Peter Wierts

Senior economist at the Dutch central bank (DNB) and associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,

Peter Wierts is senior economist at the Dutch central bank (DNB) and associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Over the past years, his work has focused on developing macro-prudential policy, both at DNB and internationally. This includes the development of financial stability mandates, macro-prudential instruments and the policy framework. He is a member of the Instruments Working Group of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and a lead author of the 2014 ESRB Flagship report on macro-prudential policy. He earned his PhD in economics at the University of Reading.

Previously, Peter worked for the ESRB (short-term secondment, 2013), the European Commission (DG ECFIN; 2002-2005) and the Dutch Ministry of Finance (1996-2002). His publications appear in policy oriented journals such as Economic Policy, International Journal of Central Banking, European Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Common Market Studies.

 

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