Ernest Liu

Ernest Liu is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bendheim Center for Finance in Princeton's Department of Economics. His research interests are in finance, growth, and macro-development. Previously he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and at the Simpson Center at the Economics Department. He studies the implications of weak financial institutions for economic growth, allocation of resources, and economic development. He has done work that uses production network theory to understand industrial policies, specifically the strong government support for upstream industries that are widely adopted in developing economies. His other work shows how financial market imperfections not only distort economic allocations via underinvestment, but may have much amplifying effects because of the interactions across economic sectors or because the relationships between borrowers and lenders create underdevelopment traps. He received his PhD in Economics from MIT in 2017.

Companies

• Assistant Professor in Economics Princeton University (2019)
• Research Professional University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2010 — 2012)

Education

• PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012 — 2017)
• BA Carleton College (2007 — 2010)
• Raffles Junior College