Meet the Researchers
Irina Stefanescu
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Pension Funds, Mutual Funds, Retirement
- Labor, Capital Structure
Group Manager
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2021 - presentPrincipal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2021Visiting Economist
American University
2019Economist (detail)
OECD, Paris
2017 - 2019Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2013 - 2015Assistant Professor of Finance
Indiana University, Bloomington
2006 - 2013
- Out of Sight No More? The Effect of Fee Disclosures on 401(k) Investment Allocations
Mathias Kronlund, Veronika K. Pool, Clemens Sialm, and Irina Stefanescu
Journal of Financial Economics (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.04.008
See also » FRB Working Paper (2020) - Cost Saving and the Freezing of Corporate Pension Plans
Joshua D. Rauh, Irina Stefanescu, and Stephen P. Zeldes
Journal of Public Economics (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104211 - Pay Me Now (and Later): Pension Benefit Manipulation Before Plan Freezes and Executive Retirement
Irina Stefanescu, Yupeng Wang, Kangzhen Xie, and Jun Yang
Journal of Financial Economics (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.10.006 - It Pays to Set the Menu: Mutual Fund Investment Options in 401(k) Plans
Veronika K. Pool, Clemens Sialm, and Irina Stefanescu
Journal of Finance (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12411
See also » FRB Working Paper (2014) - State and Local Pension Funding in the Enhanced Financial Accounts
Matthew C. Hoops, Paul A. Smith, and Irina Stefanescu
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1700 - Saving for College and Section 529 Plans
Simona M. Hannon, Kevin B. Moore, Irina Stefanescu, and Max Schmeiser
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1684 - Introducing Section 529 Plans into the U.S. Financial Accounts and Enhanced Financial Accounts
Madeline McCullers and Irina Stefanescu
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1673 - Defined-Contribution Pension Plans for State and Local Government Employees in the Financial Accounts of the United States
Matthew Hoops, Irina Stefanescu, and Ivan Vidangos
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1519 - Introducing Actuarial Liabilities and Funding Status of Defined-Benefit Pensions in the U.S. Financial Accounts
Irina Stefanescu and Ivan Vidangos
FEDS Notes (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0034 - Financial Misrepresentation and Its Impact on Rivals
Eitan Goldman, Urs Peyer, and Irina Stefanescu
Financial Management (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-053X.2012.01211.x - How Do Pensions Affect Corporate Capital Structure Decisions?
Anil Shivdasani and Irina Stefanescu
Review of Financial Studies (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhp094 - Why are Firms in the United States Abandoning Defined Pension Plans?
Joshua Rauh and Irina Stefanescu
Rotman International Journal of Pension Management (2009)
https://doi.org/10.3138/rijpm.2.2.18
Awards
- 2019
FMA New Orleans
Best paper Award in Investments
- 2016
EFMA Basel
Corporate Finance Best Paper Award
- 2016
University of Melbourne
Best Paper in FIRCG Conference
- 2014
Financial Management Journal
Pearson Prize for Best Paper
- 2014
TIAA-CREF Institute
TIAA-CREF Institute Grant (with V. Pool and C.Sialm)
- 2010
Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement
Netspar Research Grant (with V.Pool and C.Sialm)
- 2010
University of Texas at Austin
Research Excellence Grant (with V.Pool and C.Sialm)
- 2007
Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM)
Research Grant (with J. Rauh)
- 2006
NYSE
Student Travel Grant
- 2006
Frank Batten Young Scholars Conference
WRDS Award for the Best Paper
- 2005
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation Completion Research Fellowship
- 2000
University of Tennessee
Fred J. Holly Memorial Fellowship
Conference Organization
2008, 2010
Financial Management Association
Program committee
2015-2020
European Finance Association
Program evaluation committee
Editor
- Editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021 -
- Editorial Board, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2016-2021
Referee
- Journal of Finance
- Journal of Financial Economics
- Review of Finance
- Journal of Corporate Finance
- Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
- International Review of Finance
- Scandinavian Journal of Economics
- Management Research Review
- Financial Management
- Management Science
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Journal of Accounting Research
- Journal of Monetary Economics
Professional Affiliation
- American Economic Association
- American Finance Association
- European Finance Association