Mathias Drehmann’s main expertise lies in financial stability questions, macroprudential regulation and addressing procyclicality, where his research provided the basis for the countercyclical capital buffer adopted under Basel III. Mathias has widely published in academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Financial Intermediation and the Journal of Banking and Finance. He has participated in several international working groups of the Basel Committee, the Committee on the Global Financial System and the Financial Stability Board. Before joining the BIS, Mathias was a research manager at the Bank of England and a Senior Expert at the European Central Bank. He received a PhD from the University of Bonn and the London School of Economics, as part of the European Doctoral Program for Quantitative Economics.
Fields of Interest:
- Financial stability and macroprudential issues
- Business cycles and growth
- Financial institutions and microprudential issues (including banking supervision)