Ravi Bansal

Prof. Ravi Bansal is J. B. Fuqua Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His research focuses on Financial Economics, Macro Economics, and Climate Change. He is a Research Associate at the NBER and has published in leading journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Finance, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Political Economy. His work explores the connections between economic growth and uncertainty in bond, equity, and currency markets. His research on long-run risks in capital markets is cited in the scientific background article for the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics. He has taught at Duke University, Wharton School of Business, Stanford University, and the Indian School of Business. He earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and previously studied at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, and St. Xavier’s School (Delhi).

Ravi Bansal is a J B Fuqua Professor at Duke University, specializing in Finance and Economics. His research focuses on asset pricing puzzles, long-run risks, and macroeconomic factors influencing financial markets. Bansal's work explores the implications of risk preferences, consumption, and macroeconomic announcements on equity returns, bond markets, and currency markets. He has contributed to understanding the equity premium puzzle, term premium puzzle, and forward premium puzzle through empirical and theoretical frameworks. His research also addresses climate change and growth risks, as well as socially responsible investing. Bansal's studies often integrate macroeconomic models with financial market data to provide insights into asset pricing and market behavior.