James R. Barth

Auburn University

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1.

The Regulation and Supervision of Banks Around the World: A New Database

University of Minnesota Financial Studies Working Paper No. 0006; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2588
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 10 Apr 2001
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?

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Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 May 2001
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?

NBER Working Paper No. w9323
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2022
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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Financial Regulation and Performance: Cross-Country Evidence

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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The Role of Governments and Markets in International Banking Crises: The Case of East Asia

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Sep 1998
James R. Barth, Dan Brumbaugh, Lalita Ramesh and Glenn Yago
Auburn University, Milken Institute, Milken Institute and Milken Institute
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Banking Systems Around the Globe: Do Regulation and Ownership Affect Performance and Stability?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2325
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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A Cross-Country Analysis of the Bank Supervisory Framework and Bank Performance

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Oct 2002
James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle, Triphon Phumiwasana and Glenn Yago
Auburn University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Milken Institute and Milken Institute
Downloads 1,986 (14,227)
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banking, bank performance, supervisory structure, bank safety and soundness, development of the banking system, banking industry, structure, scope, independence, financial service, banking crisis, banking crises

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Banking Reform in China: Catalyzing the Nation's Financial Future

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 May 2004
James R. Barth, Rob Koepp and Zhongfei Zhou
Auburn University, Milken Institute and Queen Mary University of London, School of Law
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China, Finance, Banking, WTO, Reform, Economic Growth

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An International Comparison and Assessment of the Structure of Bank Supervision

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An International Comparison and Assessment of the Structure of Bank Supervision

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Apr 2002
James R. Barth, Luis G. Dopico, Daniel E. Nolle and James A. Wilcox
Auburn University, Auburn University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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bank supervision, international banking, cross-country comparisons of banking

An International Comparison and Assessment of the Structure of Bank Supervision

Corporate Finance Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Jun 2003
James R. Barth, Luis G. Dopico, Daniel E. Nolle and James A. Wilcox
Auburn University, Auburn University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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bank supervision, international banking, cross-country comparisons of banking, central bank

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Economic Impacts of Global Terrorism: From Munich to Bali

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Mar 2006
James R. Barth, Tong Li, Don McCarthy, Triphon Phumiwasana and Glenn Yago
Auburn University, Milken Institute, Milken Institute, Milken Institute and Milken Institute
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Terrorism, panel regression, economic growth, investment, capital formation, terrorist incidents, fatality, injury

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Bank Regulations are Changing: For Better or Worse?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4646
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
Downloads 1,270 (28,154)
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Banks & Banking Reform, Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets

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China's Housing Market: Is a Bubble About to Burst?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Jan 2013
James R. Barth, Michael Lea and Tong Li
Auburn University, San Diego State University and Milken Institute
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China, housing market, asset bubble, home price, homeownership, real estate

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Do Bank Regulation, Supervision and Monitoring Enhance or Impede Bank Efficiency?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Mar 2010
James R. Barth, Chen Lin, Yue Ma, Jesús Seade and Frank M. Song
Auburn University, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) - Department of Economics and The University of Hong Kong - School of Economics and Finance
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The Evolution and Impact of Bank Regulations

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6288
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
Downloads 834 (50,957)
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Banks & Banking Reform, Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures, Emerging Markets

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Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Save: Dilemmas for Banking Reform

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 19 Dec 2015
James R. Barth and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University and Chapman University
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financial crises, too big to fail, systemically important banks, Dodd-Frank Act, Financial Stability Board, regulation and supervision

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China's Changing Financial System: Can it Catch up with, or Even Drive Growth

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China's Changing Financial System: Can it Catch up with, or Even Drive Growth

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Mar 2007
James R. Barth and Gerard Caprio
Auburn University and Williams College
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China, Banking, Exports, Foreign Exchange Rates, Financial System

China's Changing Financial System: Can it Catch Up With, or Even Drive Growth

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2007-PB-05
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 May 2007
James R. Barth and Gerard Caprio
Auburn University and Williams College
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China, financial regulation, financial system

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Bank Regulation and Supervision in 180 Countries from 1999 to 2011

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Bank Regulation and Supervision in 180 Countries from 1999 to 2011

Number of pages: 111 Posted: 19 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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financial institutions, Government Policy and Regulation, Comparative Financial Systems

Bank Regulation and Supervision in 180 Countries from 1999 to 2011

NBER Working Paper No. w18733
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 26 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
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Trading Losses: A Little Perspective on a Large Problem

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
James R. Barth and Donald McCarthy
Auburn University and Econ One Research, Inc.
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banks, banking, trading, capital, Volcker rule, Volcker, regulation

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Natural Disaster Impacts on U.S. Banks

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2022
James R. Barth, Stephen Matteo Miller, Yanfei Sun and Shen Zhang
Auburn University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center, Toronto Metropolitan University and Troy University
Downloads 553 (86,607)
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Natural disasters, banks, community banks, credit, deposit rates, loan rates, brokered deposits

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Perspectives on the Subprime Mortgage Market

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2008
James R. Barth, Tong Li, Triphon Phumiwasana and Glenn Yago
Auburn University, Milken Institute, Milken Institute and Milken Institute
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Subprime, mortgage, homeownership, foreclosures, hybrid, ARM, FRM

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Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) in the Post-Crisis Era: 'The' Global Response, and Responses Around the Globe for 135 Countries

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2013
James R. Barth, Chris Brummer, Tong Li and Daniel E. Nolle
Auburn University, Georgetown University Law Center, Milken Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Systemically Important Financial Institutions, SIFIs, Systemically Important Banks, SIBs, G20, Financial Stability Board, FSB, Basel III, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Global Financial Crisis, International Financial System Regulation, Financial System Reform

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Banks and Payday Lenders: Friends or Foes?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Oct 2014
James R. Barth, Jitka Hilliard and John S. Jahera
Auburn University, Auburn University and Auburn University - Harbert College of Business
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Payday lenders

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The Eurozone Financial Crisis: Role of Interdependencies between Bank and Sovereign Risk

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Dec 2011
James R. Barth, Apanard Penny Prabha and Greg Yun
Auburn University, University of Illinois at Springfield and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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sovereign debt crisis, credit default swap spreads, capital requirements, risk-weighted assets, bailout, asset diversification

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Corruption in Bank Lending to Firms: Do Competition and Information Sharing Matter?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Jul 2007
James R. Barth, Chen Lin, Ping Lin and Frank M. Song
Auburn University, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University - Department of Economics and The University of Hong Kong - School of Economics and Finance
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Competition, Information Sharing, Bank Lending, Co

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Spillover Effects from the U.S. Financial Crisis: Some Time-Series Evidence from National Stock Returns

THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Benton Gup, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Sep 2009
Apanard Penny Prabha, James R. Barth and Hyeongwoo Kim
University of Illinois at Springfield, Auburn University and Auburn University
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U.S. financial crisis, interdependence, spillover effects, stock market returns

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WTO Commitments vs. Reported Practices on Foreign Bank Entry and Regulation: A Cross-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 29 Nov 2007
James R. Barth, Juan A. Marchetti, Daniel E. Nolle and Wanvimol Sawangngoenyuang
Auburn University, World Trade Organization (WTO), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University
Downloads 337 (154,070)
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Bank regulation, banking, financial services, financial sector liberalization, foreign bank entry, GATS, trade in services, WTO

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Commercial Banking Structure, Regulation, and Performance: An International Comparison

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 04 Dec 2013
James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle and Tara Rice
Auburn University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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Comparative International Banking, Bank Regulation and Supervision

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The Dodd-Frank Act: Key Features, Implementation Progress, and Financial System Impact

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
James R. Barth, Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University, University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
Downloads 311 (167,870)
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Dodd-Frank, Financial Crisis, Financial Stability, Financial Regulation

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Foreign Banking: Do Countries' WTO Commitments Match Actual Practices?

WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERSD-2006-11
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Dec 2006
James R. Barth, Juan A. Marchetti, Daniel E. Nolle and Wanvimol Sawangngoenyuang
Auburn University, World Trade Organization (WTO), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University
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Bank regulation, banking, financial services, financial sector liberalization, foreign bank entry, GATS, trade in services, WTO

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A Cross-Country Analysis of Bank Performance: The Role of External Governance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Apr 2012
James R. Barth, Valentina Hartarska, Daniel E. Nolle and Triphon Phumiwasana
Auburn University, Auburn University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Milken Institute
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Comparative International Characteristics of Banking

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 31 Aug 2013
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Daniel E. Nolle
Auburn University, Williams College and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Direct and Indirect Impacts of Natural Disasters on Banks: A Spatial Framework

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2023
James R. Barth, Qinyou Hu, Robin C. Sickles, Yanfei Sun and Fisher Yu
Auburn University, Rice University - Department of Economics, Rice University - Department of Economics, Toronto Metropolitan University and Rice University - Department of Economics
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banks, bank branches, deposit rates, natural disasters, spatial analysis

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Sources of Systemic Risk (Presentation Slides)

Presentation at Conference on Systemic Risk and the Organization of the Financial System, Chapman University, May 13, 2017
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Oct 2017
James R. Barth
Auburn University
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Systemic Risk, Too Big to Fail, Complexity, Capital Surcharge

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Breaking (Banks) Up is Hard to Do: New Perspective on Too Big to Fail

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2013
James R. Barth and Apanard Penny Prabha
Auburn University and University of Illinois at Springfield
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banks, global systemically important banks, too big to fail, Dodd‐Frank Act, Basel III

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A Primer on the Evolution and Complexity of Bank Regulatory Capital Standards

James R. Barth and Stephen Matteo Miller. “A Primer on the Evolution and Complexity of Bank Regulatory Capital Standards.” Mercatus Working Paper, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, February 2017.
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Feb 2017
James R. Barth and Stephen Matteo Miller
Auburn University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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bank regulation, cost-benefit analysis, capital adequacy standards, US banking crises

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Application of Difference-in-Differences Strategies in Finance: The Case of Natural Disasters and Bank Responses

Forthcoming at Encyclopedia of Finance
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022
James R. Barth, Kang Lee, Xuan Shen and Yeosong Yoon
Auburn University, Auburn University - Department of Aviation Management and Logistics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Auburn University
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Natural Disasters, Banks, Deposit Rates, Difference-in-Differences, Matching, Bank Branches, Common Trend

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Misdiagnosis: Incomplete Cures of Financial Regulatory Failures

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University
Downloads 203 (255,472)
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Regulation, Supervision, Systemic Risk, Financial Crises, Central Banking

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A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Bank Risk-Shifting Behavior

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
James R. Barth, Mark Bertus, Hai Jiang and Triphon Phumiwasana
Auburn University, Auburn University, Jinan University - Department & Institute of Finance and Milken Institute
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Global Banking Systems, Risk-shifting, Basel, Market Discipline

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Do State Regulations Affect Payday Lender Concentration?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Mar 2015
James R. Barth, Jitka Hilliard, John S. Jahera and Yanfei Sun
Auburn University, Auburn University, Auburn University - Harbert College of Business and Toronto Metropolitan University
Downloads 189 (272,416)
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Payday Lending, Small Loans, Credit Issues

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Greece’s ‘Unpleasant Arithmetic’ Containing the Threat to the Global Economy

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Oct 2011
James R. Barth, Tong Li and Apanard Penny Prabha
Auburn University, Milken Institute and University of Illinois at Springfield
Downloads 188 (273,721)
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Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bank Exposure

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Regulatory Restrictions on US Bank Funding Sources: A Review of the Treatment of Brokered Deposits

Barth, J.R.; Lu, W.; Sun, Y. Regulatory Restrictions on US Bank Funding Sources: A Review of the Treatment of Brokered Deposits. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2020, 13, 130.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2020
James R. Barth, Yanfei Sun, Wenling Lu and Wenling Lu
Auburn University, Toronto Metropolitan University and Washington State UniversityWestern Michigan University - Finance & Commercial Law
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Too Big to Fail: Measures, Remedies, and Consequences for Efficiency and Stability

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
James R. Barth and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University and Chapman University
Downloads 163 (309,563)
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Runs to Bank: The Role of Sweep Banking Deposits During Market Downturns

Fama-Miller Working Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2023
James R. Barth, Mark L. Mitchell and Yanfei Sun
Auburn University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Toronto Metropolitan University
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banks, sweep deposits, brokered deposits, stock market, bank regulation

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Banking Structure and Regulation in 1993 and 2013: A Cross-Country Comparison

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Jun 2014
James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle and Apanard Penny Prabha
Auburn University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Illinois at Springfield
Downloads 153 (326,585)
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Bank regulation, capital requirements, deposit insurance, restrictions on bank activities, banking supervision

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Stumbling Blocks to Entrepreneurship in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Sep 2008
James R. Barth, Glenn Yago and Betsy Zeidman
Auburn University, Milken Institute and Milken Institute
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Access to capital, Barriers, Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, Community development, Economic growth, Lending policies, Low income groups, Public policies, Social welfare, Startup rates

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Global Trends in the Bank Regulatory and Supervisory Environment

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 31 Aug 2013
James R. Barth, Jie Gan and Daniel E. Nolle
Auburn University, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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On Education Level and Terms in Obtaining P2P Funding: New Evidence from China

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2017
Junhui Xu, Jitka Hilliard and James R. Barth
Guangzhou University, Auburn University and Auburn University
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peer-to-peer funding, demand for credit, education, interest rates, credit ratings

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State Pension Plans for Public Employees: A Rough Road Ahead

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James R. Barth, Jitka Hilliard, John S. Jahera, Sunghoon Joo and Kang Lee
Auburn University, Auburn University, Auburn University - Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, Harbert College of Business, Department of Finance, Students and Auburn University - Department of Aviation Management and Logistics
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Public pension funds, funded ratio

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A New Look at the Performance of Industrial Loan Companies and Their Contribution to the US Banking System

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2018
James R. Barth and Yanfei Sun
Auburn University and Toronto Metropolitan University
Downloads 133 (364,797)
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ILC, Banks, Regulation

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U.S. Debt and Deficits: Time to Reverse the Trend

Milken Institute White Paper, November 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 22 May 2012
James R. Barth and Tong Li
Auburn University and Milken Institute
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Resolving Too-Big-to-Fail Banks in the United States

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Mar 2013
James R. Barth and Apanard Penny Prabha
Auburn University and University of Illinois at Springfield
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), too big to fail, bank failures, Dodd-Frank Act, Orderly Liquidation Authority, banks, bank regulators

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The Big Keep Getting Bigger: Too-Big-to-Fail Banks 30 Years Later

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 14 Oct 2014
James R. Barth and Moutusi Sau
Auburn University and Milken Institute
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Banking, Too big to fail, Regulation, Dodd-Frank, Capital Regulation and Supervision, Financial Liberalization, Banking Crisis

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Walmart: The New 'Go-To' Bank?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 25 Nov 2014
James R. Barth and Moutusi Sau
Auburn University and Milken Institute
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Walmart, Industrial Loan Companies, Capital Access, Payday lenders

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For Whom are We Building the American Dream?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Apr 2015
James R. Barth, Ross Levine and Moutusi Sau
Auburn University, Stanford University and Milken Institute
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Housing Finance, Housing reform, Homeownership

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On the Dynamic Capital Structure of Nations: Theory and Empirics

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Aug 2019
James R. Barth, YINAN NI and Yanfei Sun
Auburn University, Auburn University and Toronto Metropolitan University
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Dynamic Capital Structure, Fiat Money, Foreign-Currency Debt, Stochastic Model, Inflation Risk, Default Risk

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Changes in the Payday Lending Industry: Does Regulation Depend Solely on Which Party Holds Power?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2015
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Moutusi Sau
Auburn University, Williams College and Milken Institute
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Payday Lending, Predatory Lending

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U.S. Minority Banks: Why So Few — After 150 Years?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
James R. Barth and Jiayi Xu
Auburn University and Auburn University
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Minority Banks, Bank Performance, Bank Risk, Bank Branches

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The U.S. Housing Market in 2014: How Much Financing is Needed, and Who Will Supply It?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 May 2012
James R. Barth, Tong Li and Daniel E. Nolle
Auburn University, Milken Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Housing finance, GSEs, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, securitization, banks

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Benefits and Costs of a Higher Bank Leverage Ratio

Journal of Financial Stability, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2020
James R. Barth and Stephen Matteo Miller
Auburn University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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bank regulation, cost-benefit analysis, capital adequacy standards, US banking crises

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Designating Bank SIFIs: An Arbitrary Threshold for Risk

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Nov 2015
James R. Barth and Moutusi Sau
Auburn University and Milken Institute
Downloads 81 (512,762)
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payday lending, Dodd-Frank, SIFI, BHC

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Opportunity Zones for Economic Development and Job Creation: The 'Nuts and Bolts' and a Look at Alabama

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Apr 2019
James R. Barth and Shen Zhang
Auburn University and Troy University
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Interest Groups and Bank Regulation

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Oct 2013
James R. Barth, Apanard Penny Prabha, Wenling Lu and Wenling Lu
Auburn University, University of Illinois at Springfield and Washington State UniversityWestern Michigan University - Finance & Commercial Law
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Public-Interest View, Private-Interest View, Bank Regulation, Private Monitoring

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On the Rising Complexity of Bank Regulatory Capital Requirements: From Global Guidelines to their US Implementation

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2018
James R. Barth and Stephen Matteo Miller
Auburn University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 72 (548,668)
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bank regulation, capital adequacy standards, regulatory complexity, US banking crises

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The Fed's Rough Road Ahead

Milken Institute Review, Third Quarter, 2013
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 15 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2013
James R. Barth and Apanard Penny Prabha
Auburn University and University of Illinois at Springfield
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Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet, Great Recession, Quantitative Easing, Exit Strategy

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An American Perspective on Financial Market Development in Emerging Asia (Presentation Slides)

3rd Chapman Conference on Money and Finance - Financial Market Development in Emerging Asia: Impact on Corporate Performance, Capital Flows and Politics | May 4, 2018
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Jul 2019
James R. Barth
Auburn University
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Financial Systems, Share Ownership, Bond Markets

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Alabama's Public Pensions: Building a Stable Financial Foundation for the Years Ahead

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jun 2015
James R. Barth and John S. Jahera
Auburn University and Auburn University - Harbert College of Business
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pensions, retirement systems, cash balance, unfunded pensions

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It's Your Money: Todays Technology Lets You Take it When You Need it

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Dec 2016
James R. Barth and Edwin Helm
Auburn University and Acumen Capital Group
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FlexWage, Payday Lending, Technology

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Housing Price Collapse Worsens the Opportunities for Educational Attainment for the Young in Cities Nationwide

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Jun 2015
I-Ling Shen and James R. Barth
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Auburn University
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Housing Prices, Educational Attainment, Young People, Job Opportunities

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U.S. Financial Crises and Growing Federal Oversight of Banking

Elgar Encyclopedia of Financial Crises [Forthcoming]
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
James R. Barth and Stephen Matteo Miller
Auburn University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Cost of Crises, Federal Government Response to Crises, US Financial Crises

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Do Shareholder Coalitions Affect Agency Costs? Evidence from Italian Listed Companies

Research in International Business and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Mar 2018
Fabrizio Rossi, James R. Barth and Richard J. Cebula
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Auburn University and Armstrong Atlantic State University

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agency theory; debt; ownership structure; multiple blockholders; family-controlled firms; GMM estimation

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Female Representation in the Boardroom and Firm Debt: Empirical Evidence from Italy

Journal of Economics and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Fabrizio Rossi, Richard J. Cebula and James R. Barth
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Armstrong Atlantic State University and Auburn University

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Agency costs, Corporate governance, Critical mass, Debt, Female representation on corporate boards of directors, Panel data,

71.

Book Review: Guardians of Finance Making Regulators Work for Us

Journal of Applied Finance, Fall/Winter 2012, Volume 22, No.2
Posted: 11 Sep 2012
James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine
Auburn University, Williams College and Stanford University

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financial crisis, Glass-Steagall Act, Dodd Frank Act (DFA)

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Just How Big is the Too Big to Fail Problem?

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2017
James R. Barth, Apanard Penny Prabha and Phillip Swagel
Auburn University, University of Illinois at Springfield and University of Maryland - School of Public Policy

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banks, financial firms, financial crisis, too big to fail, Dodd-Frank Act, Basel III

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Bank Regulation in the United States

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 56, Issue 1, pp. 112-140, 2010
Posted: 22 Feb 2010
James R. Barth, Tong Li and Wenling Lu
Auburn University, Milken Institute and Milken Institute

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banks, banking regulation, bank crises, subprime mortgage markets, financial institutions

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A Cross-Country Assessment of Bank Risk-Shifting Behavior

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 1-34, 2008
Posted: 14 Oct 2009
James R. Barth, Mark Bertus, Hai Jiang and Triphon Phumiwasana
Auburn University, Auburn University, Jinan University - Department & Institute of Finance and Milken Institute

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Banking, financial institutions, regulation and risk

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The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Meltdown (An Excerpt)

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE U.S. MORTGAGE AND CREDIT MARKETS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MELTDOWN, John Wiley and Sons, April 2009
Posted: 27 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2009
James R. Barth, Tong Li, Wenling Lu, Triphon Phumiwasana and Glenn Yago
Auburn University, Milken Institute, Milken Institute, Milken Institute and Milken Institute

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Subprime, Mortgage, Credit market, Financial crisis

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Thrift Conversions and Windfall Profits: An Empirical Examination

Posted: 03 Nov 1999
Daniel E. Page, Gene R. Pettigrew, John S. Jahera and James R. Barth
Auburn University - Harbert College of Business, Auburn University - Harbert College of Business, Auburn University - Harbert College of Business and Auburn University

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Determinants of U.S. Commercial Bank Performance: Regulatory and Econometric Issues

Posted: 25 Aug 1998
P.A.V.B. Swamy, James R. Barth, Ray Y. Chou and John S. Jahera
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Auburn University, Academia Sinica and Auburn University - Harbert College of Business

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