We study the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on access to consumer credit since 1999 using an individual-level panel and three distinct identification strategies: a regression discontinuity design centered on a CRA-eligibility cutoff; a comparison of neighboring census blocks; and...

We study the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on access to consumer credit since 1999 using an individual-level panel and three distinct identification strategies: a regression discontinuity design centered on a CRA-eligibility cutoff; a comparison of neighboring census blocks; and...

We investigate the empirical relationship between macroeconomic risk, bank liquidity, and bank risk surrounding the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act. We propose that bank risk and liquidity are positively related as macroeconomic risk increases, and that this effect is particularly...

Part I: Theory Of Banking Regulation And International Financial Standards -- Chapter 1: The Case for Banking Regulation -- Chapter 2: Key Aspects of Public International Financial Law – International Financial Standards -- Chapter 3: Key Institutional Aspects of the International Financial...

This paper is part of the PHARE-ACE research project (No 96-6009-R), entitled: "The Future of Banking Supervision and Regulation in selected transitional economies in relation to European Monetary Union". The working paper examines how different CEECs (Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic) are...