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Laura Veldkamp is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, with 37 publications in this area. Within these fields, the subfields of study most represented in their work include economics and econometrics, finance, management science and operations research, general economics, econometrics and finance, and information systems.

The main topics covered by Veldkamp's research include:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Stock Market Forecasting Methods

Veldkamp has published research in a range of respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Review of Financial Studies, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, and the European Finance Review.

Some of the recent papers authored by Veldkamp and coauthors are:

  • Data and the Aggregate Economy, 2024, Journal of Economic Literature
  • Valuing Data as an Asset, 2023, European Finance Review
  • The Changing Economics of Knowledge Production, 2023, Review of Financial Studies (coauthored by Simona Abis)
  • Long-Run Growth of Financial Data Technology, 2020, American Economic Review (coauthored by Maryam Farboodi)
  • Germs, Social Networks, and Growth, 2021, The Review of Economic Studies (coauthored by Alessandra Fogli)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Maryam Farboodi
  • Isaac Baley
  • Venky Venkateswaran
  • Simona Abis
  • Dhruv Singal

In addition to journal articles, Veldkamp has authored books published by Princeton University Press. Notably, the title The Data Economy appeared twice in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Information Immobility and the Home Bias Puzzle

    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp

  • Ratings Shopping and Asset Complexity: A Theory of Ratings Inflation

    Vasiliki Skreta;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Acquisition and Under-Diversification

    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Markets and the Comovement of Asset Prices

    Laura L. Veldkamp

  • Knowing What Others Know: Coordination Motives in Information Acquisition

    Christian Hellwig;Laura Veldkamp

  • Time-Varying Fund Manager Skill

    Marcin Kacperczyk;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp

  • Learning Asymmetries in Real Business Cycles

    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp

  • Nature or Nurture? Learning and the Geography of Female Labor Force Participation

    Alessandra Fogli;Laura Veldkamp

  • Time-Varying Fund Manager Skill: Time-Varying Fund Manager Skill

    Marcin Kacperczyk;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Choice in Macroeconomics and Finance

    Laura L. Veldkamp

  • Media Frenzies in Markets for Financial Information

    Laura L. Veldkamp

  • A Rational Theory of Mutual Funds' Attention Allocation

    Marcin Kacperczyk;Marcin Kacperczyk;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp;Laura Veldkamp;Laura Veldkamp

  • Big Data in Finance and the Growth of Large Firms

    Juliane Begenau;Maryam Farboodi;Laura Veldkamp

  • Big Data in Finance and the Growth of Large Firms

    Juliane Begenau;Maryam Farboodi;Laura Veldkamp;Laura Veldkamp

  • Slow boom, sudden crash

    Laura L. Veldkamp

  • Understanding Uncertainty Shocks and the Role of Black Swans

    Anna Orlik;Laura Veldkamp

  • Leadership, Coordination, and Corporate Culture

    Patrick Bolton;Markus K. Brunnermeier;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Acquisition and Under-Diversification

    Laura Veldkamp;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

  • Big Data and Firm Dynamics

    Maryam Farboodi;Roxana Mihet;Thomas Philippon;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Immobility and the Home Bias Puzzle

    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh;Laura Veldkamp;Laura Veldkamp

  • Long-Run Growth of Financial Data Technology

    Maryam Farboodi;Laura Veldkamp

  • Understanding Uncertainty Shocks and the Role of Black Swans

    Anna Orlik;Laura Veldkamp

  • Germs, Social Networks, and Growth

    Alessandra Fogli;Laura Veldkamp

  • Information Immobility and the Home Bias Puzzle

    Laura Veldkamp;Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Frequent Co-Authors

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh Columbia University
Marcin T. Kacperczyk
Marcin T. Kacperczyk Imperial College London
Thomas Philippon
Thomas Philippon New York University
Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Markus K. Brunnermeier
Markus K. Brunnermeier Princeton University
Patrick Bolton
Patrick Bolton Imperial College London
Christopher J. Mayer
Christopher J. Mayer Columbia University
Andrea Prat
Andrea Prat Columbia University
Thomas J. Sargent
Thomas J. Sargent New York University
Kjetil Storesletten
Kjetil Storesletten University of Minnesota

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