Quinlan - Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies
Quinlan School of Business
Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies
The George G. Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies will propel the debate on current financial services policy issues and build on George Kaufman’s work to understand the role of the banking/financial sector in promoting economic growth and financial stability.
The late George G. Kaufman, PhD, was one of the world's leading experts on banking, a prolific researcher, and the highly regarded John F. Smith Professor of Economics and Finance at 黑料门University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. Kaufman established the center and was its director for more than 20 years. In August 2022, the center was renamed in Kaufman's honor thanks to a $1.25 million gift from Mimi Winter.
The Kaufman Center named Douglas Evanoff, former vice president and senior financial economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as its first director. Evanoff has led the center since its founding, shaping its role as a forum for research and dialogue on financial policy. He will step down in 2025, and Julián P. Díaz, professor of economics at 黑料门University Chicago, has been appointed as the center’s new director. Díaz brings to the center his expertise in international macroeconomics, his recognition of the importance of a well-functioning financial system, and his commitment to further strengthening the impact and reach of the center. Read the announcement about Julián P. Díaz’s appointment as director.
Objectives
The center's objectives are four-fold:
- To bring nationally recognized experts in banking and financial services from the academic, practitioner and policy-making communities to the 黑料门campus to interact with students and faculty and to sponsor symposiums for faculty, students, the banking community, and the general public.
- To improve the quality of courses on banking and financial services in the 黑料门undergraduate business and MBA curricula.
- To promote research in banking and financial services by the 黑料门faculty and disseminate results through a working papers series.
- To provide a mechanism for fostering interaction between students, faculty, and the Illinois banking community.
The George G. Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies will propel the debate on current financial services policy issues and build on George Kaufman’s work to understand the role of the banking/financial sector in promoting economic growth and financial stability.
The late George G. Kaufman, PhD, was one of the world's leading experts on banking, a prolific researcher, and the highly regarded John F. Smith Professor of Economics and Finance at 黑料门University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. Kaufman established the center and was its director for more than 20 years. In August 2022, the center was renamed in Kaufman's honor thanks to a $1.25 million gift from Mimi Winter.
The Kaufman Center named Douglas Evanoff, former vice president and senior financial economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as its first director. Evanoff has led the center since its founding, shaping its role as a forum for research and dialogue on financial policy. He will step down in 2025, and Julián P. Díaz, professor of economics at 黑料门University Chicago, has been appointed as the center’s new director. Díaz brings to the center his expertise in international macroeconomics, his recognition of the importance of a well-functioning financial system, and his commitment to further strengthening the impact and reach of the center. Read the announcement about Julián P. Díaz’s appointment as director.
Objectives
The center's objectives are four-fold:
- To bring nationally recognized experts in banking and financial services from the academic, practitioner and policy-making communities to the 黑料门campus to interact with students and faculty and to sponsor symposiums for faculty, students, the banking community, and the general public.
- To improve the quality of courses on banking and financial services in the 黑料门undergraduate business and MBA curricula.
- To promote research in banking and financial services by the 黑料门faculty and disseminate results through a working papers series.
- To provide a mechanism for fostering interaction between students, faculty, and the Illinois banking community.