Welcome!

My name is Brendan Laliberte. I study asset pricing and corporate finance/ law as a PhD student at Cornell.

Most generally, I am interested in how economic progress is influenced by the tension between financial firms' profit maximizing behavior, regulatory constraints, and the real economy. Understanding the weaknesses of past legislation is a fascinating exercise to better inform future rules for safe, sound, and efficient financial intermediation.

Before my PhD studies began in 2024, I was a research assistant for the Federal Reserve. I have supported numerous economists in the Banking and Financial Markets group and the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Minneapolis, respectively.