Public lecture examines financial crises

14 JUNE 2013

Public lecture examines financial crises

Predicting financial crises and reducing their likelihood and severity will be the focus of a public lecture in Wellington by an international expert visiting Victoria University.

Professor Maurice Obstfeld, the current Reserve Bank Professorial Fellow in Monetary and Financial Economics will consider the recent global financial crisis, and review patterns in the origins of crises in emerging and industrial countries, reasons why economists and policymakers have been surprised by the severity of the impacts in advanced economies, and proposals for future safeguards.

The Professorial Fellowship in Monetary and Financial Economics programme at Victoria University is funded by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand through the Victoria University Foundation.

Financial crises in the global economy
When: Thursday 27 June 2013; Reception: 5.30-6pm, Lecture: 6-7pm, followed by questions and comments
Where: Lecture Theatre 1, Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay (opposite the Beehive), Wellington

RSVP by Thursday 20 June.

About Professor Maurice Obstfeld
Maurice Obstfeld is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and has written extensively on international macroeconomics and finance.

Prior to joining Berkeley in 1991, Professor Obstfeld taught at Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. He has lectured around the world and has been a consultant for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Commission, the International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics, and numerous national central banks.

He received the 2004 Harms Prize from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, has served on the executive committee and as vice president of the American Economic Association, and is a Fellow of both the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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