Sergii Kiiashko Named Clausen Ukraine Fellow

Sergii Kiiashko Named Clausen Ukraine Fellow

Sergii Kiiashko, an assistant professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and a senior researcher at the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis of the National Bank of Ukraine, has been named the Clausen Center Ukraine Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic year. The fellowship, part of a joint effort by the UC Berkeley Department of Economics and the Haas School of Business, is designed to support Ukrainian business and economics scholarship during the ongoing war. The program is coordinated by Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics Yuriy Gorodnichenko.

Kiiashko’s research interests include macroeconomics and international economics, with a focus on economic policy during crises. He received his doctorate in 2018 from Princeton University.

Mathilde Muñoz Wins WTO 2022 Essay Award for Young Economists

Mathilde Muñoz Wins WTO 2022 Essay Award for Young Economists

The winner of the 2022 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Mathilde Muñoz of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of California, Berkeley. Her paper, “Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job Posting Policy”, was ranked first by the Selection Panel. She was presented with her prize of CHF 5,000 at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group in Groningen (the Netherlands) on 8 September 2022. Muñoz is an affiliated faculty member with the Clausen Center.

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Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Named IMF Economic Counsellor

Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Named IMF Economic Counsellor

Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced its intention to appoint the Faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, as its new Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, starting January 24, 2022. Pierre-Olivier writes: “I am deeply honored to be appointed as the IMF’s Economic Counsellor. I look forward very much to working with my new IMF colleagues to navigate many of the important global economic issues of our times. I also want to express my deepest thanks to UC Berkeley for making it possible for me to serve in this position.” Please refer any media enquiries to media@IMF.org.
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Small business failures in Europe would have doubled without pandemic relief, analysis finds

Small business failures in Europe would have doubled without pandemic relief, analysis finds

An analysis of 17 countries in Europe and Asia found that the COVID-19 crisis hit small- and medium-sized businesses hard: In the absence of government support, the 2020 bankruptcy rate would have almost doubled to 18% on average, with even higher rates in the hardest hit sectors and countries, researchers found.

Government interventions in most countries has cushioned some of the blow, and despite the severity of the shock, the banking sector showed resiliency. Banks did not appear to be significantly impacted by the rise in loan defaults, according to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper co-authored by Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas.

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The Economic and Business Implications of Covid-19

The Economic and Business Implications of Covid-19

Through their research, Clausen Center faculty and visiting scholars are addressing the economic and business implications of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as policy approaches that may help lessen the damage to the global economy. The links below will take you to the articles, interviews, and working papers covering these topics. Please check back frequently for new updates.