Assistant Professor of Finance at @DesautelsMcGill (joining in August 2020)

Paris
Joined October 2013
While many of us are worrying about financial distress in the U.S., a group of the world's leading sovereign debt scholars have come up with a really clever strategy for creating a 12 month standstill for developing nations-- it deserves serious attention. cepr.org/sites/default/files…
Aaaaaand the ECB just did a copy and paste ! bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
The Swiss bank regulator (FINMA) does statistics like no one else. A quick story - to file under "Fat Tails Twitter".
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The Swiss bank regulator (FINMA) does statistics like no one else. A quick story - to file under "Fat Tails Twitter".
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What are the sectoral effects of social distancing? Here a short paper with @jnbarrot from @HEC and @juliensauvagnat from @Bocconi. Note in English: tinyurl.com/t7usr32 WP in English: tinyurl.com/wayq83e Press in French (@lemondefr ): tinyurl.com/sxat9tl
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My wife and I play this fun game during quarantine, it's called "Why Are You Doing It That Way?" and there are no winners
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Regulator Mark Calabria says Fannie and Freddie can go for 12 more weeks, but if widepared mortgage forbearance goes longer than that, they'll need another taxpayer bailout. They're levered 240:1 ft.com/content/575e818e-c35a… via @financialtimes
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This is wild. U.S. airlines are flying near-empty planes because the $2.2 trillion coronavirus package requires airlines to preserve their service capacity as of March 1 — even though this makes the airlines burn cash faster. theaircurrent.com/airlines/c…
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I'm having trouble concentrating on science animations right now, so instead here are some screenshots from my favourite document on the planet. These are taken from a 'work in progress' document from Pepsi's 2008 rebrand. Every figure is as incomprehensible as this one. 1/23
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Well, tomorrow I believe I will be posting the most shocking chart of my entire career. If UI claims jump as expected, they will look like this: epi.org/blog/coronavirus-rec… @aaronsojourner @paulgp
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Dans cette situation : A - Je me déporte sur l'autre voie B - Je ne bouge pas, je suis bien placé
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Ouch!!! "And 2014's Worst Currency Was...Bitcoin" bloombergview.com/articles/2…
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Gangnam Style breaks YouTube's counter: here's what humanity could have done instead: econ.st/1pXeCjP
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bloombergview.com/articles/2… A modern version of the Corn Laws controversies @Noahpinion
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Oculus CEO says consumer Oculus Rift VR headset is "months, not years" away tcrn.ch/1yfP5RT
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