Alexandru Barbu (@lexbarbu) 's Twitter Profile
Alexandru Barbu

@lexbarbu

Assistant Professor of Finance at INSEAD | PhD LBS | Financial Intermediation | Insurance | Household Finance

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40% of US Covid-19 deaths come from nursing homes. Interesting to see if policy lapsation also up. Ironically, this might be the best news for long-term care insurers in decades.

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Happy to see my joint work with Emanuel Moench and a Christoph Fricke on VoxEU. Career concerns drive institutional fund managers to reach for yield, leading to price pressure and amplifying volatility in bond markets.

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April 1-2: NBER Inequality, Discrimination & the Financial System conference will be live-streamed on NBER YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UC79EL… Organized by RFS editors Gregor Matvos, Manju Puri & @TRamadorai

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Looks like a cool NBER conference on innovative data in Household Finance — organized by Joe Vavra Jialan Wang and Stephen Zeldes. Submit here by Oct 18; conference virtual on Dec 10: nber.org/confsubmit/bac…

Looks like a cool NBER conference on innovative data in Household Finance — organized by <a href="/JoeVavra/">Joe Vavra</a> <a href="/jialanw/">Jialan Wang</a> and Stephen Zeldes.

Submit here by Oct 18; conference virtual on Dec 10:

nber.org/confsubmit/bac…
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Happy to present my JMP on consumer exploitation in insurance markets at the CEPR European Conference on Household Finance! Wednesday 6th Oct 5.05pm CEST: cepr.org/5799/programme

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There is a general problem in behavioral economics that information often doesn't change behavior much even in situations where people are making outright mistakes. There are several reasons why.

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An exciting lineup of presentations and discussants for the NBER Insurance Meeting in Chicago on Oct 21: nber.org/conferences/in….

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We are excited to welcome our new #faculty into the INSEAD #community! Our world-class faculty from over 40 countries excels in developing #research that inspires, supports and challenges business leaders across industries. Visit insead.edu/faculty-resear… for more!