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Robin Lumsdaine Professor Finance and Real Estate

Additional Positions at AU
Crown Prince of Bahrain Chair in International Finance
Affiliate Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Degrees
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Harvard University; B.S. in mathematics, Brown University

Bio
Robin Lumsdaine joined the Kogod School of Business at Â鶹´«Ã½ as the Crown Prince of Bahrain Chair in International Finance. She was previously an Associate Director in the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation and Head of the Quantitative Risk Management Group at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Before joining the Board, Professor Lumsdaine was a Director in the Global Markets Research division of Deutsche Bank where she served as the Global Inflation-Linked Bond Strategist. She has also held positions as Professor of Economics at Brown University, Senior Economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and Assistant Professor at Princeton University.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • FIN-700 International Finance

Partnerships & Affiliations


  • Senior Fellow in International Finance


  • Research Associate


  • Co-Editor


  • Associate Editor


  • Member


  • Treasurer

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Professor Lumsdaine's publication credits include a range of economics and finance journals including Econometrica, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, and others.

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Selected Publications:

  • Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2023 [with Eva F. Janssens].Ìý
  • International Journal of Central Banking, 2023 [with Justyna Klejdysz].Ìý
  • Journal of Econometrics, 2022 [with Ryo Okui and Wendun Wang].Ìý
  • Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2021 [with Eva F. Janssens and Sebastiaan H.C.L.G. Vermeulen].Ìý
  • Journal of Public Economics, 199, 2021 [with Ila Fazzio, Alex Eble, Peter Boone, Baboucarr Bouy, Jenny Hsieh, Chitra Jayanty, Simon Johnson, and Ana Filipa Silva].
  • Journal Financial Stability, 52, 2021 [with Daniel N. Rockmore, Nick J. Foti, Gregory Leibon, J. Doyne Farmer].Ìý
  • Journal of Banking and Finance 118 (September), 2020 [with Mark D. Flood, Dror Y. Kenett, and John K. Simon].
  • Journal of Behavioral Finance, 19(2), 209-220, 2018 [with Rogier J.D. Potter van Loon].
  • The Economic Journal, 126 (May), pp. 618-658, 2016 [with Dick van Dijk and Michel van der Wel].

Media Appearances

  • March 2023 Telemundo interview on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Ìý
  • VoxEU article on research,
  • Washington Post interview about research on grandchild care and retirement decisions,
  • Harvard Business Review article featuring research on grandchild care and retirement decisions,
  • New Scientist article featuring research on banking networks,
  • Bloomberg News article featuring research on grandchild care and retirement decisions,
  • Wall Street Journal article featuring research on market anticipation of Federal Reserve rate decisions,
  • Quoted in US News and World Report, Ìý Ìý
  • Quoted in Law360, Ìý Ìý
  • Quoted in Christian Science Monitor, Ìý Ìý
  • Quoted in Â鶹´«Ã½ Banker, Ìý Ìý
  • October 2011 Â鶹´«Ã½ Banker Op-EdÌý
  • September 2011 NPR Morning Edition radio interview on the European debt crisis, Ìý Ìý
  • June 2010 C-SPAN radio interview, Ìý Ìý
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Research Interests

International Finance, Econometrics, Banking Regulation, Pensions, ALM, Fixed Income