Keynote Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Niepelt zum Thema:
CBDC — makroökonomische oder politische Risiken?
WEIS[S]ER SALON, 13.09.2021

The research policy network on Fintech and Digital Currencies has an ever-expanding list of issues for its researchers. Dirk Niepelt of the University of Bern, RPN director, explains what’s top of the agenda for central banks and policymakers, and how the RPN can influence their decisions.

Presenting "Monetary Policy with Reserves and CBDC: Optimality, Equivalence, and Politics"

Presenter: Dirk Niepelt (University of Bern)
Discussant: David Andolfatto (FRB St Louis)
Moderator: Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli (International Monetary Fund)

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In this SUERF-Baffi Bocconi Webinar, which took place on 4 Dec 2020, Morten Bech, Centre Head – Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub, and Ulrich Bindseil, Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, ECB, gave presentations on current work within their institutions on the development of CBDC. Dirk Niepelt, Professor at the University of Bern and Director of the Study Center Gerzensee, moderated an extensive and lively Q&A session with the over 200 participants.

Themes covered:
– What drives recent increased momentum towards CBDC?
– What are the key problems/challenges and opportunities related to CBDC?
– Who would decide about the introduction of CBDC in the euro area and elsewhere?
– How will CBDC affect banks’ business models?
– Will CBDC mean the end of privacy?
– Will, and

This SUERF Baffi Bocconi e-lecture hosted Katrin Assenmacher, ECB, and Dirk Niepelt, University of Bern, to discuss Libra 2.0 from a monetary policy and financial stability perspective and to set Libra 2.0 in relation to the concept of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). After the two presentations the speakers answered live to questions posed in the chat. Moderator: Donato Masciandaro, Bocconi University. Idea and scientific design: Ernest Gnan, OeNB and SUERF.

This lecture series is about "Digital Money and Central Bank Digital Currency" with Dr. Prof. Dirk Niepelt, Director of Study Centre Gerzensee, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank. Associate Professor University Bern.

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Central banks already issue digital money, but only to a select group of financial institutions. Central bank digital currency would extend this to households and firms. This column examines the proposal for such currency and assesses the opportunities and risks. It argues that while preparations for the launch of Libra have not proceeded according to plan, it has become clear that for central banks, maintaining the status quo is not an option.

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Prof. Dr. Dirk Niepelt is Associate Professor at the University of Bern and Director of Study Center

This lecture series is about “Digital Money and Central Bank Digital Currency” with Dr. Prof. Dirk Niepelt, Director of Study Centre Gerzensee, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank. Associate Professor University Bern. About Central banks already issue digital money, but only to a select group of financial institutions. Central bank digital currency would extend this …

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Über die Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf Renten und Löhne, Börsen und die Nationalbank haben wir mit dem Ökonomen Dirk Niepelt von der Universität Bern ein Interview geführt. Erfahren Sie in unserem Newsroom #lilAktuell noch mehr News, spannende Stories und nützliche Tipps von Valiant Bank: https://www.valiant.ch/lilaktuell Es ist uns wichtig Ihnen den bestmöglichen und vor allem …

Public Versus Private Digital Money: Macroeconomic (ir)relevance.

Dirk Niepelt is Director of the Study Center Gerzensee and Professor at the University of Bern. A research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London), CESifo (Munich) research network member and member of the macroeconomic committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he served on the board of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics and was a visiting professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. Dirk Niepelt received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and holds a licentiate and doctorate from the University of St. Gallen. Previous to joining the Study Center, he was assistant professor at IIES. Before

Public Versus Private Digital Money: Macroeconomic (ir)relevance. Dirk Niepelt is Director of the Study Center Gerzensee and Professor at the University of Bern. A research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London), CESifo (Munich) research network member and member of the macroeconomic committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he served on the …

Webinar about the potential impacts of the Swiss Vollgeldinitiative and other instances of the Chicago plan on banking and finance. Speakers are Prof. Dirk Niepelt (Uni Bern) in Zürich and Ron Rimkus CFA (CFA Institute) in the US.

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