Cage Englander
MSc. Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science
My work focuses on how evolutions in financial infrastructure and technology more broadly shape consumer behaviour, the actions of firms, and market dynamics. I am currently a student in the MSc. Econometrics and Mathematical Economics program at LSE. Prior to this, I spent two years as a pre-doctoral researcher in the Macro-Financial Research division at the International Monetary Fund.
Research Interests
Financial intermediation
Firm and consumer behaviour is shaped by its environment. By understanding how the network of agents and their intermediaries is structured, we can better understand how these networks will evolve as innovation progresses.
Payments and digital assets
How assets and monetary value are transferred and custodied is evolving rapidly. As rails become instantaneous and contracting can occur in a single click, we are seeing a shift in how firms manage financial operations and how markets price assets.
Empirical asset pricing
The easiest way to understand how agents will react to shifts in the technological landscape is by directly observing their actions. Through an asset pricing lens, we can observe how everything from 24/7 trading to instantaneous settlement affect financial markets, risk taking, and hedging.