist, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Keelan Beirne received his B.A. in mathematics and economics from Trinity College Dublin, where he also worked as a research assistant. He previously worked as a research assistant in the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, and also in the Financial Stability directorate of the Central Bank of Ireland. His research interests include household finance, inequality and growth.
CLEMENS LEHNER, Senior Research Specialist, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Clemens Lehner completed an M.Sc. in economics at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Hamburg. He has previously worked at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the London Business School. His research interests lie at the intersection of finance, macroeconomics and political economy. IAN SAPOLLNIK, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Ian Sapollnik received his B.A. in economics from The University of British Columbia, where he also worked as a research assistant. He previously worked as an analyst in the International Trade and Finance branch of the Department of Finance in Canada. His research interests include household finance, poverty, inequality and macro policy. YINSHAN SHANG, Senior Research Specialist, JRCPPF, School of Public and International Affairs. Yinshan (Susan) Shang completed her B.A. in economics from the University of Hong Kong. She has previously worked as a research assistant at the University of Hong Kong and University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include economic theory, inequality, social mobility and household finance.
