Assistant Professor About Carolin Pflueger Carolin Pflueger is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy. She is also a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Faculty Research Fellow and Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Research Affiliate. Her research is at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, with a particular focus on understanding the macroeconomic drivers of financial markets. On the theory side, she has proposed a new integrated model of macroeconomic dynamics for stocks and bonds. On the empirical side she has worked on developing a new measure of risk appetite for the macroeconomy. She is also interested in understanding how inflation perceptions and the credibility of monetary policy affects borrowing choices in emerging markets. Her research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Monetary Economics. She won the Arthur Warga Award for the Best Paper in Fixed Income at the SFS Cavalcade 2014 and was a finalist for the AQR Insight Award 2018. Her work is policy relevant and has been presented at the Federal Reserve Board, the US Treasury Department, and the Bank of Canada, and has been influential for asset allocation at the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund. She received her PhD in Business Economics from Harvard in 2012 and was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of British Columbia from 2012 until 2019. She previously held visiting positions at the Becker-Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, MIT Sloan, Brown University, and the San Francisco Federal Reserve. Contact Information Room 2049 cpflueger@uchicago.edu https://www.carolinpflueger.com/ Recent News Student Profile: Kashif Ahmed, MPP Class of 2022, Pearson Fellow Tue., May 24, 2022 Alumni Profile: Eric Reyes, AM’20 Thu., May 19, 2022 More news Upcoming Events Municipal Bonds as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investments - Masterclass with Justin Marlowe Tue., May 24, 2022 | 4:30 PM Link will be sent to registered guests Chicago, IL 60637 United States UChicago Part-Time Programs Employee Information Session, featuring Harris, Crown, and Booth Wed., May 25, 2022 | 9:30 AM The Keller Center, 4009 Boardroom 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events