Events archive

Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

Is the world economy gaining momentum?

Oya Celasun (IMF)
24 April 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade underway, global output growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

Greece and the Euro Zone: The IMF perspective

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
European Studies Seminar

Ireland and Brexit

Lord Jay of Ewelme (House of Lords), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College)
6 March 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
This seminar will examine the consequences of Britain’s leaving the EU both for the Republic of Ireland and for Northern Ireland. It follows a seminar on Scotland and the EU held at the European... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

Aspects of the ECB’s monetary policy: State-of-play and future prospects

Iannis Mourmouras (Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece)
27 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Podcast
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
SEESOX

Does IMF conditionality lead to political illiberalism? A comparative South East European perspective

Merih Angin (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Saliha Metinsoy (Wadham College, Oxford), Alex Kentikelenis (Trinity College, Oxford)
15 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
SEESOX Seminar Series The rise of illiberalism in South East Europe The current European crises appear to have facilitated the (re-)emergence of illiberalism as a viable alternative for political... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

What does the FICC Standards Board do?

Mark Yallop (FICC Markets Standards Board)
13 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Podcast
Transcript of talk Individuals have been manipulating wholesale financial markets since at least the time of the Napoleonic War. The law courts are cluttered with repeated examples of abuse, which... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

Select aspects of financial engineering during the financial crisis, in retrospect

Andrew Wong (Stanford University/GIC)
30 January 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract ​Andrew Wong will discuss certain aspects of financial engineering prevalent prior to the crisis from a market risk (rather than a regulatory) point of view. Andrew Wong teaches at Stanford... Read more

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