Ivo Maes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1024052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ivo Maes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ivo |
| FAMILY NAME | Maes |
| SIGNATURE | MAES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Bank of Belgium |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Antonella Rancan and Francesco Sergi, Modelling Europe. A History of Multi-Country Models at the European Commission (1970-2005)
Robert Triffin’s analysis of the role of sterling in the international monetary system
Robert Triffin was one of the main protagonists in the international monetary debates in the post-war period. He became famous with his book Gold and the Dollar Crisis, published in 1960, in which he predicted the end of the Bretton Woods system. In his analysis there, Triffin was very much marked by the 1931 sterling devaluation and the breakdown of the gold exchange standard. In his view, the growth of foreign exchange reserves after World War …
Lucas Schramm, Crises of European Integration. Joining Together or Falling Apart? , Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Robert Triffin, Japan, and the Quest for Asian Monetary Union
Especially with the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, Asian countries have advocated a profound reform of the international financial architecture. Their proposals focused on two main axes: a reform of the global financial system, and stronger regional monetary integration in Asia. There are here significant parallels with the ideas of Robert Triffin (1911–1993). Triffin became famous with trenchant analyses of the vulnerabilities of the interna…
Applications of lessons from the history of economic thought to actual policy problems: Roundtable to celebrate the 25 th Eshet Conference at Padova, June 2022
The roundtable, convened to celebrate the 25th ESHET conference, asked how the history of economic thought can become relevant for actual economic policy. Schefold begins with methodological remarks and illustrates the general theme by showing how the policies of ordoliberalism involve a dialogue between postulates formulated in the past and revaluations made necessary by new conditions. Von Weizsäcker proposes an economic policy based on a new H…
Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe
Book Review| December 02 2022 Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe. Edited by Alexandre M. Cunha and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. vii; 434 pp. $159.99. Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Robert Triffin Chair, University of Louvain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy 10327379. https://doi.org/10.1215/…
Paul van Zeeland, a monetary economist between two worlds
This paper investigates how Paul van Zeeland, Prime Minister in the 1930s, became one of the most famous Belgian monetary economists. We discuss his early experiences in Belgium, his studies at Princeton with Kemmerer and his return to Europe as the first Head of the Economic Service of the National Bank of Belgium. We analyse his adherence to the gold standard, the quantity theory of money and the real bills doctrine. We mainly focus on his PhD …
Central Banking through the Centuries
Book Review| October 01 2019 Central Banking through the Centuries Central Banks at a Crossroads: What Can We Learn from History? Edited by Bordo, Michael D.; Eitrheim, Oyvind; Flandreau, Marc; Qvigstad, Jan F.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. xx; 698 pp. $171.00.Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking. Edited by Edvinsson, Rodney; Jacobson, Tor; Waldenström, Daniel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xviii; 50…
The European Payments Union and the Origins of Triffin’s Regional Approach toward International Monetary Integration
Robert Triffin (1911–1993) played an important role in the international monetary debates in the postwar period. He was known as one of the main advocates of a multipolar international monetary system. In this paper we analyze the origins of Triffin's "regional" approach toward international monetary integration. We argue that Triffin's experience with the European Payments Union (EPU) played hereby a crucial role. Triffin was not only an "archit…
The Evolution of Alexandre Lamfalussy’s Thought on European Monetary Integration, 1961-1993
La création de L’Institut monétaire européen qui a précédé la Banque centrale européenne, le 1 er janvier 1994, fut un moment clé dans le processus de l’intégration monétaire européenne. Nous nous attachons dans cet article aux efforts d’Alexandre Lamfalussy, le premier président, en faveur de celle-ci. Lamfalussy a poursuivi une triple carrière : comme banquier privé, comme gouverneur de banque centrale et comme universitaire. Sous l’influence d…
The Evolution of Alexandre Lamfalussy’s Thought on European Monetary Integration, 1961-1993
The establishment of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), the predecessor of the European Central Bank, on 1 January 1994, was a milestone in the process of European monetary integration. In this paper, we look at the work on European monetary integration of Alexandre Lamfalussy, its first president. Lamfalussy pursued a threefold career: as a private banker, a central banker and an academic. Partly under the influence of Robert Triffin, Lamfal…
Euros and Europeans, Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society
Germany and Italy: Conflicting policy paradigms towards European monetary integration
The Ascent of the European Commission as an Actor in the Monetary Integration Process in the 1960s
This paper discusses macroeconomic and monetary policy making at the European Commission in the 1960s. The Commission, in its analysis, focused strongly on economic imbalances in the Community, as they could threaten the common market project. In order to strengthen the system of economic governance of the Community, the Commission advocated an improved monetary cooperation, in line with the internal logic of the integration process. This contras…
Small States and the Creation of EMU: Belgium and the Netherlands, Pace-setters and Gate-keepers
It is often argued that economic and monetary union (EMU) was created due to the efforts and interests of larger Member States. This article argues that the Belgian and Dutch contributions indicate that small countries played a significant role in the creation of EMU. Both countries wanted to create a zone of monetary stability in Europe and as such have led the process by example. However, their conceptions of monetary stability were different. …
Comparing the Development of Economics during the Twentieth Century in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article discusses and compares the development of economics during the twentieth century in Belgium and the Netherlands. In Belgium the development of economics as a separate discipline started somewhat earlier than in the Netherlands. This was partly due to the workers' revolt of 1886 in the Walloon industrial areas. This event sent a shock wave through Belgian society that put an end to the country's traditional public policy of laissez-fa…
France and Italy's Policies on European Monetary Integration: A Comparison of ‘Strong’ and ‘Weak’ States
The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions
Research Article| December 01 1996 The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1996) 28 (Supplement): 245–276. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-28-supp-245 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon To…
Small States and the Creation of EMU: Belgium and the Netherlands, Pace-setters and Gate-keepers
It is often argued that economic and monetary union (EMU) was created due to the efforts and interests of larger Member States. This article argues that the Belgian and Dutch contributions indicate that small countries played a significant role in the creation of EMU. Both countries wanted to create a zone of monetary stability in Europe and as such have led the process by example. However, their conceptions of monetary stability were different. …
The Ascent of the European Commission as an Actor in the Monetary Integration Process in the 1960s
This paper discusses macroeconomic and monetary policy making at the European Commission in the 1960s. The Commission, in its analysis, focused strongly on economic imbalances in the Community, as they could threaten the common market project. In order to strengthen the system of economic governance of the Community, the Commission advocated an improved monetary cooperation, in line with the internal logic of the integration process. This contras…
France and Italy's Policies on European Monetary Integration: A Comparison of ‘Strong’ and ‘Weak’ States
Comparing the Development of Economics during the Twentieth Century in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article discusses and compares the development of economics during the twentieth century in Belgium and the Netherlands. In Belgium the development of economics as a separate discipline started somewhat earlier than in the Netherlands. This was partly due to the workers' revolt of 1886 in the Walloon industrial areas. This event sent a shock wave through Belgian society that put an end to the country's traditional public policy of laissez-fa…
The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions
Research Article| December 01 1996 The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1996) 28 (Supplement): 245–276. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-28-supp-245 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon To…
Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe
Book Review| December 02 2022 Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe. Edited by Alexandre M. Cunha and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. vii; 434 pp. $159.99. Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Robert Triffin Chair, University of Louvain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy 10327379. https://doi.org/10.1215/…
The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions
Research Article| December 01 1996 The Development of Economic Thought at the European Community Institutions Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1996) 28 (Supplement): 245–276. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-28-supp-245 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon To…
France and Italy's Policies on European Monetary Integration: A Comparison of ‘Strong’ and ‘Weak’ States
Small States and the Creation of EMU: Belgium and the Netherlands, Pace-setters and Gate-keepers
It is often argued that economic and monetary union (EMU) was created due to the efforts and interests of larger Member States. This article argues that the Belgian and Dutch contributions indicate that small countries played a significant role in the creation of EMU. Both countries wanted to create a zone of monetary stability in Europe and as such have led the process by example. However, their conceptions of monetary stability were different. …
Comparing the Development of Economics during the Twentieth Century in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article discusses and compares the development of economics during the twentieth century in Belgium and the Netherlands. In Belgium the development of economics as a separate discipline started somewhat earlier than in the Netherlands. This was partly due to the workers' revolt of 1886 in the Walloon industrial areas. This event sent a shock wave through Belgian society that put an end to the country's traditional public policy of laissez-fa…
Germany and Italy: Conflicting policy paradigms towards European monetary integration
The Ascent of the European Commission as an Actor in the Monetary Integration Process in the 1960s
This paper discusses macroeconomic and monetary policy making at the European Commission in the 1960s. The Commission, in its analysis, focused strongly on economic imbalances in the Community, as they could threaten the common market project. In order to strengthen the system of economic governance of the Community, the Commission advocated an improved monetary cooperation, in line with the internal logic of the integration process. This contras…
The Evolution of Alexandre Lamfalussy’s Thought on European Monetary Integration, 1961-1993
La création de L’Institut monétaire européen qui a précédé la Banque centrale européenne, le 1 er janvier 1994, fut un moment clé dans le processus de l’intégration monétaire européenne. Nous nous attachons dans cet article aux efforts d’Alexandre Lamfalussy, le premier président, en faveur de celle-ci. Lamfalussy a poursuivi une triple carrière : comme banquier privé, comme gouverneur de banque centrale et comme universitaire. Sous l’influence d…
The Evolution of Alexandre Lamfalussy’s Thought on European Monetary Integration, 1961-1993
The establishment of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), the predecessor of the European Central Bank, on 1 January 1994, was a milestone in the process of European monetary integration. In this paper, we look at the work on European monetary integration of Alexandre Lamfalussy, its first president. Lamfalussy pursued a threefold career: as a private banker, a central banker and an academic. Partly under the influence of Robert Triffin, Lamfal…
Euros and Europeans, Monetary Integration and the European Model of Society
The European Payments Union and the Origins of Triffin’s Regional Approach toward International Monetary Integration
Robert Triffin (1911–1993) played an important role in the international monetary debates in the postwar period. He was known as one of the main advocates of a multipolar international monetary system. In this paper we analyze the origins of Triffin's "regional" approach toward international monetary integration. We argue that Triffin's experience with the European Payments Union (EPU) played hereby a crucial role. Triffin was not only an "archit…
Central Banking through the Centuries
Book Review| October 01 2019 Central Banking through the Centuries Central Banks at a Crossroads: What Can We Learn from History? Edited by Bordo, Michael D.; Eitrheim, Oyvind; Flandreau, Marc; Qvigstad, Jan F.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. xx; 698 pp. $171.00.Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking. Edited by Edvinsson, Rodney; Jacobson, Tor; Waldenström, Daniel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xviii; 50…
Paul van Zeeland, a monetary economist between two worlds
This paper investigates how Paul van Zeeland, Prime Minister in the 1930s, became one of the most famous Belgian monetary economists. We discuss his early experiences in Belgium, his studies at Princeton with Kemmerer and his return to Europe as the first Head of the Economic Service of the National Bank of Belgium. We analyse his adherence to the gold standard, the quantity theory of money and the real bills doctrine. We mainly focus on his PhD …
Applications of lessons from the history of economic thought to actual policy problems: Roundtable to celebrate the 25 th Eshet Conference at Padova, June 2022
The roundtable, convened to celebrate the 25th ESHET conference, asked how the history of economic thought can become relevant for actual economic policy. Schefold begins with methodological remarks and illustrates the general theme by showing how the policies of ordoliberalism involve a dialogue between postulates formulated in the past and revaluations made necessary by new conditions. Von Weizsäcker proposes an economic policy based on a new H…
Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe
Book Review| December 02 2022 Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe. Edited by Alexandre M. Cunha and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. vii; 434 pp. $159.99. Ivo Maes Ivo Maes Robert Triffin Chair, University of Louvain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy 10327379. https://doi.org/10.1215/…
Robert Triffin, Japan, and the Quest for Asian Monetary Union
Especially with the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, Asian countries have advocated a profound reform of the international financial architecture. Their proposals focused on two main axes: a reform of the global financial system, and stronger regional monetary integration in Asia. There are here significant parallels with the ideas of Robert Triffin (1911–1993). Triffin became famous with trenchant analyses of the vulnerabilities of the interna…
Antonella Rancan and Francesco Sergi, Modelling Europe. A History of Multi-Country Models at the European Commission (1970-2005)
Robert Triffin’s analysis of the role of sterling in the international monetary system
Robert Triffin was one of the main protagonists in the international monetary debates in the post-war period. He became famous with his book Gold and the Dollar Crisis, published in 1960, in which he predicted the end of the Bretton Woods system. In his analysis there, Triffin was very much marked by the 1931 sterling devaluation and the breakdown of the gold exchange standard. In his view, the growth of foreign exchange reserves after World War …
Lucas Schramm, Crises of European Integration. Joining Together or Falling Apart? , Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Economics (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · European Monetary and Fiscal Policies (7 works) · International economics (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · European union (5 works) · Global Financial Crisis and Policies (5 works) · Keynesian economics (5 works)