Biography
Anton Korinek has been an assistant professor of economics at the University of Maryland since 2007, after receiving his PhD from Columbia University. His research focuses on international finance and macroeconomics, with special emphasis on financial crises. In his current work, he focuses on capital controls and macroprudential regulation as policy measures that are designed to reduce the risk of financial crises. Anton Korinek has won several fellowships and awards for this work. During the academic year 2011/12, he is on leave, visiting the IMF, the World Bank, and Harvard.
Areas of Interest:
international finance, macroeconomics, public finance