Peter Wierts is senior economist at the Dutch central bank (DNB) and associate professor of finance at VU University Amsterdam. Previously, he worked for the European commission (DG ECFIN; 2002-2005) and the Dutch ministry of finance (1996-2002). He studied monetary economics at the university of Groningen and has a PhD from the university of Reading. His publications appear in mostly in policy oriented journals, such as Economic Policy, International Journal of Central Banking, European Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Common Market Studies.
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Waterbed effects of macroprudential policies: Evidence on cross-sector substitution
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- EU policies 
- Financial Regulation and Banking
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Europe’s fiscal policy credibility problem
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- EU policies 
- Macroeconomic policy
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Fiscal planning in Europe: How to improve credibility?
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- EU institutions 
- Global crisis 
- Macroeconomic policy