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The cost of Federal Reserve membership for Kansas banks
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1970)The purpose of this paper is to suggest a method soundly based in theory by which costs of meeting the most restrictive reserve requirements prescribed by the Federal Reserve may be approximated by the use of readily ... -
The deficient treatment of money in basic undergraduate texts, a comment by Samuel C. Webb
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Physician goals: impact on hospital performance
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 1989-01-01)Controversy prevails concerning the relative superiority of for-profit versus not-for-profit hospitals. Presented here are three variations to each of two basic theoretical models that contrast performance of for-profit ... -
Selecting the time period over which the net discount rate is determined for economic loss analysis
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Valuation of minority stockholder's interest in a closely-held private corporation
(The Journal of Forensic Economics and Allen Press Publishing Services, 1995) -
Net discount rate determination: A reply
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Securitization, liquidity, and the Brady plan
(Elsevier, 1999)Securitization of bank loans is proposed as a solution to the ongoing debt difficulties for emerging market nations. This paper analyzes the effects of the Brady plan for four participating countries. In addition to resolving ... -
The end of the Asian myth: why were the experts fooled?
(Elsevier, 1999-10)This article examines the reasons behind the overoptimism of a large segment of the economics profession concerning the performance of East Asian economies, which was shattered by the financial crises of 1997-1998. It also ... -
The pricing of risk in emerging credit markets: bonds versus loans
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000-05)Much of the volatility in emerging markets in the 1990s stems from the fact that the major form of foreign investment is the bond rather than the bank loans which predominated until the debt crisis of the 1980s. Bondholders ... -
Can money market mutual funds provide sufficient liquidity to replace deposit insurance?
(Springer, 2001-09)Narrow banking is an arrangement in which deposittaking and lending functions are separated and performed by different institutions. This separation is aimed at avoiding panics at uninsured banks, without moral hazard ... -
The Barings crisis in Argentina: the role of exogenous European money market factors
(Taylor & Francis, 2002-01)The Barings crisis of 1890 was a wrenching financial crash and recession for Argentina. The episode is similar in many respects to the balance of payments difficulties in emerging markets during the 1990s. In particular, ... -
The Role of non-bank financial intermediaries in propagating Korea's financial crisis
(World Scientific Publishing, 2003-03)The Korean crisis has been analyzed for the causal role banks played through the "credit view". Non-bank lenders have grown more important than banks in providing loans, but their role in creating financial instability has ... -
Fixed exchange rates and sticky Prices in emerging markets
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2003-06-23)In the wake of financial crises in emerging markets, firmly fixed exchange rates and even dollarization have been advocated as a means to decrease vulnerability. There are many important new issues related to fixing the ... -
Direct medical costs and their predictors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A three-year study of 7,527 patients
(American College of Rheumatology, 2003-10-07)OBJECTIVE. To estimate total direct medical costs in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to characterize predictors of these costs. METHODS. Patients (n = 7,527) participating in a longitudinal study of outcome in ... -
Effectiveness of capital controls: the Case of Brazil
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-02)The emerging market crises of the past decade have led some observers to question the wisdom of a completely open capital account. But even if capital controls are desirable, empirical evidence is needed to demonstrate ... -
Trading externalities and new equity issues in emerging markets
(Elsevier, 2005-02)The volatility in emerging market finance over the last decade has highlighted the importance of developing equity exchanges to enhance risk sharing between international investors. Debt markets do not allow for as much ... -
Covered interest arbitrage: Then versus now
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2006-05)We introduce a new weekly database of spot and forward US-UK exchange rates as well as interest rates to examine the integration of forward exchange markets during the classical gold standard period (1880-1914). Using ... -
One continent, one currency? Varieties of common currency experience in Europe and Latin America
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006-08)Currency unions have been promoted as a means to increase trade, investment and growth. A crucial issue in giving up the domestic currency is the loss of a mechanism to absorb real external shocks. High real exchange ... -
Do frontier equity markets exhibit common trends and still provide diversification opportunities?
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-08-19)Many small, frontier equity markets in regions such as Africa and Eastern Europe have opened in recent years. As in other larger emerging markets, important issues for investors are the extent of financial integration with ... -
2007-2008 ECO Master's Program Assessment Plan
(Wichita State University. W. Frank Barton School of Business, 2007)