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Ana Babus is an Associate Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis and a Research Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Her research focuses on financial markets, particularly over-the-counter (OTC) trading mechanisms and systemic risks arising from financial intermediation. She holds a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam and has held positions at institutions including Princeton University, Imperial College London, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Her academic journey includes roles as a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and a postdoc at Princeton's Bendheim Center for Finance. Babus' work bridges theoretical economic models with real-world financial systems, emphasizing innovation in financial products and regulatory implications of market structures.
Key research interests include the dynamics of fragmented markets, the strategic opacity of banking portfolios, and the optimal design of financial securities. Her recent studies explore how firms leverage specialized financial products to raise capital and how opaque banking strategies can exacerbate systemic instability.
Notable contributions include analyzing information diffusion in OTC networks, the role of intermediaries in sustaining trade, and the systemic consequences of asset commonality among banks. Her work has appeared in top journals like the Journal of Financial Economics and Econometrica.
