Vítor Constâncio: Understanding the driving forces behind systemic financial crises Speech by Mr Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, at the 2011 Bernácer Prize Award Ceremony in honour of Mr Lasse Heje Pedersen, Madrid, 28 June 2012.
*  *  *  Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to address a few words to you in honour of this year’s winner of the 2011 Bernácer Prize, Professor Lasse Pedersen from New York University.