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Links to the Calls for Papers

I am currently co-editing two special issues. You can find the calls here: Open Call (2 October to 31 December 2025) for submission to a Special Issue of Emerging Markets Review edited by Joscha Beckmann, Tjeerd Boonman and Harald Sander. Open Call for … Continue reading

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New edited book and paper just published!

Honored to be part of the editorial team with colleagues from Maastricht School of Management at Maastricht University for putting together an edited book on „Private Sector Development in an Emerging World“.  It explores the interactions between private sector development, public policies … Continue reading

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Geopolitical Tensions and the Future of Globalisation

Geopolitical tensions are at a record high since Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, adding to the already existing tensions between the USA (and increasingly the EU) and China, while several important players in the Global South are not really willing to … Continue reading

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My five picks for Shepherd.com for the best books on how to make globalization work for all people

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Open Access to “The Travels of a Deposit in Turbulent Times”

My paper “The Travels of a Deposit in Turbulent Times: The Importance of Deposit Insurance Design for Cross-Border Deposits” , jointly written with Shusen Qi and Stefanie  Kleimeier and published by Economic Inquiry is now available “open access“. In this … Continue reading

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New Policy Paper on Cross-Border Effects of National Deposit Insurance Systems

Deposit insurance systems are a common feature of the financial systems of most countries. Their rationale is twofold: to protect bank depositors in case of a bankruptcy and, even more importantly, to avoid widespread bankruptcies as a consequence of bank … Continue reading

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Deposit Insurance in Times of Crises: Safe Haven or Regulatory Arbitrage?

  An updated version of this paper has been presented on the 2017 Biennial IADI Research Conference: Designing an Optimal Deposit Insurance System – Theory and Practice, on 1-2 June 2017 at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. See … Continue reading

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Impressions from the Jean Monnet Workshop “Financial Globalization and its Spillovers”

Links to the videos of the keynote speeches by Benoît Cœuré and Barry Eichengreen and the subsequent panel discussions can be found here. Moreover, links to the workshop website, the speeches and some foto impressions can also be found here. The … Continue reading

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Benoît Cœuré on Euro Area Exit Options

Reuters titles “Letting countries leave euro zone would break ECB policy: Coeure” in their coverage of the event  “25 Years after Maastricht: The Future of Money and Finance in Europe“, held at Maastricht University on February 16, 2017, which was part of the … Continue reading

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