The Fragility of Financial Systems

Douglas W. Diamond, Philip H. Dybvig, Bengt R. Holmström, Isabel Schnabel, Young Scientist tba; Moderator: Antoinette Schoar

Wednesday, 27 August 2025
11:30 - 13:00 CEST

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Douglas W. Diamond
University of Chicago, United States of America

Philip H. Dybvig
Washington University in St Louis, United States of America

Bengt R. Holmström
Massachussetts Institute of Technology, United States of America

Isabel Schnabel
European Central Bank, Germany

Young Scientist tba

Moderator: Antoinette Schoar
Massachussetts Institute of Technology, United States of America


Abstract

The panel will focus on the path breaking research underlying the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. The work by Bernanke, Diamond, and Dybvig advances our understanding of the importance of banks for economic growth and welfare, but also their inherent role in creating fragility in the financial systemic. Financial crises have played a large role in shaping the economy of the 21st century, and the panel will also discuss the impact of their theoretical insights for financial regulation and central banks dealing with financial crises.

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