Newspaper articles – International press

2024
- Addressing banks’ vulnerability to runs, part 2: Policy options, VoxEU.org, 10/10/2024.
- Addressing banks’ vulnerability to runs, part 1: Facts, arguments, and policy challenges, VoxEU.org, 9/10/2024.
- Banking turmoil and regulatory reform, VoxEU.org, 7/06/2024.
2023
- The international economic and financial order after the pandemic and war, VoxEU.org, 08/06/2023.
- Is SVB the Canary in the Coal Mine?, Project Syndicate, 14/03/2023; El Economista, 15/03/2023; CGTN China, 15/03/2023; Expansión, 16/03/2023; ContraPunto El Salvador, 16/03/2023.
2022
- Crypto’s Well-Worn Path to Crisis, Project Syndicate, 2/12/2022; El País, 11/12/2022; El Economista, 13/12/2022.
- Learning from the prices does not come for free, VoxEU.org, 6/07/2022.
- Revisiting the anticompetitive effects of common ownership, VoxEU.org, 15/06/2022.
- The impact of technology on finance, VoxEU.org, 27/05/2022.
- Is there a method to Putin’s madness?, Project Syndicate, 2/03/2022.
2021
- Was COP26 cheap talk?, Project Syndicate, 17/11/2021; South China Morning Post, 19/11/2021; MarketWatch, 17/11/2021; DataNoticias, 18/11/2021.
- Is an energy winter coming to Europe?, Project Syndicate, 13/10/2021; Ara, 18/10/2021; Patria.cz, 17/10/2021.
- Regulating oligopolistic exchanges, VoxEU.org, 1/07/2021.
- How resilient is the financial system to natural disasters?, The Banker, 10/06/2021.
- Resilience of the financial system to natural disasters, VoxEU.org, 25/05/2021.
2020
- European banking’s moment of merger truth, Project Syndicate, 2/12/2020; Revista de Prensa.
- Pas de stabilité de l’euro sans renaissance industrielle au Sud, Les Echos, 24/09/2020.
- A stable euro requires an ambitious industrial policy, Project Syndicate, 4/09/2020; Business Post Ireland, 4/09/2020; Zawya United Arab Emirates, 8/09/2020.
- Was wird COVID-19 mit dem Bankensektor machen?, Tageblatt, 31/08/2020.
- Commentary: COVID-19 could still upend banking and financial institutions, Channel News Asia, 20/07/2020.
- Xavier Vives expects the pandemic to accelerate the sector’s digitalisation and restructuring while possibly improving its image, interest.co.NZ, 11/07/2020.
- Why digitalisation poses a real risk to banks, Business Post Ireland, 9/07/2020.
- What will COVID-19 do to banking?, Project Syndicate, 9/07/2020.
- The bank business model in the post-Covid-19 world, VoxEU.org, 18/06/2020.
- Europe’s second defining moment, European CEO, 5/06/2020.
- Europe’s new defining moment, Project Syndicate, 10/04/2020.
- The Spanish left takes center stage, Project Syndicate, 8/01/2020.
2019
- All’Europa serve una strategia unica sul clima, Il sole 24 ore, 8/11/2019.
- How to Keep Central Banks Independent, Project Syndicate, 11/07/2019.
- Sound at last? Assessing a decade of financial regulation: A new eBook, VoxEU.org, 3/06/2019.
- Produttività e riforme strutturali, ecco il deficit dell’Italia verso Madrid, Il sole 24 ore, 30/03/2019.
- How will banking look in 10 years’ time?, The Banker, 2/01/2019.
2017
- A rationale for the Tobin tax, VoxEU.org, 14/02/2017.
2016
- Competition and stability in banking in the EU, CPI Journal, December 2016.
- Banking regulatory reform: The way forward, VoxEU.org, 6/12/2016.
- The Promise of Bank Mergers, Project Syndicate, 23/09/2016.
2015
- A framework for banking structural reform, VoxEU.org, 17/03/2015.
2014
- Will Basel III work?, VoxEU.org, 22/12/2014.
- Persistent noise, investors’ expectations, and market meltdowns, VoxEU.org, 22/04/2014.
2012
- Expectations and asset prices: Keynes meets Hayek, VoxEU.org, 18/09/2012.
- Banking union and the financial architecture of the Eurozone: A retrospective, VoxEU.org, 20/08/2012.
- Europa braucht die Bankenunion, Financial Times Deutschland, 5/07/2012.
- Banking Disunion, appeared in: Il Sole 24 ORE (Italy), 26/06/2012, Business Times (Singapore), 29/06/2012, Financial Times Deutschland (Germany), 5/07/2012, The Guardian (UK), 27/06/2012.
- Better Banking Regulation: Seven Principles, Global Economic Intersection, 21/03/2012.
2011
- Schwere Bürde für Rajoy (The task ahead in Spain), 21/12/2011, Handelsblatt.
- The banking conundrum, appeared in: China Daily (China); 银行难题 – Caijing (China); LesEchos.fr (France); Economy Watch; elnuevodiario.com (Nicaragua); Alwatan Daily; Handelszeitung (Switzerland); entornointeligente.com (Venezuela); The Business Times (Singapore); El Nacional, 12/09/2011.
- Can Greece pull it off?, VoxEU.org, 18/03/2011.
- A crisis mechanism for the euro, VoxEU.org, 11/03/2011.
2010
- Fresh perspectives on public sector needed, Financial Times, 22/11/2010.
- Competition and Stability in Banking, voxeu.org, 18/09/2010.
- An Antitrust Counter-Revolution, appeared in: L’Echo (Belgium), Borsen (Denmark), FT Deutschland (Germany), Vilaggazdasag (Hungary), Verslo Zinios (Lithuania), Logos Press (Moldova), Goodwill (Slovakia), Al Watan Daily, Al Jarida (Kuwait), Alrroya Aleqtissadiya (United Arab Emirates), 15/01/2010.
- Der Kartellpolitik droht eine Konterrevolution, Financial Times Deutschland, 14/01/2010.
2009
- Viewpoint: A way out of the crisis, Financial Times, 29/04/2009.
- Europe’s Regulatory Chaos, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 18/03/2009.
- Fads, frenzies, and finance, appeared in: The Straits Times (Singapore), South China Morning Post (China), The Japan Times, Business World online (Philippines), The Journal of Turkish Weekly, Aljareeda.com, elespectador.com, 03/01/2009.
2008
- The singularity of banks, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 18/12/2008.
- Irrationality and the crisis, RGE Monitor, 10/06/2008.
- The crisis, information, and the market, VoxEU.org, 13/05/2008
- The end of banks, appeared in: The Guardian (United Kingdom), Mlada Fronta Dnes (Czech Republic), Kerdos (Greece), Koha Ditore (Kosovo), The Times of Malta, Danas (Serbia), L’Agefi (Switzerland), Today’s Zaman (Turkey), The Australian, The Brunei Times, The South China Morning Post, Jakarta Post, The Korea Herald, Macau Daily Times, The Edge (Malaysia), Daily Star Egypt, Les Echos (Mali), Le Matin (Morocco), The Guardian (Tanzania), The Burma Digest, The Press (New Zealand), Daily Times (Pakistan), The National (Papua New Guinea), Buenos Aires Herald, Valor (Brazil), El Tiempo (Colombia), El Universal (Mexico), Bahrain Tribune, Jordan Times, Al Jarida (Kuwait), 26/04/2008.
- Bagehot, central banking, and the financial crisis, VoxEU.org, 31/03/2008.
2007
- Airbus and the damage done by economic patriotism, Financial Times, 02/03/2007.
2006
- European competition policy needs urgent reform, Financial Times, 20/12/2006.
- Barriers need to be lifted for an integrated market, Financial Times, 15/09/2006.
2005
- Brussels has not gone far enough in its merger reforms, Financial Times, 15/12/2005.
- Europe Banks Future on the Urge to Merge, Wall Street Journal Europe, 13/05/2005.