Originally from Regensburg (Bavaria), I joined QED in 2004 (short CV).
I am currently interested in
- Blockchain Economics
- Digital Payments and DeFi
- FinTech and financial market infrastructure (esp. privacy and open banking)
- Rethinking fiscal policy for macroeconomics
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November 27-29, 2024 -- Crypto Masterclass on DeFi (3rd edition), ECB-SSM (EUI/FBF)
November 25, 2024 -- Workshop on Financial Regulatory in Canada, CD Howe Institute
October 14-18, 2024 -- Lectures and Panel Discussion for Foundational Week, EU-SDFA (EUI/FBF)
October, 10-11, 2024 -- Discussion: Demand for Safety in the Crypto Ecosystem (by Terracino), FinTech and Digital Currencies Workshop (Gerzensee)
October 7-9, 2024 -- Digital Currency Academy, Executive Education (EUI/FBF)
June 3-6, 2024 -- Advanced DLT course, EU-SDFA (EUI/FBF)
May 15, 2024 -- Using Functional Shocks to Assess Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy in Canada (Canadian Journal of Economics)
May 6, 2024 -- Panel on "Access to Cash and Financial Services", Bank of Canada Workshop
April, 16-18, 2024 -- Crypto Masterclass on DeFi (2nd edition), ECB-SSM (EUI/FBF)
March 31, 2024 -- Report on Survey of Autoinsurance Brokers, FSRA
March 4-8, 2024 -- Cental Banking and Banking Supervision Executive Training, (EUI/FBF)
December 14, 2023 -- The Need for Speed: The Benefits of Faster Payments and How to Achieve Them, w/ Jeremy Kronick (CD Howe Commentary)
December 4-7, 2023 -- Keynote and Lectures for Foundational Week, EU-SDFA (EUI/FBF)
November 28-30, 2023 -- Crypto Masterclass on DeFi, ECB-SSM (EUI/FBF)
October 9-12, 2023 -- Keynote and Lectures for Foundational Week, EU-SDFA (EUI/FBF)
October 5, 2023 -- Panel on DLT/DeFi, CPMI/Iosco Workshop
September 1, 2023 -- Seminar at McGill, Finance, "A Theory of Decentralized Money Creation"
August 25, 2023 -- Understanding the DeFi Network through the Lens of a Production-Network Model w/ Jonathan Chiu, Hanna Yu and Shengxing Zhang (QED WP 1509)
August 15, 2023 -- Launch of Broker Survey, RIBO
June 13-16, 2023 -- Advanced Course on DLT, EU-SDFA (EUI/FBF)
June 7, 2023 -- One Day Workshop on DLT, ECB
June 3, 2023 -- Doug Purvis Memorial Prize for "The Consequences of the BoC's Ballooned Balance Sheet"
May 25-26 & 30, 2023 -- SSM Remote Masterclass: Cryptoassets
April 19, 2023 -- Using Functional Shocks to Assess Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy in Canada w/ Jeremy Kronick and James McNeil (QED WP 1499)
April 3-5, 2023 -- Digital Currencies Academy, EUI-FBF
March 31, 2023 -- Report on Vulnerability in the Autoinsurance Sector, FSRA
March 29-31, 2023 -- Crypto Assets and CBDC, Course at South African Reserve Bank
March 17, 2023 -- Seminar at Mount Allison, "Using Functional Shocks to Assess Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy in Canada"
March 3, 2023 -- Seminar at Wilfred Laurier, "Using Functional Shocks to Assess Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy in Canada"
December 1-5, 2022 -- SSM Remote Masterclass: Cryptoassets
December 1, 2022 -- Konrad Yakabuski on CD Howe Commentary
November 23, 2022 -- The Problem of the Bank of Canada's Ballooned Balance Sheet (Op Ed Financial Post)
November 22, 2022 -- The Consequences of the Bank of Canada's Ballooned Balance Sheet w/ Steve Ambler & Jeremy Kronick (CD Howe Commentary)
November 21, 2022 -- Market News Interview
November 16, 2022 -- Appointed Part-time Professor at Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (EUI)
November 6, 2022 -- Grasping De(centralized) Fi(nance) through the Lens of Economic Theory (Canadian Journal of Economics)
October 24, 2022 -- Lecture and Panel for Foundational Course EU-SDFA (EUI -- FBF)
October 23, 2022 -- The Economics of Cryptocurrency (Canadian Journal of Economics)
October 14, 2022 -- Discussion: An Economic Model of Consensus on Distributed Ledgers (Economics of Payments XI)
October 6, 2022 -- Seminar: PayTech and the DNA of BigTech (Board of Governors, Washington DC)
October-December, 2022 -- IADB: Course on Central Bank Digital Currencies (joint w/ Cyril Monnet)
September 1, 2022 -- Presentation: Future of Payments (RBC Senior Payments Leaders)
August 30, 2022 -- Lessons from the Yield Curve w/ Jeremy Kronick (CD Howe Commentary)
August 1, 2022 -- New Working Paper: PayTech and the D(ata) N(etwork) A(ctivities) of BigTech Platforms
May 31, 2022 -- Presentation: Lessons from the Yield Curve (CEA Annual Meetings)
May 26/27, 2022 -- Conference: Platforms and Data: Shaping the Future of Payments (joint with Bank of Canada)
April 26-28, 2022 -- Digital Currency Academy (at FBF)
April 8, 2022 -- New SSHRC Insight Grant "Payments and Privacy"
March 15, 2022 -- New Research Contract w/ FSRA "Vulnerable Consumers in the Auto Insurance Sector"
December 1, 2021 -- What Drives Bitcoin Fees? (Journal of Financial Markets Infrastructure)
November 22, 2021 -- David Parkinson on the DSM (Globe and Mail)
November 18, 2021 -- The 'Demand Stabilization Mechanism (DSM)' w/ Robin Boadway (CD Howe Commentary)
September 1, 2021 -- Appointed Dr. Robert McIntosh Faculty Fellow (Department of Economics, Queen's University)
The Economics of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin and Beyond (joint with Jonathan Chiu), Canadian Journal of Economics, 55, pp. 1762-1798
Blockchain-based Settlement for Asset Trading (joint with Jonathan Chiu), Review of Financial Studies, 32, pp. 1716-1753
Trading Dynamics with Adverse Selection and Search: Market Freeze, Intervention and Recovery (joint with Jonathan Chiu), Review of Economic Studies, 83, pp. 969-1000
Optimal Clearing Arrangements for Financial Trades (joint with Cyril Monnet and Ted Temzelides), Journal of Financial Economics, 103, pp. 189-203.
A Dynamic Model of Settlement (joint with Cyril Monnet and Ted Temzelides), Journal of Economic Theory, 142, pp. 233-246
Optimal Dynamic Risk Sharing When Enforcement is a Decision Variable, Journal of Economic Theory, 127, pp. 34-60