Thorsten Beck
Professor of Economics, Tilburg University
Thorsten Beck is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the European Banking Center at Tilburg University. Before joining Tilburg University in 2008, he worked at the Development Research Group of the World Bank. His research and policy work has focused on international banking and corporate finance and has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics and Journal of Economic Growth. His operational and policy work has focused on Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. He is also Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London and a Fellow in the Center for Financial Studies in Frankfurt. He studied at Tübingen University, Universidad de Costa Rica, University of Kansas and University of Virginia.
Latest Posts:
- The Future of Banking
- How to Deepen Financial Systems in Africa: All financial sector policy is local
- Safeguarding Africa's Financial Systems: Learning the right lessons from the financial crisis
- Lengthening Financial Contracts in Africa
- Expanding Financial Services in Africa: Exploiting new opportunities with a sense of realism
- Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and Beyond
- Bank Competition and Stability: Cross-Country Heterogeneity
- Which Households Use Banks? And Does Bank Privatization Make a Difference?
- Cross-border Banking in Europe: Implications for Financial Stability and Macroeconomic Policies
- Does Competition Make Banking More Dangerous?
