Stijn Claessens

Head of Financial Stability Policy and Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economic Department

All BIS publications (21)

BIS Working Paper No 798 31 Jul 2019

How do bank-specific characteristics affect lending? New evidence based on credit registry data from Latin America

This paper focuses on the recent changes in banking systems and how bank-specific characteristics have affected credit supply…

Carlos Cantú

Stijn Claessens

and

Leonardo Gambacorta

Publication 5 Mar 2019

Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies

The BIS is launching a public, online and interactive repository of studies on the effects of financial regulations, called…

Frederic Boissay

Carlos Cantú

Stijn Claessens

and

Alan Villegas

BIS Working Paper No 749 1 Oct 2018

Whatever it takes. What's the impact of a major nonconventional monetary policy intervention?

We assess how a major, unconventional central bank intervention, Draghi's "whatever it takes" speech, affected lending…

Carlo Alcaraz

Stijn Claessens

Gabriel Cuadra

David Marques-Ibanez

and

Horacio Sapriza

BIS Working Paper No 747 28 Sep 2018

How do credit ratings affect bank lending under capital constraints?

Through the lens of credit risk ratings, we investigate how banks determine loan terms under capital constraints. Using a…

Stijn Claessens

Andy Law

and

Teng Wang

Publication 23 Sep 2018

Regulating cryptocurrencies: assessing market reactions

Cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate out of the reach of national regulation, but in fact their valuations,…

Raphael Auer

and

Stijn Claessens

Publication 23 Sep 2018

Fintech credit markets around the world: size, drivers and policy issues

Fintech credit has grown rapidly around the world in recent years, but its size still varies greatly across economies…

Stijn Claessens

Jon Frost

Grant Turner

and

Feng Zhu

BIS Paper No 95 12 Jan 2018

Frontiers of macrofinancial linkages

BIS Papers No 95: The Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-09 confirmed the vital importance of advancing our understanding of…

Stijn Claessens

and

M Ayhan Kose

BIS Working Paper No 687 9 Jan 2018

Searching for yield abroad: risk-taking through foreign investment in U.S. bonds

The risk-taking effects of low interest rates, now prevailing in many advanced countries, ("search-for-yield") are hard to…

John Ammer

Stijn Claessens

Alexandra Tabova

and

Caleb Wroblewski

BIS Working Paper No 676 21 Nov 2017

Asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes: a survey

This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major…

Stijn Claessens

and

M Ayhan Kose

and

Larry H P Lang

External publication 1 Jan 2005

Disentangling the incentive and entrenchment effects of large shareholdings

Stijn Claessens

Simeon Djankov

Joseph P H Fan

and

Larry H P Lang

External publication 1 Jan 2005

Policy approaches to corporate restructuring around the world: what worked, what failed?

Stijn Claessens

External publication 1 Jan 2005

Contagion: understanding how it spreads

Yung-Chul Park

Stijn Claessens

and

Rudi Dornbusch

External publication 1 Jun 2004

What drives bank competition? Some international evidence

Stijn Claessens

and

Luc Laeven

External publication 1 Apr 2004

The case for GDP-indexed bonds: discussion

Stijn Claessens

External publication 1 Jan 2004

Economic crisis and corporate restructuring in Korea: reforming the chaebol

Stijn Claessens

All speeches (2)

Speech 11 Jul 2023

Collateral damage

Article by Mr Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, Mr Stijn Claessens, Head of Financial…

Claudio Borio

Stijn Claessens

Andreas Schrimpf

and

Nikola Tarashev

Speech 8 Jun 2022

Finance and climate change risk: managing expectations

Article by Mr Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, Mr Stijn Claessens, Deputy Head of the…

Claudio Borio

Stijn Claessens

and

Nikola Tarashev

Green finance

All videos (4)

01:01:59

Policy panel: Bringing data protection, competition policy and financial regulation together

Video 7 Oct 2021

Policy panel: Bringing data protection, competition policy and financial regulation together

Chair: Stijn Claessens (Head of Financial Stability Policy, BIS) Alberto Bacchiega (Director – Financial Services,…

Stijn Claessens

12:06:18

Stijn Claessens speaks about the BIS's anniversary volume Promoting Global Monetary and Financial Stability

Video 18 Dec 2020

Stijn Claessens speaks about the BIS's anniversary volume Promoting Global Monetary and Financial Stability

A recently published volume to mark the BIS's 90th anniversary has been included on this year's Yicai – J.P. Morgan…

Stijn Claessens

00:01:45

Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies

Video 5 Mar 2019

Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies

The BIS launches a public, online and interactive repository of studies on the effects of financial regulations, called FRAME.

Stijn Claessens

01:43:40

Regulation and structural change in financial systems

Video 28 Jun 2016

Regulation and structural change in financial systems

Hyun Song Shin discusses Claessen's paper "Regulation and structural change in financial systems", emphasising two key messages…

Hyun Song Shin

and

Stijn Claessens

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Stijn Claessens

Head of Financial Stability Policy and Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economic Department

All BIS publications (21)

How do bank-specific characteristics affect lending? New evidence based on credit registry data from Latin America

Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies

Whatever it takes. What's the impact of a major nonconventional monetary policy intervention?

How do credit ratings affect bank lending under capital constraints?

Regulating cryptocurrencies: assessing market reactions

Fintech credit markets around the world: size, drivers and policy issues

Frontiers of macrofinancial linkages

Searching for yield abroad: risk-taking through foreign investment in U.S. bonds

Asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes: a survey

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How important are financial markets in spurring growth and investment?

Finance and volatility

The separation of ownership and control in east Asian corporations

Disentangling the incentive and entrenchment effects of large shareholdings

Policy approaches to corporate restructuring around the world: what worked, what failed?

Contagion: understanding how it spreads

What drives bank competition? Some international evidence

The case for GDP-indexed bonds: discussion

Economic crisis and corporate restructuring in Korea: reforming the chaebol

All speeches (2)

Collateral damage

Finance and climate change risk: managing expectations

All videos (4)

Policy panel: Bringing data protection, competition policy and financial regulation together

Stijn Claessens speaks about the BIS's anniversary volume Promoting Global Monetary and Financial Stability

Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies

Regulation and structural change in financial systems

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