Laura Veldkamp
Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance & Economics
Finance Division
Ph.D. in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2001, Stanford Graduate School of Business; BA in Math and Economics, 1996, Northwestern University Bachelor of Arts in Math and Economics
Joined CBS in 2018
Office:
725
Kravis
E-mail:
[email protected]
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Laura Veldkamp is a Professor of Finance at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and is a former editor of the Journal of Economic Theory. Professor Veldkamp earned a B.A in applied mathematics and economics from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Columbia, she taught at NYU for 15 years. She is a faculty research fellow for the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, and a frequent consultant for the New York and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Banks. She is also the author of the textbook, Information Choice in Macroeconomics and Finance (Princeton University Press).
Professor Veldkamp’s research focuses on how individuals, investors, and firms get their information, how that information affects the decisions they make, and how those decisions affect the macroeconomy and asset prices. Her recent work examines the data economy and the value of data as an asset.
Teaching
Spring 2022
International Finance
(MBA)
Information In Financial Markets
(PHD)
Spring 2021
International Finance
(MBA)
Information In Financial Markets
(PHD)
Fall 2021
Spring 2020
International Finance
(MBA)
Information In Financial Markets
(PHD)
Fall 2020
Spring 2019
Information In Financial Markets
(PHD)
Fall 2019
Fall 2018
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