Ralf Meisenzahl
Vice President and Director of Financial Research
About
Ralf Meisenzahl is a vice president and the director of financial research in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on financial intermediation, linkages between finance and the real economy, and economic history. His work has been published in several academic journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. He currently serves as co-editor in chief of Explorations in Economic History. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Banking, Economics and Finance Association (IBEFA) and an editorial board member of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.
Before joining the Chicago Fed in August 2019, Meisenzahl served as principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board. He received a diploma in economics from University of Mannheim and a Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University.
