Meet the Researchers
Bastian von Beschwitz
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, INSEAD, 2014
- M.Sc., Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009
- B.Sc., Business, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2008
- Short Selling
- Hedge Funds
Section Chief
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2022 - presentPrincipal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - 2022Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2017 - 2019Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2014 - 2017
- Internationalization of the Chinese renminbi: progress and outlook
Bastian von Beschwitz
FEDS Notes (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3592 - "The International Role of the U.S. Dollar" Post-COVID Edition
Carol Bertaut, Bastian von Beschwitz, and Stephanie Curcuru
FEDS Notes (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3334 - Passive Ownership and Short Selling
Bastian von Beschwitz, Pekka Honkanen, and Daniel Schmidt
International Finance Discussion Papers (2022)
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2022.1365 - Fundamental Arbitrage under the Microscope: Evidence from Detailed Hedge Fund Transaction Data
Bastian von Beschwitz, Sandro Lunghi, and Daniel Schmidt
Review of Asset Pricing Studies (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1093/rapstu/raab013
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - The International Role of the U.S. Dollar
Carol C. Bertaut, Bastian von Beschwitz, and Stephanie E. Curcuru
FEDS Notes (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2998 - Biased Shorts: Short Sellers’ Disposition Effect and Limits to Arbitrage
Bastian von Beschwitz and Massimo Massa
Journal of Financial Markets (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2019.100512
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - First to "Read" the News: News Analytics and Algorithmic Trading
Bastian von Beschwitz, Donald B. Keim, and Massimo Massa
Review of Asset Pricing Studies (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1093/rapstu/raz007
See also » FRB Working Paper (2018) - Revisions to the Federal Reserve Dollar Indexes
Bastian von Beschwitz, Christopher G. Collins, and Deepa D. Datta
FEDS Notes (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.48 - Banks' Equity Stakes and Lending: Evidence from a Tax Reform
Bastian von Beschwitz and Daniel Foos
Journal of Banking & Finance (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.09.009
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - Cash Windfalls and Acquisitions
Bastian von Beschwitz
Journal of Financial Economics (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.02.009
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - Why Do Short Sellers Like Qualitative News?
Bastian von Beschwitz, Oleg Chuprinin, and Massimo Massa
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109017000151
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - Are Euro-Area Corporate Bond Markets Irrelevant? The Effect of Bond Market Access on Investment
Bastian von Beschwitz and Conor T. Howells
International Finance Discussion Papers (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2016.1176
conference
December 21, 2015Christmas Conference of German Economists Abroad
First to "Read" the News: News Analytics and High Frequency Trading
conference
December 17, 2015Paris December 2015 Finance Meeting (Eurofidai)
First to "Read" the News: News Analytics and High Frequency Trading
conference
June 2015Inquire conference at Warwick Business School
Biased Shorts: Short Sellers' Disposition Effect and Limits to Arbitrage
discussion
May 24, 2015Financial Intermediation and Research Society 2015 Meeting
Did Saving Wall Street Really Save Main Street? The Real Effects of TARP on Local Economic Conditions
conference
December 21, 2014Christmas Conference of German Economists Abroad
Biased Shorts: Short Sellers' Disposition Effect and Limits to Arbitrage
conference
December 19, 2014Annual conference of the German Finance Association
Media-Driven High Frequency Trading: Evidence from News Analytics
discussion
December 19, 2014Annual conference of the German Finance Association
Financial intermediaries in the midst of market manipulation: Did they protect the fool or help the knave?
conference
October 24, 2014Bocconi Carefin conference
Banks' Equity Stakes and Lending: Evidence from a Tax Reform
conference
August 29, 2014European Finance Association 2014 Meeting
Biased Shorts: Stock Market Implications of Short Sellers' Disposition Effect
discussion
August 29, 2014European Finance Association 2014 Meeting
Capital Gains Lock-In and Governance Choices
conference
June 18, 2014Western Finance Association 2014 Meeting
Biased Shorts: Stock Market Implications of Short Sellers' Disposition Effect
conference
June 1, 2014Financial Intermediation and Research Society 2014 Meeting
Banks' Equity Stakes and Lending: Evidence from a Tax Reform
conference
June 1, 2014Financial Intermediation and Research Society 2014 Meeting
Media-Driven High Frequency Trading: Evidence from News Analytics
conference
May 21, 2014SFS Cavalcade 2014
Biased Shorts: Stock Market Implications of Short Sellers' Disposition Effect
conference
December 6, 2013NBER Microstructure Meeting 2013
Media-Driven High Frequency Trading: Evidence from News Analytics
Awards
- 2018
FMA Consortium on Trading Strategies and Institutional Investing
Best Paper Award
- 2013
Australasian Finance and Banking Conference
BankScope Prize for the Best Paper in Banking
Referee
- Review of Financial Studies
- Management Science
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Review of Asset Pricing Studies
- Review of Corporate Finance Studies
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Journal of Empirical Finance
- Journal of Financial Markets
- Journal of Banking and Finance
- Economics of Transition