Dr. Natacha Postel Vinay

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Natacha Postel-Vinay is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, specializing in economic history with a keen focus on financial crises and banking systems. Her research extensively examines bank risk-taking behaviors, banking crises, and crisis resolution from a historical perspective. She emphasizes regulations and corporate governance's influence on economic history, particularly the Great Depression. Natacha explores taxation, budget reforms, and their distributive implications while addressing how these factors relate back to banking governance issues. She manages extensive historical datasets and archives, applying a qualitative approach to her research. Natacha convenes a Masters course on Monetary Financial History, covering crucial developments from 1600 onwards, and teaches new MSc courses on Financial History. She has previously been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick. Noteworthy accolades include the Economic History Society's New Researcher Prize and nominations for LSE Teaching Excellence Awards. She is a CEPR Research Affiliate and engages with the public through various platforms, discussing the implications of banking crises and state responses to economic challenges.

Research Interests

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) • University of Warwick

Conducted research on economic history with a focus on banking crises.

Awards

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New Researcher Prize

Courses

Monetary Financial History History of Banking Systems

Requirements for London School of Economics

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Quantitative
Required:164
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Advanced Calculus Linear Algebra Econometrics and Statistics Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics