Events archive
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Caroline Atkinson (Former Head of Global Policy at Google)
12 June 2018 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF
Abstract: The post-World War 2 economic doctrine that guided the West -- international cooperation in line with a global market system of rules largely defined by United States and its allies -- has... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Poul Thomsen (IMF)
22 March 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Poul M. Thomsen is the Director of the IMF’s European Department. He is currently in charge of the IMF’s programs with Greece and Portugal, and also oversees the work of other country teams,... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Iannis Mourmouras (Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece)
27 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
State of play: targets and instruments of the ECB’s policy Inflation targeting 15 years on The limits of unconventional negative rates The ECB’s Quantitative Easing Emergency Liquidity Assistance... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Gazi Erçel (Former Governor, Central Bank of Turkey)
2 May 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In association with SEESOX During the last four decades, Turkey has been hit hard by five financial crises of which three were “homemade” and two originated globally. Despite the lack of an effective... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Adam Bennett (St. Antony’s College), Robin McConnachie (Oxford Analytica; former senior Bank of England official)
30 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The first part of this presentation reviews the record, in a quantitative manner, of IMF programs in Southeastern Europe (not including Greece) over the past ten years. It also examines the evolving... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Russell Kincaid (Associate of PEFM; former senior IMF official)
19 October 2015 - 6:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
ABSTRACT The Troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund, has “bailed out” troubled euro-area members—Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Cyprus. This ad hoc... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Please see programme
16 October 2015 - 3:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
An afternoon to formally commemorate our dear friend and colleague Max Watson, founder of PEFM, and long-standing associate of SEESOX. There will be an afternoon of tributes to him and his work, at... Read more