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Charles Wyplosz

Affiliation: Graduate Institute, Geneva; and CEPR

Charles Wyplosz is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva; where he is Director of the International Centre for Money and Banking Studies. Previously, he has served as Associate Dean for Research and Development at INSEAD and Director of the PhD program in Economics at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales in Paris. He has also been Director of the International Macroeconomics Program at CEPR.

His main research areas include financial crises, European monetary integration, fiscal policy, economic transition and current regional integration in various parts of the world. He is the co-author of a leading textbook on Macroeconomics and on European economic integration. He was a founding Managing Editor of the review Economic Policy.

He serves on several boards of professional reviews and European research centres. Currently a member of the Group of Independent Economic Advisors to the President of the European Commission, and of the Panel of Experts of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, as well as a member of the “Bellagio Group”, Charles Wyplosz is an occasional consultant to the European Commission, the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. He has been a member of the “Conseil d’Analyse Economique” which reports to the Prime Minister of France, of the French Finance Minister’s “Commission des Comptes de la Nation” and has advised the governments of the Russian Federation and of Cyprus.

He holds degrees in Engineering and Statistics from Paris and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

Visit: Graduate Institute, Geneva




Charles Wyplosz's Latest Articles | 12

Eurozone: Why does the crisis linger, deepen and spread?

Jan 3, 2012| 1

Another year, and the Eurozone crisis lingers on. This column asks why, and discusses what can be done. It proposes a solution that can be achieved without the pain... Read »

Reaction to the Eurozone Crisis Talks: Getting there, Slowly Though

Dec 8, 2011| 

The night of Thursday 8 December saw a meeting to save the euro. Judging by reactions Friday morning, there is some way yet to go, but this column argues that Europe... Read »

Do Eurozone Leaders Finally ‘Get It’? Not Quite Yet

Dec 5, 2011| 

This week’s announcements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ECB President Mario Draghi that the Eurozone is taking steps towards a closer fiscal union seem... Read »

Public debt in the Eurozone, Japan, and the U.S.

Sep 16, 2011| 

Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding while Japanese and US debt problems are on hold. The problem of public debt in advanced economies will be with us for decades.... Read »

Is the Worst of Europe’s Crisis Behind Us? Or Yet to Come?

Jan 5, 2011| 

This column looks at 2011 and argues that the Eurozone crisis offers a unique chance to correct the “dreadful mismanagement” of the past year. 2010 was a dreadful... Read »

The European Debt Crisis: Worrisome Delusions

Dec 20, 2010| 

Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi – Member of the ECB’s Executive Board – has produced a brilliant defence of the no-default strategy currently pursued by the Eurozone... Read »

The Eurozone Slides Into a Vicious Cycle

Dec 4, 2010| 

The Eurozone crisis is not over. This column argues that the bailout of Greece and the €750 billion Special Purpose Vehicle set up in May 2010 was the first step... Read »

Can the Eurozone’s Stability and Growth Pact be Made to Work?

Oct 4, 2010| 

This column argues that the European Commission’s reform proposals for the pact include some good ideas but many bad ones. If adopted, it says the pact will not... Read »

The Debt Crisis is Unlikely to Go Away

May 13, 2010| 1

Markets liked the European Stabilisation Mechanism but a closer look shows that the money is announced but not available. When markets realise this, they may do... Read »

And Now? A Dark Scenario

May 3, 2010| 

Eurozone members, the IMF, and the ECB have announced significant commitments to assist debt-laden Greece. This column outlines a dark scenario in which the plan... Read »

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