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Amsterdam Center of Excellence in Risk and Macro Finance

Roger Laeven publishes in Management Science

The paper 'Consumption and portfolio choice under loss aversion and endogenous updating of the reference level’ co-authored by ACRM Co-Director Prof. Roger Laeven is forthcoming in Management Science. The paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.nl.

Roger Laeven publishes on catastrophic economy-climate risk in the Journal of Econometrics

The paper 'Expected Utility and Catastrophic Risk in a Stochastic Economy-Climate Model’ co-authored by ACRM Co-Director Prof. Roger Laeven will be published in the upcoming edition of the Journal of Econometrics. This paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.com.

 

Roger Laeven appointed to a second mandate as Academic Member of the Advisory Board IRSG of EIOPA

ACRM co-director Roger Laeven has been re-appointed to a second mandate as selected Academic Member of the IRSG Advisory Board of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

Williamson Prize for best article awarded to Enrico Perotti

ACRM co-director Enrico Perotti and co-authors have been awarded the 2018 Oliver E. Williamson Prize for the best article published in the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization in 2017. In their study they explain the historical emergence of the corporate form in the 17th century in the Dutch Republic and contrast it with similar developments in England.

Roger Laeven publishes on excitation in the Journal of Econometrics

The paper 'Testing for Self-Excitation in Jumps' by H. Peter Boswijk, Roger J. A. Laeven, and Xiye Yang was accepted for publication in the Journal of Econometrics.

New course Regulation of Shadow Banks

The University of Amsterdam and the Florence School of Banking and Finance are offering a new two-day course which focuses on financial and prudential aspects of the shadow banking sector, with some attention to its legal underpinnings.

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Roger Laeven editor of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Roger Laeven has been appointed as Editor of the academic journal 'Insurance: Mathematics and Economics'.

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Enrico Perotti publishes article in Financial Times

Enrico Perotti, professor of International Finance at the Amsterdam Business School (ABS), published an article in the Financial Times on 10 July. The article describes how a diverse monetary union creates benefits and costs for core and periphery countries.

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Roger Laeven publishes in Mathematics of Operations Research

The paper 'Optimal Stopping under Uncertainty in Drift and Jump Intensity' co-authored by ACRM Co-Director Prof. Roger Laeven has been accepted for publication in Mathematics of Operations Research. This paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.com.

Roger Laeven Receives Research Grant from the Dutch Association of Insurers

The Dutch Association of Insurers has awarded a sponsorship to Prof. Roger J. A. Laeven to support research related to Risk and Regulation.
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Roger Laeven publishes in the Journal of the American Statistical Assocation

The paper 'Estimation of the continuous and discontinuous leverage effects' co-authored by ACRM co-director Roger J. A. Laeven is forthcoming in the Journal of the American Statistical Assocation. The paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.com.

Awards for ACRM publications

Prof. Sweder van Wijnbergen and ACRM junior fellow Stephanie Chan won the International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) 2016 Barcelona Best Conference Paper Award for their ACRM working paper “Cocos, Contagion and Systemic Risk” and the Best Paper Prize at the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) Annual Conference 2016 for the ACRM working paper “CoCo Design, Risk-Shifting Incentives and Financial Fragility”.

Roger Laeven appointed member of EIOPA advisory body

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has nominated Prof. Roger Laeven for appointment to its Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) advisory body. 

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Roger Laeven nominated for most promising researcher under 40

ACRM co-director Prof. Roger Laeven ( www.rogerlaeven.com) has been nominated for the New Scientist Science Talent 2015 for most promising researcher across all disciplines in The Netherlands and Belgium under age 40. The decisions in the first few selection rounds were based on academic jury judgments. The decision in the current last round which features 25 candidates from The Netherlands and Belgium will be based on a jury report (50%) and a public vote (50%).

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'Financial contagion: how to prevent it instead of curing it?'

The Amsterdam Center of Excellence in Risk and Macro Finance (ACRM) has contributed to the Dutch Science Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda with the question above. Read more about this research (in Dutch) at the link below.

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Article Roger Laeven to Appear in the Annals of Statistics

The paper 'Asymptotically distribution-free goodness-of-fit testing for tail copulas' by S. Umut Can, John H. J. Einmahl, Estate V. Khmaladze and ACRM co-director Roger J. A. Laeven will soon be published in the Annals of Statistics. The paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.com.

Mario Draghi cites ACRM co-director Van Wijnbergen

In his Camdessus Lecture at the IMF on May 14, 2015, Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, used the research published by ACRM co-director Sweder van Wijnbergen and ACRM junior Risk and Macro Finance fellow Timotej Homar.

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Roger Laeven and co-authors win the ASX prize

The paper 'Consumption and Portfolio Choice under Loss Aversion and Endogenous Updating of the Reference Level' by Servaas van Bilsen (Tilburg University), Roger J. A. Laeven (UvA) and Theo E. Nijman (Tilburg University) was recently awarded the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Prize for the best quantitative finance paper at the Australasian Banking and Finance Conference 2014.

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Enrico Perotti appointed at ECB as Duisenberg Fellow

Prof. Enrico Perotti (ABS Finance section) has received a prestigious appointment from the European Central Bank (ECB).

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ACRM Research van Wijnbergen and Chen features on Bloomberg

Van Wijnbergen and Chen at the University of Amsterdam's Center of Excellence in Risk and Macro Finance warn against the risk of contingent capital with a writedown feature. Read the article 'CoCo Reliance Soars as Nordic Banks Flock to Riskiest Bonds' on www.bloomberg.com.

Article Roger Laeven to be published in the Journal of Financial Economics

The paper 'Modeling Financial Contagion Using Mutually Exciting Jump Processes' by Yacine Aït-Sahalia, Julio A. Cacho-Diaz and Roger J. A. Laeven will soon be published in the Journal of Financial Economics. The paper can be downloaded at www.rogerlaeven.com.

Roger Laeven publishes in the Journal of Econometrics

The paper Mutual Excitation in Eurozone Sovereign CDS by Yacine Aït-Sahalia, Loriana Pelizzon and Roger J. A. Laeven was accepted for publication in the Journal of Econometrics.

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Enrico Perotti organises Macro Finance workshop

Enrico Perotti and Viral Acharya (NYU) organize the second CEPR / Macro Finance Risk Center joint workshop on Micro Foundations for Macro Finance at the University of Amsterdam on 23-24 August, 2014, featuring top speakers from the US and Europe.

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Article Roger Laeven to be published in upcoming edition of Mathematics of Operations Research

The paper Robust Portfolio Choice and Indifference Valuation by Roger J. A. Laeven and Mitja Stadje is will be published in the next issue of Mathematics of Operations Research. The extended online version of this paper is available at www.rogerlaeven.com.