Women in Economics: Lucrezia Reichlin

CEPR is working in partnership with UBS to celebrate contributions of women in economics, with a series of portraits and video interviews on a dedicated website.
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The third economist to be featured in the series is Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics, London Business School. The first female director-general of research at the European Central Bank, Lucrezia is one of the pioneers of Big Data and co-founder of Now-Casting Economics. She has contributed to CEPR as Research Director, co-founder and scientist in charge of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN) and the first Chair of CEPR's Business Cycle Dating Committee (now member). |
You can find a list of all Lucrezia Reichlin's CEPR Discussion Papers here, including:
- Financial and Fiscal Interaction in the Euro Area Crisis: This Time was Different
- Exceptional policies for exceptional times: The ECB's response to the rolling crises of the Euro Area, and how it has brought us towards a new grand bargain
- Now-casting and the real-time data flow
- The ECB and the Interbank Market
Her VoxEU.org columns and videos are listed here and include:
- Low inflation for longer
- Reinforcing the Eurozone and protecting an open society
- Helicopter money as a policy option
- Strengths and weaknesses of European banking (video)
The CEPR/UBS video portraits of Lucrezia Reichlin, as well as those of all the other economists featured in the series, are available on our YouTube channel here
This programme shines a light on quality research and policymaking from female leaders in their field. "Women in Economics" will feature videos of prominent researchers discussing their work and insights. The content is designed to appeal to non-expert audiences as well as those with a deeper understanding of economics.
Founded on the UBS “Nobel Perspectives” concept, where, since 2015, UBS has been documenting the lives and work of Nobel Prize-winning economists, this partnership will highlight great economic minds and showcase the outstanding contributions they are making. The aspiration is to underline women’s contributions to the field of economics and inspire future generations.
