Dr. Ethan Cohen-Cole Joins NERA Economic Consulting as Special Consultant
9 June 2010
New York -- NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, announced today that Dr. Ethan Cohen-Cole has joined the firm's Securities and Finance practice as a Special Consultant.
In addition to his role at NERA, Dr. Cohen-Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Department of the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. He is an expert in financial risk management, with particular focus on credit and operational risk, complex financial products, regulation, and consumer products.
"NERA is pleased to welcome Ethan to the firm," said Dr. Robert Mackay, Senior Vice President and Chair of NERA's Securities and Finance Practice. "Dr. Cohen-Cole's deep industry experience in financial economics and risk management will make him an invaluable resource to NERA clients."
Previously, Dr. Cohen-Cole was an economist and bank supervisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where he led quantitative reviews of large bank risk modeling efforts, served as a system quantitative expert on risk management and Basel II, and conducted supervisory reviews and/or provided consultative expertise in areas including interest rate risk/asset-liability management, securities lending, operational risk, economic capital, credit risk, and transfer pricing. He has also consulted with a number of companies on issues related to financial risk management.
Dr. Cohen-Cole has presented and published widely on the topics of consumer credit, banking and financial markets, and health economics. His work has appeared in publications including the American Law and Economic Review, the Journal of Health Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, and Economic Letters. He is a referee for multiple economic journals.
Dr. Cohen-Cole holds a BA in history from Harvard University, an MPA in public policy from Princeton University, and an MA and PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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