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CAFIN's 2022 Annual Newsletter
October 4, 2022
Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states
August 25, 2022
Research that focused on battleground states suggests that whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election. And these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.
Economics Professor Robert Fairlie takes home the Bradford-Osborne Research Award for the second year in a row
August 19, 2022
The annual award recognizes the best peer-reviewed paper on diversity and entrepreneurship, and Fairlie was honored for his years-long research on the lack of access to capital for Black-owned startups compared to white-owned startups.
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie testifies before committee in U.S. House of Representatives to share research on Paycheck Protection Program
March 21, 2022
Fairlie testified on his latest research, which showed that changes to the Paycheck Protection Program in 2021 helped to improve racial equity in loan distribution.
Economics professor takes deep dive into challenges and opportunities of climate change
January 13, 2022
The widespread impacts of climate change raise urgent and critical questions.
Appetite for entrepreneurship leads alum to launch successful meal-prep business
January 13, 2022
Economics alumnus Andy Sartori, a Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, helps people eat with purpose.
Impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks reveal economic benefits from earlier social distancing
December 22, 2021
Economists at UC Santa Cruz used rainy weather as a natural experiment to understand how communities across the U.S. that started some form of social distancing slightly earlier may have experienced significant economic benefits.
CAFIN's 2021 Annual Newsletter
July 22, 2021
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
CAFIN's 2020 Annual Newsletter
June 25, 2020
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
CAFIN Workshop in Finance
May 1, 2019
On Friday, April 19th, 2019, the UCSC Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN) held a workshop on recent advances in theoretical corporate finance and firm risk.
CAFIN's 2019 Annual Newsletter
February 25, 2019
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
CAFIN Continues to Support Finance Education
October 23, 2018
Lessons from the Financial Crisis
October 1, 2018
On October 1st 2018, CAFIN organized a panel of three premier financial experts to discuss the economic crisis following Lehman's bankruptcy and lessons of the past decade, and what may lie ahead for the world economy.
Redesigning Financial Markets to Work Better
April 11, 2018
On March 13th and 14th, 2018, the UCSC Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN) held a workshop on market design and high-frequency trading (HFT).
CAFIN publishes three new working papers
April 4, 2018
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are three working papers on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
CAFIN's 2018 Annual Newsletter
January 31, 2018
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
CAFIN publishes a new working paper
January 11, 2018
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is a working paper on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
CAFIN publishes a new working paper
January 10, 2018
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is a working paper on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
CAFIN publishes three new working papers
November 16, 2017
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are three working papers on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
Eric Aldrich appointed associate director of CAFIN
October 24, 2017
Eric Aldrich, assistant professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz has been appointed as associate director of the Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN).
Gaming Wall Street
August 02, 2017
How a group of economists at UC Santa Cruz is building trust and transparency in financial markets.
Helping finance grads hit the ground running
July 21, 2017
A program that offers UC Santa Cruz business economics students a start on earning a CFA is hoping to expand with the help of private donors.
CAFIN publishes five new working papers
July 10, 2017
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are two working papers on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
CAFIN publishes five new working papers
May 30, 2017
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are five working papers on topics ranging from risk preferences, competition, automated content analysis, and more.
CAFIN to co-host conference in Hong Kong December 7-8, 2017
April 27, 2017
The Global Research Unit at the City University of Hong Kong, and the Center for Analytical Finance, University of California, Santa Cruz are co-organizing a conference on Market Design and Regulation in the Presence of High-Frequency Trading, on December 7-8, 2017 at the City University of Hong Kong.
New working paper published by CAFIN
February 27, 2017
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is "The Pricing of Sovereign Risk Under Costly Information" by Grace Weishi Gu and Zach Stangebye.
CAFIN's 2017 Annual Newsletter
February 3, 2017
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
Advances in Firm Valuation
November 17, 2016
On Friday, November 4th, 2016, the UCSC Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN) held an afternoon workshop on advances in firm valuation.
CAFIN publishes nine new working papers
October 10, 2016
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are nine working papers on topics ranging from the flash crash, credit rating agencies, and more.
CAFIN publishes two new working papers
April 29, 2016
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are the following two papers: "Foreign Currency Borrowing by Indian Firms: Towards a New Policy Framework" and "Systematic Monetary Policy and the Effects of Exchange Rate Shocks"
CAFIN publishes three new working papers
April 15, 2016
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research are the following three papers: "Are Banks Responsive to Exogenous Shocks to Credit Demand in Rural Economies? District – level Evidence from India," "Borrowing Culture and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Policy Experiment," and "Financial Development and Conflict Mitigation: Can Finance Combat Conflict?"
New technology, but familiar problems
March 11, 2016
Interdisciplinary event hosted by the Science and Justice Research Center and Center for Analytical Finance discussed the historical and social problems in tech and finance.
New study will put high frequency trading to the test
February 12, 2016
Thanks to seed investment from CAFIN, researchers will explore how market reforms could affect high-frequency trading.
CAFIN's 2016 Annual Newsletter
January 29, 2016
By Nirvikar Singh, Director of CAFIN and Distinguished Professor of Economics.
New working paper published by CAFIN
January 29, 2016
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is "Beggar Thy Neighbor or Beggar Thy Domestic Firms? Evidence from 2000-2011 Chinese Customs Data" by Rasmus Fatum, Runjuan Liu, Jiadong Tong, and Jiayun Xu.
Research awards recipients announced
January 25, 2016
CAFIN is pleased to announce its latest grants recipients.
CAFIN publishes a new working paper
November 4, 2015
"Heterogeneous Patterns of Financial Development: Implications for Asian Financial Integration" is the 20th working paper CAFIN has released.
CAFIN publishes four new working papers
October 29, 2015
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is "Market Mechanisms in Online Crowdfunding," " Lemon or Cherry? The Value of Texts in Debt Crowdfunding," "Bayesian mixture modelling for spectral density estimation," and "Emergence of Networks and Market Institutions in a Large Virtual Economy."
CAFIN to host its quarterly lecture this Friday, October 23
October 20, 2015
Professor Ingrid Werner of Ohio State University will deliver a talk about the role of dark pools in a fragmented market based on a theoretical model
CAFIN publishes two new working papers
October 19, 2015
Adding to the center's cutting-edge research is "Uncertainty and Disagreement Measures from Treasury Auctions and Investment Activity" and "Dynamic Model of Firm Valuation: A New Methodology and its Empirical Validity."
How a UC Santa Cruz alum is tackling the student loan problem
September 08, 2015
Alumnus Mike Cagney is using a marketplace lending model to help students refinance their college loans and is transforming an industry in the process.
Wall Street in the redwoods
July 8, 2015
Students and faculty are able to analyze up-to-the-minute financial data on a Bloomberg Terminal, a service made possible thanks to a generous donation from UC Santa Cruz alumnus Mike Cagney (‘93, Porter)
Systemic Risk: Networks and Bubbles
July 1, 2015
The CAFIN Workshop “Systemic Risk: Networks and Bubbles” brought together academics and policymakers from across the country to UCSC. The academic presentations highlighted theoretical and empirical research on systemic risk, networks and bubbles.
Distinguished scholars host workshop on high-frequency trading and market design
May 20, 2015
UC Santa Cruz Researchers Explore the Ins and Outs of Market Volatility
December 18, 2014
A new set of research papers published by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN), provide fresh insights into how and why stock prices rise and fall.
Inaugural CAFIN Workshop
February 7, 2014
CAFIN is proud to announce that its inaugural CAFIN Workshop will take place on April 25-26 2014 at UCSC. It will bring together international researchers from both academic and policymaking institutions to cover topics CAFIN considers a "Grand Challenge" for the global economy.
Attend Societe General Information Session
February 6, 2014
Societe Generale will hold an information session on Monday, February 10 at 9:30 at the Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room (3rd floor, Bay Tree Building)
Societe Generale looking for interns to work in New York City
January 22, 2014
Societe Generale is looking for UCSC interns to work in New York City. An important informational meeting, graciously hosted by Greg Laughlin and Eric Aldrich, will take place on Wednesday, January 29 from 10:30-11:00 am at the Muwekma Ohlone Conference Rm in Bay Tree Building.
Carl Walsh appointed scientific adviser to Norway's central bank
January 14, 2014
Carl Walsh, distinguished professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz, has been appointed as a scientific adviser to Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, for three years through December 2016.
SAFE Conference on Financial Market Policy
November 17, 2013
On November 29th, the Center of Excellence SAFE will hold a Conference on Financial Market Policy at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
UCSC hosts experimental economics conference, researchers probe choices
October 18, 2013
Experimental economists from around the world will gather in Santa Cruz next weekend for the 2013 North American Economic Science Association Conference co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Economics Department and its Learning and Experimental Economics Projects lab.
New economic research center explores policy solutions, improvements to financial markets
October 14, 2013
The first event of the Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN), a new research center at UC Santa Cruz, will feature a lecture by Professor Ila Patnaik, an expert on India’s economy, Monday, October 28 at 3:30 p.m. in the Economics Conference Room (E2, room 499) on the UCSC campus.
