Sophie Claeys, Ph.D.
Research Department
Sveriges Riksbank
SE-103 37 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: + 46 8 787 04 31
Fax: + 46 8 21 05 31
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Fields
Empirical banking.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Ghent University, 2006.
M.Sc., Economics, University College London, 2002.
B.A., Economics, Ghent University, 2001.
Publications in refereed journals
“Determinants of Bank Interest Margins in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparison with the West.”, Economic Systems, forthcoming (with Rudi Vander Vennet, Ghent University). pdf
"Bank supervision Russian style: Evidence of conflicts between micro- and macro- prudential concerns", Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming (with Koen Schoors, Ghent University). pdf
Work in progress
“Acquisition versus Greenfield. The Impact of the Mode of Foreign Bank Entry on Information and Bank Lending Rates.” (with Christa Hainz, LMU). In progress.
"The sequence of bank liberalization: Financial repression versus capital requirements in Russia." (with Koen Schoors and Rudi Vander Vennet, Ghent University). In progress.
Other publications
"Foreign Banks in Eastern Europe: Mode of Entry and Effects on Bank Interest Rates", in: Liebscher, Klaus, Christl, Josef, Mooslechner, Peter and Ritzberger-Grünwald, Doris (eds.), Financial Development, Integration and Stability in Central, Evidence from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Edgar Elgar, Cheltenham, 305-321, November 2006, with Christa Hainz.