financial stability, and banking supervision. His research focuses on banking and international finance issues, and has been widely published in top academic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. His research output ranks among the top 150 economists globally according to RePEC. Other activities Research Fellow, Financial Economics Programme, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, 2009–present. Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), 2006–2016. Managing Editor, International Journal of Central Banking, 2020–present. Co-Editor, International Journal of Central Banking, 2016–2019. Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Stability, 2018–present. Associate Editor, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2013–present. Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2013–present. Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2012–present. Awards Recipient of the 2014 Rising Star in Finance Award, jointly awarded by Stern School of Business of New York University, Fordham University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Selected publications Books Systemic Risk, Crises, and Macroprudential Regulation. By Xavier Freixas, Luc Laeven and José-Luis Peydró. Cumberland: MIT Press, 2016. Deposit Insurance Around the World Issues of Design and Implementation. By Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, Edward J. Kane and Luc Laeven. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Systemic Financial Crises: Containment and Resolution. By Patrick Honohan and Luc Laeven. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2005).(pb, 2012) Deposit Insurance Around the Globe: Where Does It Work? By Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, Edward J. Kane and co-eds .Washington, DC: World Bank, Development Research Group, Finance, 2001. Journal articles "Bank Leverage and Monetary Policy’s Risk-Taking Channel: Evidence from the United States". J. Finance 2017, 72 (2): 613–654. With Dell’Ariccia, Giovanni and Suarez, Gustavo doi:10.1111/jofi.12467. "A Lost Generation? Education Decisions and Employment Outcomes during the Housing Boom-Bust Cycle of the 2000s". Am. Econ. Rev. 2016, 106 (5): 630–635. With Popov, Alexander. doi:10.1257/aer.p20161085. "Does the Geographic Expansion of Banks Reduce Risk?". J. Fin. Econ. 2016, 120 (2): 346–362. With Goetz, Martin and Levine, Ross. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.01.020. "Bank Valuation and Accounting Discretion During a Financial Crisis". J. Fin. Econ. 2012, 106 (3): 614–634. With Huizinga, Harry. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.06.008. "Flight Home, Flight Abroad, and International Credit Cycles". Am. Econ. Rev. 2012, 102 (3): 219–224. With Giannetti, Mariassunta. doi:10.1257/aer.102.3.219. "The Flight Home Effect: Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market During Financial Crises". J. Fin. Econ. 2012, 104 (1): 23–43. With Giannetti, Mariassunta. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.12.006. "Bank Governance, Regulation, and Risk Taking". J. Fin. Econ. 2009, 93 (2): 259–275. With Levine, Ross. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.09.003. "Political Connections