Jennifer N. Carpenter (born October 13, 1965) is an American finance academic best known for her pioneering research into executive stock options. Other interests include fund manager compensation,

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, corporate bonds, and

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. She has been published in numerous journals including the ''

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'', the ''

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'', and the ''

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/ref> She is a professor at NYU's School of Business, where she teaches MBA courses in debt instruments and markets, and at the PhD level, continuous time asset pricing and portfolio choice. Before joining NYU, Carpenter worked at Goldman Sachs & Co in the

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division, and she was also a lecturer at the

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. Carpenter received her BS in economics, MA in finance, MA in mathematics, and

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in finance from the

. She has presented "The Real Value of China's Stock Market" at various venues including the People's Bank of China, National Bureau of Economic Research, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Selected publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Jennifer New York University Stern School of Business faculty 1965 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) University of Pennsylvania alumni American women academics Academic staff of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology American financial economists Goldman Sachs people Wharton School alumni 21st-century American women