Professor Emeritus | Willis H. Booth Chair in Banking and Finance Emeritus
Economic Analysis & Policy | Sustainability
About
Ross Levine is the Willis H. Booth Chair in Banking and Finance Emeritus. He completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University earned his Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. He worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the World Bank, where he conducted and managed research and operational programs. His research focuses on two areas: how financial regulations and the operation of financial systems shape economic growth and economic prosperity more generally; and the cognitive and non-cognitive traits of successful entrepreneurs. His two most recent books, “Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern” and “Guardians of Finance: Making Regulators Work for Us,” stress that regulatory policies often stymie competition and encourage excessive risk-taking, with deleterious effects on living standards. Levine advises governments, central banks, regulatory agencies, and multilateral organizations.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Finance, Growth, and Economic Prosperity
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Regulation
- This is how San Franciscans spend their money today, San Francisco Chronicle, 06/20/2023
- Report: Regulators saw problems, but didn’t make Silicon Valley Bank fix them fast enough, Cal Matters, 05/05/2023
- After the collapse of 2 California banks, what can the state do?, Cal Matters, 05/05/2023
- FDIC proposes deposit insurance reforms in wake of bank failures, ABC7 News, 05/04/2023
- Busted banks wipe out $54 billion of stocks, bonds during turmoil, Bloomberg, 05/03/2023
- Silicon Valley Bank catered to tech companies. Will startups embrace it under new ownership?, San Francisco Chronicle, 03/28/2023
- Berkeley Haas School of Business’ Levine on banking crisis, Bloomberg TV, 03/27/2023
- Has the Silicon Valley Bank crisis been averted? Don’t be so sure, San Francisco Chronicle, 03/23/2023
- FDIC helped shore up SVB deposits after its failure. How far reaching is its power?, USA Today, 03/21/2023
- As First Republic stock gets hammered, big banks mull new rescue plan, San Francisco Chronicle, 03/20/2023
- Could First Republic’s collapse trigger a recession? Here’s what experts say, San Francisco Chronicle, 03/18/2023
- Big banks step in with $30 billion to save San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, KTVU, 03/16/2023
- Why didn’t regulators see Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse coming?, Mother Jones, 03/16/2023
- Bank failure, Berkeley Haas faculty raise concerns about systemic weaknesses in banking, UC Berkeley News, 03/16/2023
- Silicon Valley Bank collapse hurts campus students, startups, The Daily Californian, 03/15/2023