Prof. Yvan Lengwiler
SFI Faculty Member, Professor of Economics, University of Basel
Yvan Lengwiler is Professor of Economics at the University of Basel. He has published articles on general equilibrium theory, asset pricing, and auction theory in the American Economic Review, Economic Theory, the Journal of Monetary Economics, amongst other publications. Prior to joining the University of Basel he was Economic Adviser at the Swiss National Bank. From 2012 to 2019 he was member of the board of the financial market supervisory authority of Switzerland FINMA.
Expertise
Professor Lengwiler’s research covers monetary policy and financial market regulation. He has founded the SNB Observatory to stimulate independent and scientifically grounded public discussion of SNB policies. He has researched the ECB’s collateral policy and is currently studying the market of AT1 bonds issued by banks. Other interests concern the term structure of interest rates and auctions.
Expertise Fields
- Financial Markets
- Central Banks and Monetary Policy
- Financial Crises
- Systemic Risk and Regulation
- Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
- Asset Pricing
- Fixed Income
- Financial Institutions
- Banks
- Independent Asset Managers
- Institutional Investors and Funds
- Insurance Companies
- Pension Funds
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Financial Risk and Risk Management
- Frontier Topics
- Big Data and Fintech