Portrait of Francesc Rodriguez Tous

Francesc Rodriguez Tous

Senior Lecturer in Banking

Bayes Business School, Finance

Contact

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Room BR5062, Bunhill Row

Postal address

City St George's, University of London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Francesc received his PhD in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona. He has previously worked at the Bank of England, Deutsche Bundesbank, and Banco de España.

Francesc's research is about banking, with a particular focus on banking regulation and systemic risk.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Languages

Catalan; Valencian and Spanish; Castilian.

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Banking
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation

Research

1st supervisor

Publications

Chapter

  1. Rodriguez, F., Arqué, G. and Argimon, I. (2011). Regulating Remuneration Schemes in Banking. In Cannata, F. and Quagliariello, M. (Eds.), Basel III and Beyond A Guide to Banking Regulation After the Crisis ISBN 978-1-906348-60-1.

Journal articles (5)

  1. Acosta‐Smith, J., Ferrara, G. and Rodriguez‐Tous, F. (2025). Bank Capital Regulation and Derivatives Clearing. International Journal of Finance & Economics. doi:10.1002/ijfe.3104.

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Peydró, J.-.L., Rodriguez-Tous, F., Tripathy, J. and Uluc, A. (2024). Macroprudential Policy, Mortgage Cycles, and Distributional Effects: Evidence from the United Kingdom. The Review of Financial Studies, 37(3), pp. 727–760. doi:10.1093/rfs/hhad070.

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Abbassi, P., Iyer, R., Peydró, J.-.L. and Tous, F.R. (2016). Securities trading by banks and credit supply: Micro-evidence from the crisis. Journal of Financial Economics, 121(3), pp. 569–594. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.05.005.
  4. Argimon, I., Castells, G.A. and Tous, F.R. (2012). Does the intensity of prudential regulation affect banks? Evidence from the 2007-2009 crises. Journal of Governance and Regulation, 1(3), pp. 14–26. doi:10.22495/jgr_v1_i3_p2.

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Peydro, J.-.L., Rodriguez Tous, F., Tripathy, J. and Uluc, A. Macroprudential Policy, Mortgage Cycles and Distributional Effects: Evidence from the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3613803.

    [publisher’s website]

Working paper

  1. Ferrara, G., Acosta Smith, J. and Rodriguez Tous, F. (2018). The Impact of the Leverage Ratio on Client Clearing.