Benjamin Cohen
Special Adviser on International Financial Stability Policy
Monetary and Economic Department, Research & Statistics
Prior to his present position, Benjamin worked as a senior economist in the financial markets and monetary policy units at the BIS, and in the secretariats of the Financial Stability Board, the Financial Stability Forum and the Committee on the Global Financial System. From 2003 to 2005 he was a senior economist in the Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.
Fields of interest
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Financial markets
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Financial institutions and micro-prudential issues (incl. banking supervision)
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Financial stability and macro-prudential issues
Selected Publications
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"The unfolding turmoil of 2007-2008: Lessons and responses" (with Eli Remolona), in Paul Bloxham and Christopher Kent, eds, Lessons from the Financial Turmoil of 2007 and 2008 (Sydney: Reserve Bank of Australia, 2008), pp. 7-22.
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"Information flows during the Asian crisis: Evidence from closed-end funds" (with Eli Remolona), Journal of International Money and Finance, June 2008, Vol 27, pp 636-653.
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"Currency choice in international bond issuance", BIS Quarterly Review, June 2005, pp 53-66.
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"Measuring liquidity black holes" (with Hyun Shin), chapter 7 in Avinash D Persaud, ed, Liquidity Black Holes: Understanding, Quantifying and Managing Financial Liquidity Risk (London: Risk Books, 2003), pp 123-138.
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"Derivatives, volatility and price discovery", International Finance, vol 2, no. 2 (July 1999), pp 167-202.
