Education
Danthine studied economics at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1976 at Carnegie Mellon University.
Danthine studied economics at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1976 at Carnegie Mellon University.
He has published numerous articles and books He then researched and lectured at various universities, including Columbia University, University of Southern California, the University of Laval in Québec and the Aix-Marseille University in France. From 1980 to 2009, Danthine was professor of macroeconomics and financial economics at Higher Education Commission Lausanne.
From 1996 to 2005 he was managing director of the International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering (FAME) in Geneva.
In 2006 he took over the management of the newly founded Swiss Finance Institute until 2009. He was research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (Centre for Economic Policy Research) in London.
In 2012 he was appointed vice president of the board.
Danthine was elected at the beginning of 2010 as a member of the board of the Swiss National Bank.