IE Business School Professor Fernando FernáNdez, Takes Part In The Economic Forum By “El Norte De Castilla”

The third meeting of the “FORO ECONOMICO” by “EL NORTE DE CASTILLA” will take place on May 25th with a lecture given by Fernando Fernández, a Professor of Economics at IE Business School, on “How to avoid 10 years of economic immobilism”. It will take place from 09:30am to 11:00am at the Hotel Los Arcos (Pº Ezequiel González, 26) in Segovia.

Fernando Fernández

Professor Fernandez joined IE Business School as Professor of Economics in September 2009. His professional development, which reflects his personal interests, has led him to explore all the different Economics’ fields. He started as a scholar fully dedicated to teaching and research; afterwards he worked in international economic policy at the IMF, in the banking arena at Santander Group, in international consulting and as Rector of private universities. Within all these fields Fernando has kept a constant premise: his concern for economic and social development and for acting with the highest scientific and professional rigor in the formulation of economic policies, financial activities or business strategies. Dr. Fernandez conceives Economics as a science in the service of freedom and human progress. As a science, Economics requires empirical contrast, analytical rigor and clarity of exposition. As a welfare engine, it requires the participation of economists in public debates, in shaping public opinion.

His research started in the field of Labor Economics, where he focused in the determinants of Female labor participation, investment in human capital and wage determination. He moved on afterward to monetary and international issues such as the inflationary consequences of indexation mechanisms, liberalization of capital movements, privatization policies, the relationship between exchange rate and monetary policies, efficiency and regulation of the international financial system, competition policy and the single market or education reform. Two additional lines of work have been the analysis of current economic developments and the internationalization of Spanish companies - its causes, consequences and strategies-.

His current professional interests focus on international economic developments, financial sector reform, including international regulation and supervision, the quality of economic regulation and liberalization policies.

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