Luigi Zingales (Chicago Booth) speaks at the ESM

"The Lesson from Italian Non-Performing Loans"

Luigi Zingales is the Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a faculty research fellow for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research fellow for the Center for Economic Policy Research, and a fellow of the European Governance Institute. He is also an editorialist for Il Sole 24 Ore, the Italian equivalent of the Financial Times. Zingales also serves on the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, which has been examining the legislative, regulatory, and legal issues affecting how public companies function. His research has earned him the 2003 Bernácer Prize for the best young European financial economist.

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the Luxembourg School of Finance (LSF) announce the launch of a new, joint seminar series for th 2019/2020 academic year. The ESM is the permanent stability mechanism of the euro area and provides, where needed, financial assistance to euro area Member States. The LSF is the Department of Finance of the Faculté de Droit, d’Economie et de Finance at the Université du Luxembourg. The ESM and the LSF have developed many shared topics of interest in the field of macro-finance and financial economics. The goal of this seminar series is to invite prominent researchers in those fields to present their work in Luxembourg and to meet local researchers. The seminars are held over lunchtime and are open to the public. The location alternates between the ESM and the LSF.

"The Lesson from Italian Non-Performing Loans" is the first seminar in the ESM - LSF joint seminar series. A light lunch will be provided to registered participants. If you would like to attend, please write an email to esm_lsf_seminar@uni.lu