MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy

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The GCFP is an MIT-wide initiative under the aegis of the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Finance Group. The Center is under the leadership of Deborah Lucas (Director); Edward Golding (Executive Director); and co-directors Andrew Lo (Head of Risk Initiatives), Robert Merton, and Jonathan Parker (Head of Consumer Financial Policy Initiatives). A group of faculty affiliates from around MIT contribute to its research and educational mission.

Directors

Deborah J. Lucas

Deborah J. Lucas

Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance

Deborah Lucas is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy.Lucas’s current research lies at the intersection of finance and policy, with a focus on…

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Edward Golding

Edward Golding

Executive Director MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy/Senior Lecturer

Prior to serving as the head of the Federal Housing Administration from 2015-2017, Ed Golding was a senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In that role, he helped formulate policy on housing finance reform and the…

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Co-Directors

Robert C. Merton

Robert C. Merton

School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance

Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, and the John and Natty McArthur University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University.He was the George Fisher Baker Professor of…

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Jonathan A. Parker

Jonathan A. Parker

Hear name pronounced.

Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics

Jonathan A. Parker is the Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Finance, co-director of the MIT Sloan Consumer Finance Initiative, and co-director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy.  He is also an Economic Adviser for the Congressional…

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Andrew W. Lo

Andrew W. Lo

Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor

Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, a Professor of Finance, and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Lo's current research spans four areas: evolutionary models of…

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Visiting Faculty

Eric Rosengren

Eric Rosengren

Research Scientist

Janice Eberly

Janice Eberly

Golub Distinguished Senior Fellow

Janice Eberly is the Golub Distinguished Senior Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management.She is the James R. and Helen D. Russell Professor of Finance and recent Senior Associate Dean at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern…

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Research and Admin

Deirdre Wade

Deirdre Wade

Hear name pronounced.

Senior Administrative Assistant, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy

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