Philippe Bacchetta
Professor
Economics
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Philippe Bacchetta is Professor of Economics at the University of Lausanne. He joined SFI in 2006, and has been an SFI Senior Chair since 2013. He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund on several occasions and has provided consultancy services at numerous central banks around the world.
Research Interest
International finance, financial crises, and monetary economics.
Publications
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The Great Recession: A Self-Fulfilling Global Panic, Ph. Bacchetta and E. van Wincoop, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, forthcoming.
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N°17-15: Gradual Portfolio Adjustment: Implications for Global Equity Portfolios and Returns, P. Bacchetta and E. Van Wincoop, 2017.
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N°17-25: The Sovereign Money Initiative in Switzerland: An Assessment, P. Bacchetta, 2017.