Vrinda Mittal
@VrindaMittal2
Ph.D candidate in Finance and Economics 2023, Columbia Business School | Master of Finance 2016, MIT Sloan | B.A. Economics (Hons.) 2015, LSR
New NBER WP with @PagelMichaela @Paolina_Medina. Using data from a FinTech app, we quantify effects of receiving stocks from brands on spending, show loyalty as a driver. Individuals spend 40% more per week on selected brands, 100% more on granted brands. nber.org/papers/w28479
Stockholders engage in additional spending and consumption in the company's stores and brands out of loyalty towards the company, from Paolina C. Medina, Vrinda Mittal, and Michaela Pagel nber.org/papers/w28479
rodneywhitecenter.wharton.upenn.edu/2025-summer-sc… Luke Taylor, Stephen Terry, and I are doing it again. This will be the 5th structural summer school in finance. We do not just teach papers. We teach techniques, and then we have students work on a problem set. Please get your students to apply.
🚨Announcement: Virtual Workshop on Demand System Asset Pricing🚨 @motoyogo and I will organize a virtual workshop on using asset demand systems to answer questions in asset pricing and macro finance using modern AI and machine learning tools.
I am deeply honored to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for 2024, together with my friends and colleagues Simon Johnson and James Robinson. pune.news/trending/nobel…
As a member of the Rising Scholars Committee for the #EasternFinanceAssociation, I wanted to share that the call for papers is due today 9/30/24 & has a no fault dual submission with @TheFinancialRev . I will be on the committee choosing PhD paper awards!
As a member of the Rising Scholars Committee for #EasternFinanceAssociation, I wanted to share that the call for papers is due tomorrow 9/30/24 & has a no fault dual submission with @TheFinancialRev. I will be on the committee choosing PhD paper awards! easternfinance.org/2025-meeting/
Come to work with me. I promise it will be intense but also fun.
#Hiring: We are looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to work with us and @zingales as full-time Research Professionals starting in the 2025-2026 academic year. Learn more and apply: chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl…
Congratulations to @realmanubhaker for the Olympic medal! Proud to see an LSR graduate raising the 🇮🇳 flag high!
Manu Bhaker makes history as India's first medallist at #ParisOlympics2024! She clinched a bronze medal in shooting, becoming the first Indian woman to achieve this feat. During a pre-Olympics 2024 interaction with PM @narendramodi, she praised government schemes like TOPs and…
Hey everyone! I'm looking to hire a pre-doc @HarvardHBS to work with me on projects at the intersection of finance and political economy. Looking for talented people with a strong background in computer science, math, economics, and/or some related field. @econ_ra #EconTwitter
Forthcoming in the AER: "Financial Technology Adoption: Network Externalities of Cashless Payments in Mexico" by Sean Higgins. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
Great testimony and I learnt a lot!
So proud to see our paper When Insurers Exit with the amazing @parisastry & @ateneked getting a shout out on the US Senate floor by @SenWhitehouse! @SenateBudget! We quantify how climate risk poses fiscal and financial stability risks because of insurance fragility.
We updated our paper on mortgage lock-in, with data up to 2024 and new results!
@luliu_fin and I updated our mortgage lock-in paper to show that a 1 p.p. decline in the difference between mortgage rates locked in at origination and current rates reduces moving by 16% between 2022-2024, compared to 9% between 2010-2024.
Thank you @ImRo45 @imVkohli for the wonderful memories! 🏆🇮🇳
वंदे मातरम 🇮🇳
Nothing unites 1.4 billion Indians like cricket does. Captain calls to celebrate World Cup victory, we answer in huge numbers :) Mumbai in a sea of blue, a day to remember!
𝙎𝙀𝘼 𝙊𝙁 𝘽𝙇𝙐𝙀! 💙 From #TeamIndia to the fans, thank you for your unwavering support 🤗 #T20WorldCup | #Champions
We look forward to welcoming more than 100 participants to next week’s pension conference at CBS, see nber.org/conferences/pe… or tilmeld.dk/nber24/confere…. A few wild cards are available – so feel free to drop me an email if you want to join…
I'm hiring a #predoc to work with me at Harvard finance/macro/behavioral, and/or on Machine Learning (also with my great coauthors @rkoijen @motoyogo @rrichmond), starting in the summer 2024! Apply here: rb.gy/s2zwo3 @econ_ra @predoc_org
🚨🚨🚨Job Alert 🚨🚨🚨 We are looking for our next project manager for several research projects in Uganda. Position is well-paid and based in Kampala, which is a safe and fun city to live in. See tinyurl.com/dyadicproject2… for details on how to apply. Please circulate, 🙏