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Plenary Symposium: "Causes and Consequences of The Global Financial Crisis"

Thursday, 3 April 2014: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Speakers:
Asli Demirguc-Kunt, The World Bank—USA



Presentation Title: Global Financial Development Report 2013: Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance

Biography: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt is the Director of Research in the World Bank. After joining the Bank in 1989 as a Young Economist, she has held different positions, including Director of Development Policy, Chief Economist of Financial and Private Sector Development Network, and Senior Research Manager, doing research and advising on financial sector and private sector development issues. She is the lead author of World Bank Policy Research Report 2007, Finance for All? Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access. She has also created the World Bank’s Global Financial Development Report and directed the issues on Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance (2013), and Financial Inclusion (2014). The author of over 100 publications, Ms. Demirgüç-Kunt has published widely in academic journals. Her research has focused on the links between financial development and firm performance and economic development. Banking crises, financial regulation, access to financial services including SME finance are among her areas of research. Prior to coming to the Bank, she was an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the Ohio State University.

Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School—USA



Presentation Title: Prudential Financial Regulations that Work

Biography: Charles Calomiris is Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and former President of the International Atlantic Economic Society. He is a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee and the Financial Economists Roundtable, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Calomiris holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. His research spans several areas, including banking, corporate finance, financial history, and monetary economics.

Rafael Repullo, Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)—Spain



Presentation Title: Countercyclical Regulation

Biography: Rafael Repullo is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) in Madrid, Spain. He is Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the European Economic Association, Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), member of the Financial Economists Roundtable, and Co-Editor of the International Journal of Central Banking. He has been Executive Vice-President of the Econometric Society and member of the Executive Committee of the European Economic Association, and is currently Vice-President of the Spanish Economic Association. His recent research is in the areas of banking and corporate finance.

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