Carlos D. Ramirez

George Mason University - Department of Economics

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1.

Is Corruption in China 'Out of Control'? A Comparison with the U.S. In Historical Perspective

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-60
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Dec 2012
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Corruption, Newspapers, China, U.S. history

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The Effect of Bank Supervision on Loan Growth

FDIC Center for Financial Resarch Working Paper No. 2006-12
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Nov 2006
Timothy J. Curry, Gary S. Fissel and Carlos D. Ramirez
U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Division of Research and Statistics, U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Loan growth equations, CAMEL downgrades, banking sector conditions

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Bank Failures and the Cost of Systemic Risk: Evidence from 1900-1930

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Working Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Jun 2009
Paul Kupiec and Carlos D. Ramirez
American Enterprise Institute and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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bank failures, systemic risk, financial accelerator, vector autoregressions, Panic of 1907, non-bank commercial failures

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The $700 Billion Bailout: A Public-Choice Interpretation

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2014
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Bailout Bill, voting model, power rankings, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, big banks, PAC, event study

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Are Foreclosures Contagious?

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Are Foreclosures Contagious?

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-12
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Feb 2011
Ryan Goodstein, Paul Hanouna, Carlos D. Ramirez and Christof W. Stahel
FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Villanova University - School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Investment Company Institute
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Foreclosure, Contagion, Mortgages, Learning, Stigma

Are Foreclosures Contagious?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2012
Ryan Goodstein, Paul Hanouna, Carlos D. Ramirez and Christof W. Stahel
FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Villanova University - School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Investment Company Institute
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Foreclosure, Contagion, Mortgages, Learning, Stigma

Are Foreclosures Contagious?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Jan 2012
Ryan Goodstein, Paul Hanouna, Carlos D. Ramirez and Christof W. Stahel
FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Villanova University - School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Investment Company Institute
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Foreclosure, Contagion, Mortgages, Learning, Stigma

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China Bashing: How Much? Who Does It? Has it Worked?

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 May 2011
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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China Bashing, Renminbi, Currency Manipulation, Human Rights, U.S. Newspapers

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Do Bank Failures Affect Real Economic Activity? State-Level Evidence from the Pre-Depression Era

FDIC Center For Financial Research Working Paper No. 2005-06
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Jun 2005
Carlos D. Ramirez and Philip A. Shively
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Credit channel, bank runs, deposit insurance, Granger causality

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Do Tasting Notes Add Value? Evidence from Napa Wines

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Do Tasting Notes Add Value? Evidence from Napa Wines

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 10-08
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Mar 2010
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Tasting Notes, hedonic regressions, wine economics

Do Tasting Notes Add Value? Evidence from Napa Wines

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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tasting notes, hedonic regression, wine economics

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Singapore, Inc. Versus the Private Sector: Are Government-Linked Companies Different?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/156
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jan 2006
Carlos D. Ramirez and Ling Hui Tan
George Mason University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department
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public enterprises, corporate finance

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Bilateral Trade and Shocks in Political Relations: Evidence from China and Some of its Major Trading Partners, 1990–2012

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-50
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Dec 2014
Yingxin Du, Yingxin Du, Jiandong Ju, Carlos D. Ramirez and Xi Yao
School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
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Political Relations, Bilateral trade, China

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Local Banking Panics of the 1920s: Identification and Determinants

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Local Banking Panics of the 1920s: Identification and Determinants

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-56
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 02 May 2014
Lee Davison and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Bank Runs, Banking Panics, Cluster Analysis, U.S. Banking History

Local Banking Panics of the 1920s: Identification and Determinants

FDIC Division of Insurance Research Paper No. 2014-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Aug 2014
Lee Davison and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Bank Runs, Banking Panics, Cluster Analysis, U.S. Banking History

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China Bashing: Does Trade Drive the 'Bad' News About China in the U.S.?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Mar 2009
Carlos D. Ramirez and Rong Rong
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science
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U.S.-China Trade, U.S. media, China bashing, human rights, transfer function model

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Contagion Effects in Strategic Mortgage Defaults

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 13-07
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Mar 2013
Ryan Goodstein, Paul Hanouna, Carlos D. Ramirez and Christof W. Stahel
FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Villanova University - School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Investment Company Institute
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Foreclosure contagion, strategic defaults, mortagages, underwater homes

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Corruption Scrutiny and Corporate Investment: Evidence from China

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-28
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Apr 2015
Carlos D. Ramirez and Yi Huang
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Graduate Institute of International and CEPR
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corruption news, corporate investment, China, corruption and growth

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Anatomy of Bank Contagion: Evidence from Helena, Montana During the Panic of 1893

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 13-23
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2014
Carlos D. Ramirez and Wayne Zandbergen
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Computational Social Science
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Bank Runs, Contagion, U.S. Banking History

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Is Political Ideology Endogenous? Evidence from the Business Cycle

University of North Texas Working Paper No. 00-05
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Feb 2001
Edward J. Lopez and Carlos D. Ramirez
Western Carolina University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Legislator Ideology, Political Party Ideology, Legislator Voting

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Does Deposit Insurance Promote Financial Depth? Evidence from the Postal Savings System During the 1920s

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Does Deposit Insurance Promote Financial Depth? Evidence from the Postal Savings System During the 1920s

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-37
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
Lee Davison and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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bank failures; Postal Savings deposits; deposit insurance; banking capacity

Does Deposit Insurance Promote Financial Depth? Evidence from the Postal Savings System during the 1920s

FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper No. CFR WP 2017 - 02
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Lee Davison and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Bank Failures, Postal Savings Deposits, Deposit Insurance, Banking Capacity

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The Political Economy of 'Currency Manipulation' Bashing

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-50
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Nov 2011
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Currency manipulation, China bashing, PAC Contributions

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Bank Fragility, 'Money Under the Mattress,' and Long-Run Growth: U.S. Evidence from the 'Perfect' Panic of 1893

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2010
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Bank Failures, Panic of 1893, Convergence, Finance-Growth Nexus, Nebraska, West Virginia, Deposits, Money Hidden

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The Effect of 'China Bashing' on Sino-American Relations

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-35
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Sep 2011
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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China Bashing, Sino-American Relations, dynamic transfer function model

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Welfare Inequality versus Income Inequality

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jan 2022
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Welfare inequality, Welfare convergence, Income inequality

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The Effect of Banking Crises on Deposit Growth: State-Level Evidence from 1900 to 1930

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Sep 2010
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Does Regulatory Bank Oversight Impact Economic Activity? A Local Projections Approach

FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper No. 2016-02
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2016
Vivian Hwa, Pavel S. Kapinos and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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CAMELS ratings; vector autoregression; local projections; asymmetries; macroprudential policy; real activity

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Financing the American Corporation: The Changing Menu of Financial Rela-Tionships

NBER Working Paper No. h0079
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Charles W. Calomiris and Carlos D. Ramirez
Columbia University - Columbia Business School and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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History Matters in International Relations: Evidence from Long-Memory Processes in Sino-American Cycles

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 19-33
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Oct 2019
Carlos D. Ramirez, Yingxin Du and Yingxin Du
George Mason University - Department of Economics and School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
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Sino-American relations, fractional integration, spectral regressions, long-memory processes

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Mr. Smith and the Economy: The Influence of Economic Conditions on Individual Legislator Voting

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Edward J. Lopez and Carlos D. Ramirez
Western Carolina University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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legislator voting, political polarization, macroeconomic aspect of political economy

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The Real Effects of Liquidity: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Puerto Rico

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 17-36
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2018
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Section 936 tax incentives, liquidity shocks, loan growth, problem loans, boom-bust cycle

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The Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty Under Fractional Integration

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-12
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 May 2020
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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fractional integration, fractional cointegration, economic policy uncertainty, vector autoregressions

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Is there an Attenuation Bias in the Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty? Historical Evidence from the U.S.

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-39
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Nov 2020
Zachary Bartsch and Carlos D. Ramirez
Ave Maria University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Economic policy uncertainty, attenuation bias, vector autoregressions, policy intervention, government reaction function

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Identifying Permanent and Temporary Shocks in Government Spending Using Economic Policy Uncertainty

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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: Structural vector autoregressions, long-run constraints, permanent and temporary disturbances, fiscal policy multipliers

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Kansas’ Experiment with Private Deposit Insurance

FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper No. 2021-05
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Aug 2021
Lee Davison and Carlos D. Ramirez
FDIC, Division of Insurance and Research and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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private deposit insurance; Kansas state deposit insurance; moral hazard

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Air Pollution, Government Pollution Regulation, and Industrial Production in China

Abstract Proceedings of 2019 International Conference on Resource Sustainability - Cities (icRS Cities)
Posted: 21 Jun 2019
Dong Cao and Carlos D. Ramirez
Xidian Univeristy - School of Economics and Management and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Did J.P. Morgan's Men Add Liquidity? Corporate Investment, Cash Flow, and Financial Structure at the Turn of the Century

JOURNAL OF FINANCE, Vol. 50 No. 2, June 1995
Posted: 10 Oct 1998
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Why Did the Clayton Act Pass?: An Analysis of the Interest Group Hypothesis

George Mason University WP No. 98.03
Posted: 23 Apr 1998
Carlos D. Ramirez and Christian Eigen-Zucchi
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University

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The Cost of Glass Steagall on Corporate Investment: Evidence from Bank, Trust Company, and Insurance Company Affiliations

Working Paper No. 97.02
Posted: 26 Mar 1998
Carlos D. Ramirez
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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