“Thor is a leading expert in matters of macroeconomics, monetary policy and financial markets,” remarked Robson.
March 28, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Thorsten Koeppl, Associate Professor and RBC Fellow at Queen's University, as a Fellow-in-Residence and the Institute’s Scholar in Financial Services and Monetary Policy.
“Thor is a leading expert in matters of macroeconomics, monetary policy and financial markets,” remarked Robson. “He has made many valuable contributions to the Institute’s research program and to Canadian public policy and we look forward to continuing this productive partnership.”
Dr. Koeppl’s most recent Institute report, co-authored with James MacGee, is entitled “Mortgage Insurance as a Macroprudential Tool: Dealing with the Risk of a Housing Market Crash in Canada.”
In addition to his work at Queen’s, he has served as an advisor to the Bank of Canada and several other policy institutions in matters of financial market organization, regulation and intervention. In 2011, he received the Bank of Canada’s Governors Award for his research on financial market infrastructure.
He has degrees in management and in economics from the Universities of Eichstaett/Ingolstadt and Basle, and received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2002.
For more information please contact: James Fleming of the C.D. Howe Institute at 416-865-1904; email: jfleming@cdhowe.org.
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