Policy & Media
Policy publications
Non-bank lenders in the syndicated loan market (2022), with I. Aldasoro and H. Zhou, BIS Quarterly Review, March
Central bank digital currencies and data in the digital age: A triple imperative (2021), with R. Auer, J. Frost, L. Gambacorta and H.S. Shin, in CEPR e-book "Central Bank Digital Currency: Considerations, Projects, Outlook".
Population ageing and the digital divide, SUERF Policy Brief No 270
Technological capacity and firms' recovery from Covid-19 (2021), with M. Erdem, G. Franco, L. Gambacorta and A. Illes, Economics Letters 209(110102), (PDF, SSRN)
Funding for fintechs: patterns and drivers (2021), with G. Cornelli, L. Franco, and J. Frost, BIS Quarterly Review, September
Whom do consumers trust with their data? US survey evidence (2021), with O. Amantier, J. Frost, A. Fuster and K. Shue, BIS Bulletin No 42
The fintech gender gap (2021), with S. Chen, J. Frost, L. Gambacorta and H.S. Shin, BIS Working Paper 931
Big data and machine learning in central banking (2021), with L. Gambacorta and J.-M. Serena, BIS Working Paper No 930
How do central banks use big data and machine learning? (2021), SUERF Policy Brief No 67
Use of big data sources and applications at central banks (2021), IFC Report no 13
Could housing booms undermine productivity growth? (2020), SUERF Policy Brief No 40
The recession-mortality nexus and Covid-19 (2020), with B. Hofmann, BIS Bulletin No 35
See also: Recessions and mortality: a global perspective (2020), with B. Hofmann, BIS Working Paper No 910
On health and privacy: technology to combat the pandemic (2020), with C. Cantu, G. Cheng, J. Frost and L. Gambacorta, BIS Bulletin No 17
Covid-19 and regional employment in Europe (2020), with L. Gambacorta, BIS Bulletin No 16 (Data for maps in Graph 2)
Identifying regions at risk with Google Trends: the impact of Covid-19 on US labour markets (2020), with L. Gambacorta, BIS Bulletin No 8
Blogs, columns, etc
Mind the gap - is fintech closing the gender gap in access to financial services? (2021), with S. Chen, J. Forst, L. Gambacorta and H.S. Shin, World Bank Blog All About Finance
Digging for gold: how regulatory sandboxes help fintechs raise funding (2021), with G. Cornelli, L. Gambacorta and O. Merrouche, VoxEU.org
How international trade disciplines the internal capital market and reduces the conglomerate discount (2020), with D. Marin, D. Suverato and T. Verdier, VoxEU.org
How failing banks paved Hitler's path to power: Financial crisis and right-wing extremism in Germany, 1931-33 (2019), with J.-L. Peydro and H.-J. Voth, VoxEU.org
Die deutsche Bankenkrise und Hitlers Weg an die Macht: Lehren aus der Geschichte (2019), with J.-L. Peydro and H.-J. Voth, Ökonomenstimme.org
Selected media & industry coverage
The Economist: What is the link between economic crises and political ruptures?
Wall Street Journal: How property booms eat our economic future
Financial Times: The time to embrace digital currency is now
The Guardian: A banking crisis isn’t just bad for business, it can also poison politics
The Syndney Morning Herald: COVID-19: A health and economic disaster but also a natural experiment
Bloomberg: What's happening in the world economy - need-to-know research
IMF Finance and Development: Let's build a better data economy
Project Syndicate: How Chinese Competition Helps Western Conglomerates
Moody's Analytics: BIS on Impact of Stress Tests on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in US
AUDA-NEPAD: Gendering Agriculture: Empowering African Women Farmers Using Modern Technologies
Interia biznes: How and to whom is income inequality harmful?
Continental Telegraph: The Financial Crisis That Swept Hitler To Power
Le Nouvel Economiste: Crise économique-sociale-politique, l’enchaînement néfaste
Gabriel Makhlhouf: COVID-19: What can we learn from history?