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| Working Paper Number |
Author |
Title |
Date |
| WP2004-2 |
Nicholas M. Kiefer and C. Erik Larson |
Evaluating Design Choices in Economic Capital Modeling: A Loss Function Approach |
9/2004 |
| WP2004-1 |
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr., and Daniel E. Nolle |
Comparative International Characteristics of Banking |
1/2004 |
| WP2003-2 |
Jason Dietrich |
Under-specified Models and Detection of Discrimination in Mortgage Lending |
3/2003 |
| WP2003-1 |
Dennis Glennon and Amos Golan |
A Markov Model of Bank Failure Estimated Using an Information-Theoretic Approach |
3/2003 |
| WP2002-2 |
James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle, Triphon Phumiwasana, Glenn Yago |
A Cross-Country Analysis of the Bank Supervisory Framework and Bank Performance |
9/2002 |
| WP2002-1 |
Gary Whalen |
Charter Flips by National Banks |
6/2002 |
| WP2001-5 |
Gary Whalen |
The Impact of the Growth of Large, Multistate Banking Organizations on Community Bank
Profitability |
12/2001 |
| WP2001-4 |
Douglas D. Robertson |
A Markov View of Bank Consolidation: 1960-2000 |
9/2001 |
| WP2001-3 |
Jason Dietrich |
How Low Can You Go? An Optimal Sampling Strategy for Fair Lending Exams |
8/2001 |
| WP2001-2 |
Jason Dietrich |
The Effects of Choice-based Sampling and Small-sample Bias on Past Fair Lending Exams |
6/2001 |
| WP2001-1 |
Jason Dietrich |
Missing Race Data in HMDA and the Implications for the Monitoring of Fair Lending
Compliance
|
3/2001 |
| WP2000-10 |
Jonathan Jones, William W. Lang, Peter Nigro |
Recent Trends in Bank Loan Syndications: Evidence for 1995 to 1999
|
12/2000 |
| WP2000-9 |
Karen Furst, William W. Lang, and Daniel E. Nolle |
Internet Banking: Developments and Prospects
|
9/2000 |
| WP2000-8 |
Gary Whalen |
The Risks and Returns Associated with the Insurance Activities of
Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking Organizations
|
9/2000 |
| WP2000-7 |
Gary Whalen |
Interstate Banking, Branching, Organization Size, and Market Rivalry
|
7/2000 |
| WP2000-6 |
Michael A. Sullivan |
Discrete-Time Continuous-State Interest Rate Models
|
4/2000 |
| WP2000-5 |
James R. Barth, R. Dan Brumbaugh Jr. and James A. Wilcox |
The Repeal of Glass-Steagall and the Advent of Broad Banking
|
4/2000 |
| WP2000-4 |
William W. Lang and Douglas Robertson |
Analysis of Proposals for a Minimum Subordinated Debt Requirement
|
3/2000 |
| WP2000-3 |
Peter A. Abken |
An Empirical Evaluation of Value at Risk
by Scenario Simulation |
3/2000 |
| WP2000-2 |
Douglas Robertson, Jim Cambruzzi, Kevin Jacques, Peter Nigro,
Bill Pate, Hugh Rich, and Art Steele |
Large Bank Retirement Services: A Comparative Practices Study |
2/2000 |
| WP2000-1 |
James Kolari, Dennis Glennon, Hwan Shin, and Michele Caputo |
Predicting Large U.S. Commercial Bank Failures |
1/2000 |
| WP99-2 |
James H. Gilkeson and Mitchell Stengel |
Factors Influencing a Firm's Adoption of New Reporting Requirements:
SFAS 122 and Mortgage Servicers |
12/99 |
| WP99-1 |
Bernard Shull |
The Separation of Banking and Commerce in the United States: an Examination
of Principal Issues |
4/99 |
| WP98-2 |
Gary Whalen |
The Securities Activities of the Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banks: Evidence on Risks
and Returns |
2/98 |
| WP98-1 |
Robert DeYoung, Joseph P. Hughes, and Choon-Geol Moon |
Regulatory Distress Costs and Risk-Taking at U.S. Commercial Banks |
1/98 |
| WP97-13 |
Gordon J. Alexander, Jonathan D. Jones, and Peter J. Nigro |
Mutual Fund Shareholders: Characteristics, Investor Knowledge, and Sources of
Information |
12/97 |
| WP97-12 |
James H. Gilkeson and Gary E. Porter |
Large Retail Time Deposits and U.S. Treasury Securities (1986-95): Evidence of a
Segmenting Market |
7/97 |
| WP97-11 |
Joseph P. Hughes, William W. Lang, Loretta J. Mester, and Choon-Geol Moon |
Recovering Technologies That Account for Generalized Managerial Preferences: An
Application to Banks That Are Not Risk-Neutral |
6/97 |
| WP97-10 |
John Leusner, Jalal D. Akhavein and P.A.V.B. Swamy |
Solving an Empirical Puzzle in the Capital Asset Pricing Model |
6/97 |
| WP97-9 |
Gary Whalen |
The Competitive Implications of Safety Net- Related Subsidies |
5/97 |
| WP97-8 |
James Overdahl, Henry McMillan |
Another Day, Another Collar: An Evaluation of the Effects of NYSE Rule 80A on Trading
Costs and Intermarket Arbitrage |
3/97 |
| WP97-7 |
Robert DeYoung, Iftekhar Hasan, and Bruce Kirchhoff |
Out-of-State Entry and the Cost Efficiency of Local Commercial Banks |
4/97 |
| WP97-6 |
James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle, Tara N. Rice |
Commercial Banking Structure, Regulation, and Performance: An International Comparison
|
3/97 |
| WP97-5 |
Jennifer L. Eccles, John J. Feid |
Two Deposit Insurance Funds: In the Public Interest? |
2/97 |
| WP97-4 |
Ronnie J. Phillips, P.A.V.B. Swamy |
Par Clearance in the Domestic Exchanges: The Impact of National Banknotes |
2/97 |
| WP97-3 |
Robert DeYoung, Iftekhar Hasan |
The Performance of De Novo Commercial Banks |
2/97 |
| WP97-2 |
Karin Roland |
Profit Persistence in Large U.S. Bank Holding Companies: An Empirical Investigation |
1/97 |
| WP97-1 |
Gary Whalen |
Bank Organizational Form and the Risks of Expanded Activities |
1/97 |
| WP96-2 |
Robert DeYoung |
A Diagnostic Test for the Distribution-Free Efficiency Estimator: An Example Using
U.S. Commercial Bank Data |
11/96 |
| WP96-1 |
J.S. Butler, Barry Schachter |
Improving Value-at-Risk Estimates by Combining Kernal Estimation with Historical
Simulation |
8/96 |
| WP95-5 |
Allen N. Berger, Robert DeYoung |
Problem Loans and Cost Efficiency in Commercial Banks |
12/95 |
| WP95-4 |
Gary Whalen |
Out-of-State Holding Company Affiliation and Small Business Lending |
09/95 |
| WP95-3 |
Mitchell Stengel, Dennis Glennon |
Evaluating Statistical Models of Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Bank-Specific
Analysis |
05/95 |
| WP95-2 |
Robert DeYoung, Daniel E. Nolle |
Foreign-Owned Banks in the U.S: Earning Market Share or Buying It? |
04/95 |
| WP95-1 |
Daniel E. Nolle |
Banking Industry Consolidation: Past Changes and Implications for the Future |
04/95 |
| WP94-8 |
Christopher Beshouri, Peter Nigro |
Securitization of Small Business Loans |
12/94 |
| WP94-7 |
Mike Carhill |
Information and Accuracy in Interest-Rate-Risk Simulation |
10/94 |
| WP94-6 |
Kevin Jacques, Peter Nigro |
Risk-Based Capital, Portfolio Risk and Bank Capital: A Simultaneous Equations Approach
|
09/94 |
| WP94-5 |
Daniel E. Nolle |
Are Foreign Banks Out-Competing U.S. Banks in the U.S. Market? |
05/94 |
| WP94-4 |
Gary Whalen |
Wealth Effects of Intraholding Company Mergers: Evidence from Shareholder
Returns |
05/94 |
| WP94-3 |
Robert DeYoung |
Fee-Based Services and Cost Efficiency in Commercial Banks |
04/94 |
| WP94-2 |
Dennis Glennon, Mitchell Stengel |
An Evaluation of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Study of Discrimination in
Mortgage Lending |
04/94 |
| WP94-1 |
Robert DeYoung |
X-Efficiency and Management Quality in Commercial Banks |
01/94 |
| WP93-1 |
Robert DeYoung |
Determinants of Cost Efficiencies in Bank Mergers |
08/93 |
