Professor van Binsbergen conducts theoretical and empirical research in finance. His current work focuses on asset pricing, in particular consumption-based asset pricing, return predictability, and quantitative portfolio management. Some of his recent research focuses on the implications of good-specific habit formation for asset prices, and the interaction between cash flow growth predictability and stock return predictability. Professor van Binsbergen’s research has appeared in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Finance.

Jules van Binsbergen received a PhD degree in Finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in May 2008, and joined the faculty of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in June 2008. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Financial Econometrics from Tilburg University (the Netherlands). He has worked for the ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam, Goldman Sachs International in London and the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands prior to obtaining his PhD degree.