Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Why Innovate? Founding the Bank for International Settlements by Beth A. Simmons (Duke University), World Politics, April 1993.
- Bending and Bowing the BIS. Any Future for Path-Dependence? by Martin Marcussen (Copenhagen University), 2006.
- The Future of Central Bank Cooperation by Beth A. Simmons (Harvard University), November 2005.
- Central Bank Cooperation and the BIS: An Insider’s Perspective by Claudio Borio (BIS) and Gianni Toniolo (Università di Roma, Duke University and CEPR), June 2005.
- The Bank for International Settlements’ Report: Potential Global Crisis by Justine Davidson (Asia Economic Institute), AEI Exclusives, August 2007.
- The Role of the Bank for International Settlements in Shaping the World Financial System by Carl Felsenfeld (Fordham University School of Law) and Genci Bilali (Pinci & Associates), Journal of International Economic Law, 2004.
- Why the Bank for International Settlements is Establishing a Capital Charge Guideline for Operational Risk: The Australian Evidence by Christopher Viney (Deakin University), Informing Science, June 2002.
Bank for International Settlements Images
BIS Headquarters, Basel:
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The Bank for International Settlements member Central Banks:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYR), Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus the European Central Bank:
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Photo Collection of Central Bankers
Karl Otto Pöhl, President of the Federal Bank of Germany (1980-1991):
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F083630-0020 / Arne Schambeck; Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Left: Helmut Schlesinger, President of the Federal Bank of Germany (1991-1993); Right: Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Federal Bank of Germany (1993-1999)
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Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1987-2006):
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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2006-present):
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Wim Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank (1998-2003):
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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (2003-2011):
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Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (2011 to present):
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Axel A. Weber, President of the Federal Bank of Germany (2004-2011):
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Nout Wellink, President of the De Nederlandsche Bank (1997-2011):
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Lucas Papademos / Λουκάς Παπαδήμος, Governor of the Bank of Greece (1994-2002):
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John Exter, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (1950-1953):
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Alexander von Stieglitz / Александр Людвигович Штиглиц, First governor of the State Bank of the Russian Empire (1860-1866):
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Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada (2007 to present):
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David A. Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001-2007):
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Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank (2000-2010):
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Charles Sumner Hamlin, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1914-1916):
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress; Public domain
Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1934-1948):
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Émile Moreau, Governor of the Bank de France (1926-1930):
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G7 Finance Ministers, G7 Central Bank Governors, Heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank after their meeting in Singapore, September 16, 2006:
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: International Monetary Fund; Public domain
G7 Finance Ministers (front row) and Central Bank Governors (back row) during Meetings at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington April 11, 2008:
Front row (L-R): Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Italy's Finance Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Japan's Finance Minister Fukushirō Nukaga, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and Jean-Claude Juncker, Chairman of the Eurogroup. Back row (L-R): IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Bundesbank President Axel Weber, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and World Bank President Robert Zoellick:
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: IMF Staff Photograph / Stephen Jaffe; Public domain