Policy & Media
Policy work, columns and press coverage of research by Ata Can Bertay.
Much of my work is written for policymakers. I was lead author of two World Bank Global Financial Development Reports and have written analyses for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. My policy work, columns and press coverage are below.
Policy work
- Lead author, World Bank Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018 (Bankers without Borders) and 2019/2020 (bank regulation and supervision a decade after the global financial crisis).
- Studies and in-depth analyses for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (with Harry Huizinga), 2015–2026, on bank supervision and nonbank risks, bank profitability, NPL resolution, digital transformation, fit-and-proper rules and banking market integration.
- SIEPS European Policy Analysis on gender equality and regional growth in the EU, 2026.
- Consulting for the World Bank (including the Global Financial Development Analytics project), the EBRD and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Full list under Research.
Columns and blog posts
- “Market Discipline,” All About Finance, World Bank, 2019. Link
- “The revaluation of international banks following the crisis,” VoxEU, 2018. Link
- “The transmission of real estate shocks through multinational banks,” All About Finance, World Bank, 2017. Link
- “Eighteenth annual international banking conference: The future of large, internationally active banks,” All About Finance, World Bank, 2015. Link
- “Securitisation and growth: The collateral matters,” VoxEU, 2015; also covered in WSJ Pro Central Banking. Link
- “Is lending by state banks more stable over the business cycle?,” VoxEU, 2012. Link