Régis Breton
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Régis Breton is scientific advisor at the financial stability directorate of the Banque of France since 2013. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Paris X, a master degree in economics and an engineering degree from École Polytechnique. He joined the Banque of France in 2010, initially as an economist in the Macro-finance division. Prior to joining the Banque of France he held a post-doctoral visiting position at the London School of Economics, and was a CNRS research fellow at the University of Orléans. His research covers various topics in financial intermediation and banking, financial stability, monetary economics, and imperfect information in financial markets.
Current Position
Scientific advisor, Financial Stability Directorate
Previous Position
Economist, Macro-Finance division (2010-2012) CNRS researcher, LEO - Université d’Orléans (2003 – 2010) Visiting scholar, FMG – London School of Economics (2002 – 2003)
Diploma
Ph.D. In Economics, University of Paris X (2002) – Master in Economics (D.E.A.), École Polytechnique-EHESS- University of Paris X (1997) - École Polytechnique (1993-1996)
Research Interest
Financial intermediation and banking, Monetary economics, Imperfect information, Financial markets
Contact
+33 (0)1 42 92 38 22
Banque de France, 35-1537 DGSO – DSF, 75049 Paris Cedex 01, France
Securitization, Competition and Monitoring
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Currency Union with and without Banking Union
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April 2012
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A smoke screen theory of financial intermediation
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Articles
- Currency Union with or without Banking Union (2019), with Vincent Bignon and Mariana Rojas Breu, International Economic Review, 60, p. 965-1003.
- La relation firme-analyste explique-t-elle les erreurs de prévision des analystes ? (2017), avec Sébastien Galanti, Christophe Hurlin et Anne-Gaël Vaubourg, Revue Economique 68, pp. 1033-1062.
- Reforming the structures of the EU banking sector: Risks and challenges (2015), with Laurent Clerc, Bankers, Markets and Investors, 135, pp. 37-48, mars-avril.
- Securitization, competition, and monitoring (2014), with Jung-Hyun Ahn, Journal of Banking and Finance, 40, pp. 195-210.
- Banks, Moral Hazard, and Public Debts (2012), avec Caroline Pinto et Pierre-François Weber, Banque de France - Revue de la Stabilité Financière N°16, pp. 58-70.
- Titrisation, concurrence et rente bancaire (2010), avec Jung-Hyun Ahn, Revue Économique, 61(3), pp. 431-440.
- Intermédiation, diversification et dissimulation d’information (2005), Revue Économique, 56(3), pp. 765-775.
- Note sur l'Origine de la Monnaie dans les Modèles de Search (2003), avec Vincent Bignon, Revue Économique 54(3), pp. 465-474.
- Financial System and Modes of Corporate Control (2003), avec Michel Aglietta, in Corporate Governance : An Institutionalist Approach, R. Cobbaut and J. Lenoble Eds., Kluwer Law International, 2003.
- Does the “New Economy” change the frontiers of the large corporation ? (2002), avec Bruno Amable et Xavier Ragot, Louvain Economic Review 68(1-2), pp. 1-17, 2002.
- Financial systems, corporate control, and capital accumulation (2001), avec Michel Aglietta, Economy and Society 30(4), pp. 433-466, 2001.
- Intermédiation et Structure des Marchés (2001), avec Vincent Bignon, Revue d’Économie Politique 111(3), pp. 401-422.
- Vieillissement démographique et transferts internationaux d’épargne (2001), avec l'équipe INGENUE, Revue d’Économie Politique, Hors Série, pp.195-214, février 2001.
- Economie et démographie mondiales au XXIe siècle: le nombre et le savoir (2000), avec l'équipe INGENUE, L’Année de la Régulation 4, pp. 275-304.
Other
- Interbank Market and Central Bank Policy, (2016), with Jung-Hyun Ahn, Régis Breton and Antoine Martin, Staff Reports 763, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Does soft information matter? An application of gravity models to financial analysts' forecasts (2011), avec Sébastien Galanti, Christophe Hurlin et Anne-Gaël Vaubourg, Document de Recherche du LEO n°2011-16.
- Robustness of Equilibrium Price Dispersion in Finite Market Games (2011), avec Bertrand Gobillard, Working Paper TSE No. 308.
- Intermédiation, diversification et dissimulation d’information (2005), Document de Recherche du LEO n°2005-02.
- Accounting Transparency and the cost of capital (2004), avec Vincent Bignon, Breton, Document de Recherche du LEO n°2004-06.
- Middlemen as a Separating Device (2001), avec Vincent Bignon, Documents du CREA 04-2001.
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