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Daniel J. Barth

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
  • M.A., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2010
  • B.A., Business Economics, Lewis and Clark College, 2004
Current Research Topics
  • Household Finance
  • Asset Management
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2020 - 2022
  • Senior Researcher

    Office of Financial Research - U.S. Department of Treasury

    2019 - 2020
  • Researcher

    Office of Financial Research - U.S. Department of Treasury

    2014 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

    Hamilton College

    2012 - 2014
  • Genetic Endowments, Income Dynamics, and Wealth Accumulation Over the Lifecycle
    Daniel Barth, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Kevin Thom, and Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo
    NBER Working Paper Series (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w30350
  • Hedge Funds and the Treasury Cash-Futures Disconnect
    Daniel Barth and R. Jay Kahn
    OFR working paper (2021)
  • The Hedge Fund Industry is Bigger (and has Performed Better) Than You Think
    Daniel Barth, Juha Joenvaara, Mikko Kauppila, and Russ Wermers
    OFR working paper (2021)
  • Basis Trades and Treasury Market Illiquidity
    Daniel Barth and R. Jay Kahn
    OFR Brief Series (2020)
  • Genetic Endowments and Wealth Inequality
    Daniel Barth, Nicholas W. Papageorge, and Kevin Thom
    Journal of Political Economy (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1086/705415
  • Illiquidity in Intermediate Portfolios: Evidence from Large Hedge Funds
    Daniel Barth and Phillip Monin
    OFR working paper (2020)
  • Leverage and Risk in Hedge Funds
    Daniel Barth, Laurel Hammond, and Phillip Monin
    OFR working paper (2020)
  • Reducing Moral Hazard at the Expense of Market Discipline: The Effectiveness of Double Liability Before and During the Great Depression
    Haelim Anderson, Daniel Barth, and Dong Beom Choi
    FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper (2018)
  • The Costs and Beliefs Implied by Direct Stock Ownership
    Daniel Barth
    Management Science (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2791
  • Identifying Idiosyncratic Career Taste and Skill from Income Risk
    Daniel Barth, Stephen H. Shore, and Shane T. Jensen
    Quantitative Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.3982/QE424
  • Essays on Household Financial and Career Decisions
    Daniel Barth
    Dissertations (Johns Hopkins University) (2012)
  • conference

    2021

    Western Finance Association Annual Meeting 2021

    The Hedge Fund Industry is Bigger (and Has Performed Better) Than You Think

  • conference

    2020

    SFS Cavalcade North America

    Does Increased Shareholder Liability Always Reduce Bank Moral Hazard?

  • conference

    2020

    Institute for Private Capital Spring Symposium - UNC Chapel Hill

    Leverage and Risk in Hedge Funds

  • conference

    2019

    NBER Summer Institute

    Does Increased Shareholder Liability Always Reduce Bank Moral Hazard?

  • seminar

    2019

    UNC Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt Unversity, UW Milwaukee

    Illiquidity in Intermediary Portfolios: Evidence from Large Hedge Funds

  • conference

    2019

    Institute for Private Capital Spring Symposium - UNC Chapel Hill

    The Hedge Fund Industry is Bigger (and Has Performed Better) Than You Think

  • conference

    2018

    Western Finance Association Annual Meeting, OFR Cleveland Fed Financial Stability Conference

    Illiquidity in Intermediary Portfolios: Evidence from Large Hedge Funds

  • seminar

    2018

    UVA Darden School of Business, American Unviersity

    Illiquidity in Intermediary Portfolios: Evidence from Large Hedge Funds

  • seminar

    2017

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York

    Illiquidity in Intermediary Portfolios: Evidence from Large Hedge Funds

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Last Update: December 1, 2023