Rafael Repullo

Short Biography

Rafael Repullo is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) in Madrid, Spain. He holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. He is Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the European Economic Association, Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and member of the European Academy. He has been President of the Spanish Economic Association, Executive Vice-President of the Econometric Society, Chair of the Scientific Council of the Toulouse School of Economics, and Co-Editor of the International Journal of Central Banking. 

Selected publications

Selected Publications

Monetary Policy, Macroprudential Policy, and Financial Stability (with David Martinez-Miera)
Annual Review of Economics, 11 (2019), pp. 809-832.

Hierarchical Bank Supervision
SERIEs – Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 9 (2018), pp. 1-26.

Search for Yield (with David Martinez-Miera)
Econometrica, 85 (2017), pp. 351-378.

Cyclical Adjustment of Capital Requirements: A Simple Framework
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 22 (2013), pp. 608-626.

The Procyclical Effects of Bank Capital Regulation (with Javier Suarez)
Review of Financial Studies, 26 (2013), pp. 452-490.

Does Competition Reduce the Risk of Bank Failure? (with David Martinez-Miera)
Review of Financial Studies 23 (2010), pp. 3638-3664.

Mitigating the Procyclicality of Basel II (with Jesús Saurina and Carlos Trucharte)
Economic Policy 64 (2010), pp. 659-702.

Economic and Regulatory Capital in Banking: What is the Difference? (with Abel Elizalde)
International Journal of Central Banking 3 (2007), pp. 87-117.

Liquidity, Risk-Taking, and the Lender of Last Resort
International Journal of Central Banking 1 (2005), pp. 47-80.