with M. A. Muñoz
Journal of Financial Intermediation
forthcoming
About
I am a senior economist in the monetary policy division at De Nederlandsche Bank. Previously, I worked at the European Central Bank on the digital euro.
Research interests
Central bank digital currency
Financial intermediation
Fiscal and monetary policy in the euro area
Education
PhD in Economics
University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute
MPhil in Economics
Tinbergen Institute
BSc in Applied Mathematics
BSc in Economics
University of Rhode Island
Research
Publications
with E. Perotti
European Journal of Political Economy, 2026
Under review
with B. Meller
Journal of Banking and Finance
2nd round R&R
Working papers
Digital Euro Preferences Across the Euro Area: Adoption, Holdings, and Waterfall Usage
with T. Garcia, A. Giovannini, C. Lambert and C. Pancaro
ECB Working Paper Series
forthcoming
SSRN working paper, 2022
Policy publications
R. Adalid, A. Álvarez-Blázquez, K. Assenmacher, L. Burlon, M. Dimou, C. López-Quiles, N. Martín Fuentes, B. Meller, P. Radulova, C. Rodriguez d’Acri, T. Shakir, G. Šílová, O. Soons and A. Ventula
ECB Occasional Paper No. 293, 2022
with A. Born, C. Lambert, B. Nguyen, D. Staunton and A. van der Kraaij
ECB Macroprudential Bulletin No. 33, 2026
with K. Assenmacher
CEPR, Frontiers of Digital Finance, 2025
with C. Lambert, B. Meller, C. Pancaro, A. Pellicani, P. Radulova and A. van der Kraaij
ECB Occasional Paper No. 346, 2024
with F. van Overbeek
DNB Analysis, 2023
with C. Koutny, J. v. Luckner and F. Warner
FEPS Policy Study, 2022
In Dutch
with E. Perotti
Economisch Statistische Berichten 107(4812), 2022
Economisch Statistische Berichten 105(4781), 2020
Activities
Refereeing
Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Economics and Statistics
Conferences
Organiser
Lead organiser, DNB–Bruegel conference “Taking Stock: 25 Years of EMU”, Amsterdam 2023
Discussant
“Interlinking payment systems and trade flows”, ESCB Research Cluster 2 Annual Workshop 2026
M. Ferrari Minesso, L. Lebastard and O. Triay Bagur
“Managing the transition to central bank digital currency”, CEPR Frankfurt Hub Conference 2024
K. Assenmacher, M. Ferrari Minesso, A. Mehl and M. S. Pagliari
“Implications of Financial Architecture Change”, Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance 2024
D. Niepelt
“CBDC design and bank runs in non-cashless society: information channel”, Central Bank Research Association 2023
S. Priazhkina
“Bitcoin and Ethereum: Coming Together?”, Portuguese Finance Network 2021
P. Bação, A. Portugal Duarte and H. Sebastião
“The European Monetary Union after Covid-19”, ERMEES 2021
A. van Riet
“Monetary policy, Productivity, and Market Concentration”, Nederlandse Economendag 2020
A. Colciago and R. Silvestrini
“Monetary policy effects in times of negative interest rates”, Nederlandse Economendag 2020
J. Bats, M. Giuliodori and A. Houben
Book panel on The Politics of Monetary Solidarity by Waltraud Schelkle, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies 2019