Goetz von Peter

Goetz von Peter

Senior Economist
Monetary and Economic Department, Financial Markets

Since joining the BIS in 2004, Goetz von Peter has worked as an economist in the various research units of the Monetary and Economic Department. He has written on financial crises, international banking, interbank markets and network analysis, as well as natural catastrophes and global (re)insurance. Goetz is also a regular contributor to the BIS Quarterly Review, with a focus on current financial market developments and the BIS international banking statistics. From 2009 to 2011 he served the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) and coordinated various working groups in that capacity. Goetz holds a PhD in economics from Columbia University, and an MSc and BSc from the London School of Economics.


Fields of interest

  • Financial stability and macro-prudential issues
  • International capital flows
  • Economic development / Latin America

Selected Publications

  • Rescue packages and bank lending, forthcoming in Journal of Banking and Finance [2011, with M Brei and L Gambacorta]
  • The US Dollar Shortage in Global Banking and the International Policy Response, forthcoming in International Finance [2010, with P McGuire]
  • After the Global Financial Crisis: from International to Multinational Banking? Journal of Economics and Business [2011, with R McCauley and P McGuire]
  • Resolving the Financial Crisis: are the Lessons from the Nordics being heeded?, Moneda y Crédito, Vol. 230 [2010, with C Borio and B Vale]
  • Asset Prices and Banking Distress: a Macroeconomic Approach, Journal of Financial Stability, Vol. 5(3), pp. 298-319 [2009]

BIS Research papers

Date Research papers
Dec 2012

Natural catastrophes and global reinsurance - exploring the linkages

BIS Quarterly Review December 2012

Other authors: Sebastian von Dahlen

Dec 2012

Unmitigated disasters? New evidence on the macroeconomic cost of natural catastrophes

Working Papers No 394

Other authors: Sebastian von Dahlen and Sweta C Saxena

Nov 2011

Rescue packages and bank lending

Working Papers No 357

Other authors: Michael Brei and Leonardo Gambacorta

Oct 2010

Interbank tiering and money center banks

Working Papers No 322

Other authors: Ben Craig

Jun 2010

Resolving the financial crisis: are we heeding the lessons from the Nordics?

Working Papers No 311

Other authors: Claudio Borio and Bent Vale

Mar 2010

The architecture of global banking: from international to multinational?

BIS Quarterly Review March 2010

Other authors: Robert N McCauley and Patrick McGuire

Oct 2009

The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response

Working Papers No 291

Other authors: Patrick McGuire

Mar 2009

The US dollar shortage in global banking

BIS Quarterly Review March 2009

Other authors: Patrick McGuire

Jun 2008

International banking activity amidst the turmoil

BIS Quarterly Review June 2008

Other authors: Patrick McGuire

Dec 2007

International banking centres: a network perspective

BIS Quarterly Review December 2007