Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance

What Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance does

The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF) is a nonprofit academic research center established in 2012 at Princeton University and housed within the School of Public and International Affairs under the legal governance of The Trustees of Princeton University. It studies the intersection of public policy, financial markets, and the macroeconomy through a portfolio that includes two specialized research labs (the Macrofinance Lab and the Sustainable Finance Lab), a Data Acquisition Grants program (up to $5,000 per award), educational programs (Student Associates Program with 170+ members and the Financial Markets Short Course for MPP/MPAs), a student-produced Policy Punchline Podcast, and an annual conference series now in its 15th year.

The center operates with a 14-person core staff alongside 28 Princeton faculty affiliates spanning Economics, Sociology, History, Politics, Psychology, and SPIA, and convenes conferences that are open to the public and live-streamed. Distribution extends through a maintained YouTube video archive, a Mailchimp newsletter, Twitter/X and LinkedIn accounts, and the Policy Punchline Podcast, giving a small team global reach. Co-sponsorship ties include the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, C-PREE, the Andlinger Center, the High Meadows Environmental Institute, PIIRS, the Center for Contemporary China, and — historically — Microsoft Research.

JRCPPF is not a commercially structured entity. Funding flows from Princeton University, the School of Public and International Affairs, and the Office of Advancement rather than from fees or licensing; conferences and student programs are free and open to the public. The center's economic function is therefore that of a budgeted academic cost center whose outputs are research, talent development, and policy convening rather than revenue.

Name

Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance

Legal name

Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance

Website

https://jrc.princeton.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance is a Princeton University nonprofit research center studying the intersection of public policy, financial markets, and macroeconomics via two research labs, annual conferences, grants, and student programs serving Princeton affiliates, policymakers, and finance practitioners.

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Product category

Academic Research Center

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Sciences & Public Policy Research Universities (EDAHABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business & Management Research Universities (EDAHABAE), Education, Research & Academic Congresses (THAHAJAD), Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC)

Keywords

• Public policy research
• Financial markets research
• Academic research center
• Macroeconomic research
• Policy conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. University and Institutional Funding: The center operates as part of Princeton University with funding from the university, the School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Advancement, and various co-sponsoring institutes including the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, Center for Policy Research on Energy and Environment, and others.
2. Conference and Event Revenue: The center organizes annual conferences that are open to the public and live-streamed. While the events themselves are free, they serve to attract participants to the center's programs and student associate pipeline.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The center conducts and disseminates interdisciplinary research at the intersection of public policy, financial markets, and the macroeconomy. It operates dedicated research labs (Macrofinance Lab and Sustainable Finance Lab), hosts annual conferences, book talks, and workshops, runs a Student Associates Program and a Financial Markets Short Course, administers Data Acquisition Grants, and produces the Policy Punchline podcast for broader public dissemination.

Product overview

The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance is a Princeton University research center that operates as a unified platform supporting research, education, and dissemination at the intersection of public policy, financial markets, and the macroeconomy. The center's portfolio includes two specialized research labs (Macrofinance Lab and Sustainable Finance Lab), grant programs (Data Acquisition Grants), educational programs (Student Associates Program and Financial Markets Short Course), a media initiative (Policy Punchline Podcast), and an annual conference series. These offerings work together to advance understanding of finance-policy connections among academics, students, policymakers, and practitioners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Macrofinance Lab

Quantifiable outcome

• Ernest Liu awarded 2025 Jensen Prize by the Journal of Financial Economics for work on data markets
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Impact Hub-New York Metropolitan AreacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Impact Hub-New York Metropolitan Area on a survey initiative to understand how financial industry professionals incorporate sustainability metrics and ESG ratings into investment decisions. The study aims to map the impact investment ecosystem and gather insights on ESG integration, climate data usage, and future trends in sustainable investing.
• FinPublicasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization for the Sustainable Finance Lab research initiative, contributing to the center's work on ESG investing and sustainable finance.
• Princeton School of Public & International AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of annual conferences and the primary academic home for the center, providing institutional support and integration with public policy education.
• Empirical Studies of Conflict ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the center's conferences, particularly focused on development finance in fragile states and international economics research.
• Center for Policy Research on Energy and Environment (C-PREE)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2022 conference on Net-Zero 2050 targets, providing expertise on climate and energy policy research.
• Andlinger Center for Energy and the EnvironmentsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2022 conference on Net-Zero 2050 targets, supporting research on energy and environmental policy.
• High Meadows Environmental InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2022 conference on Net-Zero 2050 targets, contributing environmental research expertise.
• Microsoft ResearchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2019 Annual Conference 'Radical Mechanisms 10 Years After the Financial Crisis', with Microsoft Research principal Glen Weyl serving as a keynote speaker and organizer.
• Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2020 conference on Development Finance in Fragile States, supporting international and regional studies research.
• Center for Contemporary ChinasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the 2020 conference on Development Finance in Fragile States, providing China-related research expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hoover Institution: Stanford University-affiliated public policy research center hosting economists and policy experts, conducting research on economic policy, finance, and political economy, and convening major conferences comparable to JRCPPF's annual conference series.
• Peterson Institute for International Economics: Nonpartisan research institution focused on international economic policy, fiscal deficits, and global macroeconomic imbalances — closely aligned with JRCPPF's debt/deficits and global imbalances conference focus.
• Bendheim Center for Finance (Princeton University): Sister center at Princeton focused on finance research and education, co-located with JRCPPF. Brunnermeier (Director of Bendheim) is also a JRCPPF faculty affiliate, creating direct overlap in macrofinance research, student programs, and conferences.
• Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics (Yale): Yale-based economics research foundation supporting faculty, conferences, and graduate research in macroeconomics and finance, with similar academic convening and publication functions.
• Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR): Stanford-based economics research center bridging academic research and policy engagement, hosting conferences and supporting faculty and graduate research — directly comparable mission and structure to JRCPPF.
• Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy (Brookings): Brookings program focused on macroeconomics, monetary policy, and fiscal research, convening top academics and former central bankers — comparable in macrofinance concentration and convening role.
• Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (University of Chicago): University of Chicago economics research institute convening faculty and producing policy-relevant macroeconomics and finance research, with similar event programming and outreach to graduate students.
• Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (Harvard Kennedy School): Harvard Kennedy School research center studying the intersection of business, markets, and public policy — closely aligned with JRCPPF's public policy + finance research focus, with similar convening and practitioner engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Brookings Institution: Large established think tank with substantial economic policy programs (Hutchins Center, Climate/Economics) producing research, hosting convenings, and engaging policymakers — overlapping with JRCPPF but at much greater scale across many policy domains.
• NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research): Premier U.S. economics research organization producing working papers, hosting conferences, and convening academic economists — broader in scope but highly comparable as a research-convening platform for JRCPPF's faculty affiliates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JRCPPF
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjtuAyDrnmyNcPzhi76jYLQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/jrcppf

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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