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Education
BA, economics and history, Binghamton University
Ph.D., economics, Northwestern University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1978
1978 - present Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1999 - 2001 Chief Economist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC
1995 - 97 Chair, Finance Group, Haas School of Business
1991 - 92 Economist, Federal Reserve Board
1990 - 91 Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers
External Service and Assignments
- Member, advisory board: North American Economics and Finance Association
- Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors, Cal State
9 Credit Union
- Economic and financial consulting
Current Research and Interests
- Banking: mergers and acquisitions, cost reductions by consolidation,
lending and bank capital, effects of
economic conditions on banks, small
business and banking
- Business conditions:
Federal Reserve monetary policy and
interest rates, unemployment and
inflation, consumer spending, outlook for the economy
- Conversions:
mutual-to-stock conversions of financial
institutions, credit union failures and losses, credit union cost and profit performance
Selected Papers and Publications
- "Bank Safety and Soundness and the Structure of Bank Supervision: A Cross-Country Analysis" (with James R. Barth, Luis G. Dopico, Daniel E. Nolle), International Review of Finance, v. 3, no. 3&4, 2002, pp. 163-188.
- "The Increasing Integration and Competition of Financial Institutions and of Financial Regulation," Resarch in Finance, v. 22, edited by Andrew H. Chen, Elsevier Press: 2005, pp. 215-238.
- "Failures and Insurance Losses of Federally-Insured Credit Unions: 1971-2004," Filene Research Institute and the Center for Credit Union Research, Madision, WI, 2005, p. 7-111.
- "Credit Union Conversions to Banks: Facts, Incentives, Issues and Reforms," Filene Research Institute, Madison, WI, 2006, pp. 1-104.
- "Housing, Credit Constraints, and Macro Stability: The Secondary Mortgage Market and Reduced Cyclicality of Redisential Investment" (with Joe Peek), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, v. 96, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 135-140.
Teaching
- UGBA 101B - Macroeconomics
Honors and Awards
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching,
1996-97
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-95
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching,
1986-87
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