Policy & Media
Policy work
Big data and machine learning in central banking (2021), with L. Gambacorta and J.-M. Serena, BIS Working Paper No 930
See also: Use of big data sources and applications at central banks (2021), IFC Report no 13
Could housing booms undermine productivity growth? (2020), SUERF Policy Briefs 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.
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
Media & industry coverage
From finance to fascism: The Economist, QRIUS, Les Echos, Caixabank research, Le Nouvel Economiste
Housing booms, reallocation and productivity: Wall Street Journal, World Bank All About Finance Blog, institutional-money.com, cash-online.de, plansecur.de, onvista.de
The recession-mortality nexus and Covid-19: The Syndney Morning Herald, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Stress tests, entrepreneruship and innovation: Financial Services Forum, Moody's Analytics, Bank Policy Institute, Progressive Policy Institute
Inside the regulatory sandbox: effects on fintech funding: Brookings Institution Hutchins Roundup, Finextra, Slaw, Global Government Fintech, International Capital Market Association, James Madison Institute
Covid-19 and regional employment in Europe: Central Bank of Ireland/Gabriel Makhlhouf, El Confidencial, BGSE The Voice, 100Forexbrokers.com, Esquerda.net
On health and privacy: technology to combat the pandemic: IMF Finance and Development Blog, Speech by Agustin Carstens
Income inequality, financial intermediation, and small firms: Speech by Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva